Malarky
Street artist Malarky is from Barcelona, and he painted brightly-coloured artwork on shutters and walls around Shoreditch/Spitalfields in London. Most of his artwork features cartoonish fox-like or cat characters. He created a lot of new work in 2011 and 2012, but I have not seen anything from him recently. He also collaborates with other street artists; Lucas, Billy, and Mr. Penfold. All of these artists have a similar style of work. I like the idea of these happy, urban foxes.
More of his work can be seen here: http://malark.blogspot.co.uk/
A Malarky 'fox'
Mr. Penfold
Like street artist Malarky, Mr. Penfold uses bright colours and a signature cartoon character in his work. He is originally from Cambridge.
More of his work can be found on the official website (http://www.mrpenfold.com/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Penfold/32281712075)
Mr. Penfold
From top: 1) Mr. Penfold, Lucas and Malarky. 2) Malarky, Lucas and Mr. Penfold.
Billy
Billy also creates artwork, and she has been producing street art. Her work features along with Malarky's on shutters around Shoreditch and Spitalfields, and bright colours are also used. She lived in South Africa for a while, and her work looks like it is influenced by a 'tribal' theme and design.
Billy
From top: 1) Malarky 2) Malarky and others 3) Malarky 4) Lucas and Malarky 5) Malarky 6) Malarky and Billy
Malarky and Lucas
Lucas
Lucas is a street artist from Northern Ireland. Similar to the previous artists, he uses bright colours and characters, mainly plump-looking faces with large eyes.
Lucas
I have only photographed a few examples of these artists' work as there's so much of it in east and south London. As many of these are located on the shutters, I suggest visiting the area (Spitalfields/Shoreditch) after hours if you wish to see more of their artwork.
Malarky cat
Malarky fox
Malarky cat
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