LONDON MURAL FESTIVAL PART 2

 London Mural Festival part 2

Brixton:

Luke Smile

      Not exactly heroic, but I did walk over seven miles in one day hunting for murals, some rather elusive. This tribute to David Bowie is in Leeson Rd, London SE24 0PL.

 

Gent 48                                                               Jeba

     These two, in Brighton Terrace, bookend a late addition. It was still a work in progress at 11am, but they expected to finish it by the end of the day ....

     Update:

     Behind, in the basketball court, you can see this .....

            ..... except (unless you have a drone) you can't. Because it's within a gated community.

Clapham:

 

     Fenwick Hall, Willington Road, boasts it's own street art gallery which has two splendid festival additions by Zandism and one by .IO .....

     There's some other nice stuff there .....

          Including this by Qwynto, all the way from Memphis, Tennessee (cue Chuck Berry*) .....

        ..... which looks quite recent but is not on the festival map (unlike his other  efforts).

     * Chuck Berry's Memphis, Tennessee was one of the songs the Beatles played at their 1962 Decca audition. They were famously rejected, having "no future in show business as guitar groups are on the way out".

     In Fenwick Place there are no fewer than ten new murals, seven by Squarms .... 

                           ...... plus, these three animals, by Oak Bloak ......

 

     ...... this is the first London mural of Oak Bloak (Max Coleman) who hails from Denver, Colorado. His creation represents the Three Graces in Greek mythology - the cow for nourishment, the dog for protection and the sheep for clothing.

     And in nearby Cottage Grove, there is this contribution by Yorgos  .....

Ilford: Grantham Road/Selbourne Avenue

Mooty                                                   Kamil Dadon

    Mooty is the tag of Chris Dorning: "So happy to be invited to paint at the London Mural Festival this year ..... got a 30 metre to my myself for 3 days". Check out some of Mooty's other works here.

Bethnal Green:

Fedir Filatov

     This cobbled alley is Voss Street. It sits behind one of London's legendary Greasy Spoon cafés - Pellici's (established 1900) .....

      .... and a tasty full English breakfast beckoned. Despite it being 10am on a Monday the place was already full of tourists. But sharing a table and striking up a conversation is the norm, and rather nice (see also Terry's and the Regency Café).

Cept

    This mural can be found in Coventry Road, E2 6JN. And there's plenty more good street art in the vicinity which pre-dates the festival .....

                            ...... including another Qwynto, also in Voss Street .....