Urban – Page 62 – Natural adventures

6846. Hackins Hey, Liverpool

Nomad Clan, Hackins Hey, Liverpool, March 2025

Our trip to Liverpool was a short one, two days and one night, but just long enough for me to snap a few street art pieces. I got lucky with this magnificent large mural by Nomad Clan, because it was on the route between our hotel and the station. We were running late for the train, and my wife was less than impressed with me stopping to photograph this beauty – I did catch up…

Nomad Clan are not strangers to Natural Adventures, and the duo have painted a few times at Upfest in Bristol, always going large with beautifully creative works. There is a strong nature theme in this piece, with a bee (anatomically a little dubious) and an amazing cormorant catching a fish. There is a lot of detail in the whole piece, tattoos and a patterned dress for the main character, and loads of hidden extras throughout. This is an impressive mural from Nomad Clan.

6845. Greenland Street, Liverpool

Dave Bonsai, Greenland Street, Liverpool, March 2025

As I said in the previous post, it is not difficult to find cultural references to The Beatles pretty much everywhere you go in Liverpool. Street names, pubs, cafés, statues, shops and of course street art and graffiti. There is no escaping it, and indeed it is exactly what you’d expect.

The reference in this piece, by David Bonsai, is that the disguised letters spell out ‘all you need is love’, but how cleverly painted. The letters look like molten metal, or perhaps a splash of solder from a soldering iron, and is beautifully executed. I don’t think I have come across the artist before, but it would be nice to get him along to Upfest in Bristol some time and decorate one of our walls.

6844. Watkinson Street, Liverpool

John Culshaw, Watkinson Street, Liverpool, March 2025

Perhaps the least surprising theme for street art in Liverpool was a link in some way or other to the Beatles. It seems that so much of the culture of the city is reliant on the greatest music group ever, and it is difficult to avoid any cultural references to them wherever you happen to be in the city.

John Culshaw, Watkinson Street, Bristol, March 2025

This fine portrait piece of the Fab Four by John Culshaw (an artist I know nothing about) features, from left to right, Ringo, John, Paul and George. Each of the portraits is skilfully painted in two-tone colours, with the whole thing looking like an album cover. Fun fact, I was at school with Zak Starkey (only for a short overlap, and he wasn’t in my year), Ringo Starr’s son. More Beatles related street art in my next post.

6843. M32 roundabout J3 (671)

Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2025

By the time this post publishes, I will be on the way to my last Arsenal football match of the season, which will feel like a bit of an anticlimax after beating Real Madrid 3-0 last Tuesday. I have had to write this piece last night, to make sure I am not too rushed in the morning. This is, of course, a wonderful piece generated from the complicated and brilliant mind of Kid Krishna.

The whole combination piece (there is a character on the left) looks like an assimilation of the character into the highly disguised and intricate letters. There are so many discrete components to the piece, it is difficult to know where to start really, and I think it is one of those pieces when you can use the maxim that ‘the whole is greater than the sum of the parts’. The graffiti writing is technically brilliant, and worthy of a long look – and the character with the helmet… what is that all about?

6842. BB Gallery (6)

Creamylines, BB Gallery, Bristol, March 2025

I don’t often trek along to the Bristol to Bath cycle path gallery, maybe only twice a year, but recently was rewarded for a visit with this magnificent piece by Creamylines. It is no secret that I am a big fan of the artist and love his ‘stained-glass’ landscapes.

This work is wider than most of his pieces and there is a lot more going on, with many little figures, eyes and birds to find. In addition, he has included a green character grinning in the top right. Of course, the central focus is on the sun and sky at the top end of the landscape. There is something tranquil about the piece. Bravo.

6841. Greenway bush lane (8)

Mote, Greenway Bush Lane, Bristol, March 2025

I believe that Mote might have been one of the first, if not the first, artist to start colonising this long blue-bordered black hoarding in Greenway Bush Lane. As a pioneer, he may well be pleased to see that others have descended on the spot to decorate it.

In this piece, Mote has painted two bird-like monsters for the price of one. They look like distant relatives, sharing colours, but evolution has separated them. The top and bottom halves are reversed, and one has only a head, while the other has a neck and body. These monsters are so uniquely by Mote, and there is no need for a signature. A fine duo.

6840. Sparke Evans Park (128)

Lezaxer, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025

I posted a piece by Lezaxer not so long ago, and said at the time that it was one of at least two painted by the artist on a trip to Bristol. It looks like he teamed up with Grimes on this wall, and the pair painted a colour explosion for all to enjoy.

I can’t be sure, but it looks like the intricate letters spell LAXER. The fills are exquisite, beautifully decorated in reds and purples. Contrasting with the letters is the deep green spotty 3D drop shadow, which gives enormous depth to the piece. The graffiti writing is beautifully finished with some stylised flame pockets dotted about the place. A banger of a piece.

6839. M32 roundabout J3 (670)

Sub, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2025

This is something a little different from Sub, who usually likes to go large and tends to be quite conservative with his use of colour. I am guessing that it might have been a bit of a dregs piece, I also think he is rather fond of newly buffed walls, and this one proved irresistible.

He has stuck to his simple three letter formula, with a deep, in this case unfilled drop shadow, but the obvious part of the piece is the splatter of colour throughout, keeping it lively and joyful. Sub continues to paint a lot and is gradually expanding his technique and scope.

6838. Purdown (87)

Object..., Purdown, Bristol, March 2025 — Object…, Purdown, Bristol, March 2025

One of the first artists I met, quite a few years back, was Object… and I have been enjoying his sketch/collage pieces ever since. For a couple of years now, maybe more, Object… has been very quiet, but in the last month or so he has been pasting his creativity about the place.

This combination collage of wheatpastes and paint contains a lot of social and political commentary, as well as a creative outpouring. It is difficult to make out too much from the piece, without studying it up close. It is great to see Object… out and about, though.

6837. Dean Lane skate park (818)

Aha! Another wonderful piece by the fast-developing Lis, this time pushing he illustration creativity beyond her frequently painted mushrooms. This is a humorous cartoon piece beautifully panted on an awkward slope.

The mint choc chip character is looking most forlorn, probably because it has been dropped on the ground. Again, as with her other spray painted pieces, the finer detail look like it might have been completed with an ink pen of some description. Either that or she has mastered a fine line technique with a spray can unsurpassed by any other artist. So good to see Lis expanding her portfolio.

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	Dan Antion on Thursday doors – 22 Janu…
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