Street Art: Stik

Stik, an artist based in London, paints stick figures around the city. Stik did a lot of paintings in 2009, after many years of being homeless. He's now one of the most recognised street artists. His work is one of my favourites as his stick figures always bring a smile. For such simple shapes/figures, the work conveys many emotions. Some of the figures interact with their surroundings. I would love to see more of his work pop up on the streets of east London. I originall featured some of his newest work in Dulwich, covered here: Baroque the Streets: Dulwich Street Art.

I've taken many photographs of Stik's work throughout east London. A couple of these in this post have since been sadly painted over. One of those that was painted over is the work on the Village Underground wall that appeared at the beginning of the year with Thierry Noir.

One recent image of Stik, painted with an image  of Thierry Noir above a car park on Great Eastern Street, has since been painted over.

The image below has been tagged over even more. 

And, these flying Stiks, which were among my favourite by the artist because they interact with the architecture of the building, have been painted over.

I also like the Stiks on this shed off of Brick Lane. There are so many smaller Stiks painted on the building when you examine it closely.

For a map of Stik's work in London, see http://londonist.com/2012/01/street-art-stik-map-updated.php.

For Stik's official website, visit: http://www.stik.org.uk/