On the Paisley Road

by theholmesteader, posted in Glasgow, Paisley, Street Art

I decided to head down to Paisley this morning to see Mark Worst’s latest piece of work. I was very impressed with the painting of his mate Scott. It’s in a little ‘garden’ area next to Leisureland on the High Street, some may remember his mural with a fox on the same wall.

Walking along Paisley High Street towards Leisureland, I noticed that the Little Book Transfer murals are still there on the empty shops, they can be seen on the LBT page here.

While I was on the Paisley Road I stopped off at the Pacitti Community Gardens to see Rogue-One’s latest work. This spectacular piece attracted plenty of media interest, it was on the front page of the Scotsman, in the Evening Times on Tuesday 19th March and The Metro even covered the story, well earned praise indeed.  Also on Paisley Road West is another nice community mural created by Rogue-One and EJEK using a design created by the local school pupils, as you can see, there was bright sunlight when I took this image, I’ll return later and get a better shot.

I will add all these images into the relevant pages in The Artists section.

Street Art Blues

by theholmesteader, posted in Glasgow

I was in town yesterday and came across a ‘Climate Emergency’ protest in George Square.  A group of people were trying to emphasise their point by painting their footsteps in blue on the streets.

I was struck with the irony of the environmental impact of the blue paint (water soluble I was told), the blue plastic overshoes being issued, to be disposed of later and the 2 teams of council workers with powered pressure cleaners cleaning up after them.

Fae Fife

by theholmesteader, posted in Street Art

Following on from my International Woman’s Day post, I was reminded that World Book Day was last Thursday (7th March) so as it was a nice sunny day and as I had to pop up to Glenrothes for a meeting with an old work colleague I decided to hunt out some books on walls, rather than indoors in libraries, and I wasn’t disappointed.

I hunted out two created by Rogue One to celebrate World Book Day in 2013, the first was in Buckhaven in Fife, where his mate EJEK lent a hand, the other one I found on the library in Bonnybridge.

Reading is a form of transport. Everyone is entitled to a travel pass. Gaun Yersel!
A book is a conversation, a riot, a place of silence. Are you listening?

You can see how the Buckhaven Mural was created in this video and the Bonnybridge Mural in this video.

While in the Fife area, I discovered work by a local Fife artist Kerry Wilson, a large mural in Cowdenbeath depicting the areas link to mining and some fun pieces on a couple of Glenrothes’ underpasses.

Watch the Cowdenbeath Mural creation here.

It was quite fortunate to finish off in Bonnybridge as I was able to visit my niece Lesley, who lives there, for a coffee and a blether before heading home, it was great to meet up with her and her family and to catch up with all the latest news.

Women on Walls

by theholmesteader, posted in Glasgow, Street Art

I took a trip down to SWG3 today to see a completed mural by a newly formed collaborative group of girls called the Cobolt Collective. The members of the group are Edda Karolina, Chelsea Frew, Erin Bradley-Scott, and Kat Loudon. As you can see, the work, in celebration of International Woman’s Day, is pretty special, I hope this is the start of large scale walls from this talented group.

The coboltcollective, Edda Karolina. Chelsea Frew Erin Bradley-Scott Kat Loudon
International Women’s day

While there I spotted a new piece, I think by Rogue One, which is a memorial to a girl called Hannah, There was also a fairly new Sci-Fi themed mural by a bunch called the SFM Crew from Dundee.

The Jim Jimmies

by theholmesteader, posted in Glasgow

After our Strollin’ in Cologne, our Reykjavik Rambles and in preparation for our Ambles in America, Jim and I have signed up to take a Wee Wander in this year’s Kilt Walk.

As septuagenarians, we decided not to do the Mighty Stride or even the Big Stroll, so the Wee Wander, a leisurely 6 mile wander around the Moss O’Balloch park, on 28th of April, will do us fine.

We are walking as ‘The Jim Jimmies’ team and hope to raise funds for Cancer Research UK and will be looking for some sponsorship of our efforts.  Thanks to Sir Tom Hunter and The Hunter Foundation, our chosen charity Cancer Research UK will receive an incredible 140% of the sponsorship we raise.  So for every £100 we raise, our charity will receive £140.  So watch this space on how to donate!

Woman in Black – 3

by theholmesteader, posted in Glasgow, Street Art

In town today with my mate Jim, for a couple of beers and lunch in the Raven on Renfield Street, as usual, the food, beer and surroundings were excellent and we were well served by Alex and the rest of the crew, they really know how to make us feel welcome.

I had read that the latest mural to be completed in Glasgow’s Royal Exchange Square, in the form of the latest Study of a Woman In Black series mural by Street artist, James Klinge.  On James’ Instagram page he recently stated that he was unable to get a straight on photo of this piece, so off I went with my newish ultra wide angle lens to see how I would fare, I think I managed to capture the whole picture straight on, I will admit it was tight though.  This is a welcome addition to James’ body of work, which can be seen on his page on this site.

The Raven
Study of a woman in Black 3

Cupid crashed in Glasgow

by theholmesteader, posted in Glasgow, Street Art

I was in Glasgow today and came across Pink Bear Rebel’s latest addition to the Glasgow scene, this time he has surprised city dwellers in the west end with a model of a Cupid that has flown straight into a wall.  Usually known for his political statements with his artwork, such as the one with a blindfolded Theresa May being led by a blindfolded Bulldog, perhaps he is showing his feelings on the commercialism of Valentine’s Day.

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While in town I took a trip down to SWG3 and spotted a piece by East London team EndofTheLine, who have been commissioned by Netflix to paint murals around the UK advertising a new show, one of the team is called Jim Vision so I thought it apt for me to post my image of his tag here.

 

Street Art Reykjavik

by theholmesteader, posted in International, Street Art, Travel

A quiet day at home sorting out some of the many photographs taken during my recent trip to Reykjavik in Iceland.  Despite the snow and ice, there was plenty of colour on offer, not only were the old buildings colourful, there were hundreds of murals on display.  I have posted photographs of the significant ones here.

Iceland Trip

by theholmesteader, posted in International, Travel

I’ve just returned from a trip to Iceland with my friend Jim Lewars, we had great fun exploring the city, visiting many of its famous sights. We also went on a couple of tours, one around the golden Circle and another out to see the Northern Lights.  While there I also took many photographs of the Street Art in the city, so much that it will take me a little longer to post the images on the site.

You can read about our trip and see our photographs here.