Today's post features grafitti and street art by Sweet Toof, Mo (Mighty Mo), and PEG. These artists have been painting the walls around north and east London for a long time, and some of their work is amongst the oldest on the streets. Quite a few of these pieces were taken along the canal.
I originally covered Sweet Toof's work in a round-up post featuring other street artists here. Sweet Toof is London-based, although it's rare to find newer work from the artist. His trademark (or tag) is a set of bright pink gums and teeth. According to his Wikipedia page, the tooth is a favourite subject of his because it symbolises life as well as death. Some of his work features the faces of clowns or Shakespeare-like with the bright pink gums and teeth. If you are lucky, you can see his artwork on a boat in the canal.
The newest piece by Sweet Toof that I came across was the one below, which may have been a collaboration with another artist. It's not in the same style as his other work.
Of course, many of the pieces are collaborations with other street artists. The next piece is a monkey face, and these are located along the tops of several buildings; if you look up, you are bound to spot one. The artist is Mighty Mo, and I've previously covered his work in this post when he collaborated with other artists.
In some of the walls along the canal, I noticed that he collaborated with Sweet Toof a few times, including this image of his monkey character with the teeth.
Also, the image below shows a wall that Mightly Mo, Sweet Toof, Gold Peg, and possibly other street artists in The Burning Candy Crew collaborated on. Gold Peg's clothes pegs are a common sight in east London as well.
I will be adding more photographs of the artwork as soon as I come across them. At some point this year, I'd like to complete my canal walk to cover the remainder of the canal through Hackney Wick.
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