Subway graffiti

I like this. Simple though effective, both in form and colour palette. More please. It's surprising how stumbling across colourful graffiti, no matter the subject or size, can lift your spirits and put a smile on your face; it amazes me that people can object to dull grey, often neglected, concrete surfaces being brought to life with art.   

Subway graffiti

The subway between Clayhill Heath and Whitely Wood sports a new piece of graffiti, or at least one I've not seen before. I was fairly certain I recognised the style as the same artist from the subway under the Christchurch to Lyndhurst road at Markway Hill, a white outline piece at the other end of the subway confirmed I was right. It's possible the same graffiti artist has created here for some years, the underlying and faded flower looks very similar in style to the white outlined piece.  Nice.

K.i.s.s.i.n.g

What do you see? I see a big lipped Oak king snogging his Beech queen girlfriend. I think I may have gone wrong in my mind tank. 

Awen

Awen flowing through the stands.

Graffiti

I love a bit of stumbled upon art, and I love a bit of graffiti too, this morning I was able to combine the two. We stumbled upon a long piece of graffiti featuring stylised birds and flowing shapes in the underpass between Spaniards Hole and Whitley Wood. My first response was 'nice', my second was how much it reminded me of Barclay James Harvest's 1971 'Once Again' album cover. It's the lines and form, as well as to a lesser degree the colours used. It's a nice piece which brings life to the underpasses lifeless drab concrete, and there's the rub, for me.  There was clearly more graffiti by the same artist on the opposite wall which had been daubed over in white by the art police, it was still visible through the wash...and I thought, why do they bother? If it's not obscene or offensive, why not leave it, it brightens a dull concrete feature, and it enhances your walking experience...surely no one can be offended or angered by that.  More now than ever, the world needs art.