Around and about (IV)

Walking around town, my eyes are continually drawn to the wide spectrum of artwork produced by either local or passing-through street artists. Report, photography and imagining by HOT’s Zelly Restorick.

On a train the other day, looking out of the window, I saw building after building – factories, industrial estates, shops, retail parks – displaying their naked, dull, unimaginative, blank walls and I had a wonderful, uplifting, colour-filled vision. I imagined a connection between these blank potential canvases and the artists (local or on their travels), art colleges and schools creating a world where these unimaginative walls were decorated with amazing, soul-inspiring artwork.

Imagine a world where we walked around and everywhere we went, there was art to enjoy or inspire or capture our attention or make us think or feel. Sculptures and paintings and a myriad of uniquely personal creative expressions of our lives.

To awaken and enliven our eyes and connect with our spirits, as an alternative to the monotony of the monotone!

Exterior decorating. Making our external urban environment more stimulating. Inspiring. Thought provoking. Aesthetically pleasing.

All for the fun of it… and free.

Setting art free!

Appreciation and gratitude – from me to all the street artists – who I feel brighten up both our streets and our lives.

By the way, if you are the artist of any of the above artwork and you’d like to be acknowledged / credited, please contact me via the Comments form below – and I’ll happily add your name into the article. * * Thank you to Deletism [see Comment below] for letting me know. Still a couple of blanks, if anybody knows the artists’ identities.

 

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