Urban – Page 103 – Natural adventures

6462. M32 roundabout J3 (630)

Corupt, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2024

I prepared today’s posts yesterday, because I am (at the time of scheduled publication) on my way to Cornwall for a few days away with a fine friend who I have been fishing with every year for more than 35 years. My posts may become a little erratic over the next few days, but with the earlier dark evenings I should have a little time to write them.

I really don’t get to post enough work by Corupt, so it feels good when I do get round to it. This is a lovely piece spelling STICK, but this time he has taken a homonym approach and replaced the ‘I’ with a ‘Y’. The letters are blocky and rigid and beautifully filled with colourful spots, stripes and drips. The whole thing is bordered with a thick black line and then reinforced with a red outline a couple of inched further out, framing the piece nicely. It is always great to see Corupt’s work, and to chat when I bump into him, which seems to be quite frequently these days.

6461. Peel Street Green (34)

Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, October 2024

My children, like all siblings, take great pleasure in asking me which of them is my favourite. Because I have a pigeon pair, I say to my boy, ‘you are my favourite son’, and my girl, ‘you are my favourite daughter’. It has worked so far, but the truth is that it is possible to have different favourites for different reasons. I say all of this because Bloem is definitely one of my favourites, but I have arrived at that point through liking her style, watching her develop, and also because she is a lovely person who makes time to chat and talk about her work.

In this piece Bloem visits some of her favourite themes, a hand with long nails clutching a beautiful flower and a spiked chain. The classic coming together of beauty and jeopardy and threat. The whole thing is presented in shades of pink and set on a framed black background. This is a really mature piece with a story being told and plenty of symbolism. Great work from Bloem.

6460. St Werburghs tunnel (452)

Noise, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2024

One of the most powerful and energetic introductions to Bristol has been the emergence of Noise, over the last eighteen months or so. Since his arrival, he has been producing no end of pieces in his distinctive fat-letter style and collaborating successfully with several different artists. He is productive and talented, and fits into the Bristol way of things really well.

In this piece, in the tunnel, Noise has compressed his writing slightly, but has managed to do this without compromising his chunky letters. The colours work nicely, although being slightly on the dark side, they are a little difficult to do justice to in the murk of the tunnel. A gallery is long overdue… watch this space.

6459. Cumberland Basin

Mr Tanner, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2024

I am really pleased that I managed to capture this piece by Mr Tanner, especially as the last one he painted under Brunel Way, when I met him for the first time while he was painting it, was overpainted by the time I returned. Such is the way of things. He was rather excited about a different style that he was working on, and I think that this piece represents that style.

There is something rather organic about this writing (and a bit lobsterish too, although I don’t think that is intentional) – there is definitely a life form there… but not as we know it, Jim. The red letters spell out TOPIA and pop beautifully against the green, cosmic charged background. I’ve said it before that green and red make great graffiti writing bedfellows. A very nice, original piece by Mr Tanner.

6458. Leicester

Mr Cenz, Leicester Bus Station, Leicester, July 2024

Earlier this year I travelled to Leicester for a Team Meeting and managed to pick up a few pictures of street art, much of which had been painted at this year’s ’Bring the Paint’ festival. Rather than concentrate too much on each piece, I am going to present a mini gallery of work from the visit.

This might be the best Mr Cenz piece that I have seen anywhere. It is clean, crisp and vibrant, and uplifts the bus station beyond all recognition. An absolute stunner.

Nuno Viegas, Gower Street, Leicester, July 2024

Nuno Viegas painted this piece this year and it is not too dissimilar to one he painted a couple of years ago in Leicester for the festival. A classy ‘paper aeroplane’ piece – a theme that runs through much of his work.

Verna Poppy, The Haymarket, Leicester, July 2024

I don’t know much about Verna Poppy, but rather liked this piece that was in good company with Inkie and Philth/N4T4 adjacent to it.

Lucy Danielle, The Haymarket, Leicester, July 2024

Another artist I have not encountered before is Lucy Danielle who came up with this abstract photorealistic mash up. A beautiful design. There is so much great artwork in Leicester, and well worth a visit.

6457. Little Bishop Street

Hazard, Little Bishop Street, Bristol, August 2024

Sometimes I am slow to find a piece, coming a across it accidentally and rather late to the party, and sometimes I am slow to post a piece for whatever reason, and dig it out of my archive. In the case of this stunning mural from Hazard I was slow on both counts.

Hazard leaving Bristol is a big loss, and although she returns from time to time to paint a large wall for a commission or a Festival, it isn’t quite the same as her being here to drop a street piece from time to time. I guess people move around the country all the time for all sorts of different reasons, but they are missed by those they leave behind. This magnificent mural is painted on the side of the Julian Trust night shelter for homeless people and features a rough sleeper painted in the blues, reds greens and purples that are very much part of Hazard’s favoured palette. This is a great example of how to uplift an ordinary building, and add relevance to its function. Fabulous.

6456. Muriel Alleyway (16)

HNH, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024

This piece was painted back at the end of July at the Muriel Alleyway mini paint festival organised by Rtiiika by an artist I have not encountered before called HNH. This is the first piece I am aware of that she has painted in Bristol, and I am really looking forward to watching her development. She has already dropped a few more pieces about the place and I think she brings something very different to the graffiti writing scene.

Shutter pieces are never easy to paint, but HNH has had a bloody good go with this one, and although the piece may seem a little rough around the edges, this is a great start. If I could use a parallel, what she does with graffiti writing reminds me of what the Cocteau Twins did with music and lyrics, if that makes any sense at all. Watch this space for more from HNH.

6455. Cumberland Basin

Haka, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024

My first thought when I saw this piece was ‘who the hell is Remy’ this was not an artist I was familiar with, but very quickly the style, signature and characters leapt out making it blindingly obvious that it is by Haka. I am not sure who Remy is, but this is a rather lovely tribute to them.

Haka paints an awful lot of characters from children’s picture books and I suspect the characters here are more of the same, but I can’t identify them. The fills and patterns in the letters are rather more elaborate and tidy than I would expect from a Haka piece, and they look really fantastic. This is a lovely piece, full of fun and joy.

6454. St Werburghs tunnel (451)

Mest, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024

I took a little wander into my archive and unearthed this little beauty by Mest at the end of St Werburghs tunnel painted back in August. It has been really great to see his work again in Bristol, albeit only occasionally, after what feels like quite a long absence.

There is something very pleasing about Mest’s letters, and he has presented them beautifully in this tight and clean piece. A little bit more background would have masked out the bits of the previous piece distracting around the edges, however the focus remains on his beautiful fills, afforded lots of space inside his fat letters. Nice to see this one.

6453. Redcliffe Way

Peggy, Redcliffe Way, Bristol, October 2024

More from the hoarding on Redcliffe Way, and this time from Peggy, and once again, these panels have been painted to support the Bristol Tattoo Convention. Peggy, like so many others, is a tattooist who has transferred her remarkable talents to decorating walls in Bristol, there is such a great crossover between the two disciplines.

Peggy’s floral pieces bring something rather different and her distinctive style is perfect for small walls and spaces that she can fill with ease. The centre of this flower is beautifully painted with a yin yang symbol. It is easy to see how this design could transfer to a tattoo.

Not content with one piece on this hoarding, Peggy decorated a second section with a larger arrangement of flowers and greenery, this time including one of her eyes in the centre of the flower. I think she may have missed a trick here, because that utility box is in serious need of a makeover, and she might have included it into the piece. Perhaps that was a risk she wasn’t prepared to take, which is fair enough.

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