Tucked away behind an industrial unit in Church Road is a little lane that I have not visited before. The building is sprayed with permitted pieces all around, and many of them by Cheo. This is a recent piece, and the wall was shared with Soker – see the next post.
Cheo, Church Road, Bristol, March 2017
Cheo has been a little quiet in Bristol since Upfest, but seems to have gone on something of a spray spree recently. This is a quality bit of wildstyle work and there is a crispness so typical of Cheo’s style. This is a great piece, and nice to see a return of the bee.
This is a quick one from Whysayit in Upper York Street, replacing one he had there before. It is also a quick one from me. I like Whysayit’s work, and the way that he fist his moniker into the space available, always retaining his characteristic ‘font’. While not his best or most colourful piece, it is still skilfully worked.
Whysayit, Upper York Street, Bristol, January 2016
Face F1st seems to have upped his game recently, producing pieces all over the city, and continuing to develop his style. Together with Laic217, he seems to be ‘in the groove’ at the moment.
Face F1st, Moon Street, Bristol, March 2017
This piece is on a famous wall with pieces from several Bristol artists on it including a piece by Mr Sleven (the three-eyed characters). I really like this piece by Face F1st, it feels like more time and effort has gone into its production and the face is simple and also wonderfully expressive.
Face F1st, Moon Street, Bristol, March 2017
I have more pieces by Face F1st in my pending folders, but I think this is the best so far.
Some of the artists who painted at Upfest are a little elusive. This piece is by Rupertty, and there is very little I can find out about him…there wasn’t even a programme entry for him. He does have an Instagram account, but there is little there to go on other than some rather nice wildstyle pieces.
Rupertty, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016
I guess some people keep a lower profile than others. I felt that this was a rather low-profile piece and that it feels unfinished, although I think this is it. I think this piece really shows off the diversity of styles that Upfest has to offer. Something for everyone.
Painted at the same time as the Deamze piece in my previous post, this is a rather more colourful offering from Soker, which was almost certainly sprayed at the same time. This vibrant piece seems to have something that reminds me of Captain America…is it the stars?
Soker, Norfolk Place, Bristol, August 2016
I like Soker’s work a great deal and together with his ASK crew members he really brightens up Bristol’s streets and walls. Another old piece surviving in mint condition.
This is a rather old piece from Deamze, but I was down there very recently, and it is still looking in good nick. I have to say though that this is not my favourite piece by this artist. I feel the colours are all wrong for this location. It feels to me a little drab and lacking in vibrancy.
Deamze, Norfolk Place, Bristol, August 2016
It happened from time to time. I can’t ‘love’ every piece I see. Technically this is a great piece…it just doesn’t do it for me. It is utterly untagged and respected though which shows the high esteem in which Deamze is held.
Is it possible to have any more really great pieces by Epok? Oh yes it is. Here is one from the jam at the M32 roundabout a couple of weeks ago. All the artists used the themed colours for the entire stretch of this wall, and Epok has made them his own.
Epok, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2017
For once his hard geometric shapes are slightly softened and the lines a little less sharp, however, the piece still spells out EPOK although rather better disguised than in some of his pieces. A really fine piece form a Bristol master.
In the car park of the Tobacco Factory, the far left area of wall space was taken up by the Spanish artist Rudiart. Reading from the Upfest notes, it seems that Rudiart began painting in the streets of Cacares in the early 90s, but the City simply wasn’t ready for this kind of art, so by the end of the decade he moved on to Madrid.
Rudiart, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016
Since that time he has grown as an artist and travels around Europe to different festivals, exhibitions and events.
Rudiart, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016
I managed to take pictures of his work on both days of the festival, and he was in full flow with spraying on the Saturday.
Rudiart, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016
This piece comes in two halves. On the right is some wildstyle writing with a heavy 3D effect, something of a specialisation for Rudiart.
Rudiart, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016
On the left hand side of the piece he paints a futuristic scene depicting a lady in a spacesuit, with a rather nice ‘R’ on her cap.
Rudiart, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016
The two halves come together nicely, although I don’t have a very good picture of the whole. His Facebook page is worth a quick look, and he did post a decent picture of the whole piece in one shot. Nice to see him at the festival.
In one of the narrowest parts of the M32 cycle path, there is this rather nice Epok piece, which I think was sprayed at the same time as the Ments piece featured a few posts back.
Epok, M32 cycle path, Bristol, January 2017
As always Epok presents these lovely geometric shapes making up his moniker and again a great colour palette. A real bugger to photograph on a sunny Winter’s day though!
Another colourful piece of wildstyle graffiti art from Whysayit, this time from the hoardings down by the Gardiner Haskins car park. I took this picture on a very bright winter’s day, and unfortunately there is a bit of a shadow across the work, which is a pity.
Whysayit, Unity Street, Bristol, February 2017
I am loving Whysayit’s work. Same general form with creative and imaginative approaches to outlining and filling.
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