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A few weeks ago, I saw a couple street artists painting a wall orange just off of Brick Lane (near Allen Gardens); curious to see what the result would be, I checked back the next day to see black and white "ribbons" forming a running tiger on a bright orange canvas.

The artist that I saw was DALeast, a street artist from China. He painted a few more walls in London over the span of a couple of weeks, including a popular wall on Hanbury Street, Rivington Street, and Sclater Street. His artwork uses very bright background colours and looks three-dimensional. Since the large mural I saw being painted off of Brick Lane, I've noticed several more appear. Some of these have already been painted over now, though. Below are photographs that I took of his work in London.

For more information and to see more from DALeast, visit the official website at: http://www.daleast.com/

Jana & JS are street artists from Austria and France who create artwork that mainly features themselves as the subjects of their artwork. These are then put in various cities across the world. The majority of their work had recently disappeared in London, but they have come back and added a few new pieces.

In addition to the new pieces that Jana & JS have posted/painted, I have seen the remains of two of their pieces in London that I was lucky to photograph earlier in the year. (These are now gone.) Another piece was too badly-damaged before I was able to photograph it.

The woman with a camera was a brilliant piece that has not disappeared.

Recently, Israeli street artist Dede has been painting and pasting up artwork in Shoreditch, London. I located the following paste-ups in various places around Brick Lane, Spitalfields, and Shoreditch. A lot of the artwork seems to feature dark/bold-outlined illustrations of heads/faces and animals (farm animals).

One of the murals exists in railway arches just off of Great Eastern Street. (Sorry about the quality of the photograph; it was difficult to photograph in the sunlight.)

For additional work by street artist Dede, visit http://cargocollective.com/imdede/Dede or https://www.facebook.com/im.dede. For an interview, follow this link: http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/2013/04/18/dede-paints-tel-aviv/#.UbOZw444TmI 

Broken Fingaz Crew are a collective group of Israeli artists, and I've posted a few of their artwork that I found on the streets in Shoreditch over the past few months. Their work features almost comic-book style imagery and figures, often of mens' heads and skeletons. Bright colours are often used, but a series of their artwork is simply black and white.

I saw the artists painting a mural just off Brick Lane at the end of May. One of these featured a skeleton and a woman on a motorbike; this is the one I saw them painting. Another similar one appeared on Bacon Street. The titles of these are called "Supersex" and "Supersex Vol.2". 

I've included the newest artwork with some of the older pieces that I've collected below.

For more information about this group of street artists, visit their website: http://brokenfingaz.com/

The Dulwich Arts Festival took place at the beginning of May. One of the features of the festival was the creation of large street art murals by street artists and a house taken over and decorated by street arts. (I published two entries about this house:  Open Day at the Street Art House, Dulwich Arts Festival: Part 1 and Open Day at the Street Art House, Dulwich Arts Festival: Part 2.)

The street art was created by ROA, REKA, Dscreet, Thierry Noir, RUN, Phlegm, Remi Rough, Conor Harrington, The Rolling People, Pablo Delgado, Christiaan Nagel, Liqen, and others. The artists re-envisioned and re-interpreted artworks from past artwork available to view in the Dulwich gallery.

Conor Harrington. These duelling figures are from the Regency period, when the Dulwich Picture Gallery opened.

A mushroom installation on Dulwich High street, Christiaan Nagel

A mushroom installation on Dulwich High street, Christiaan Nagel

Remi Rough and the System. Based on 'A Girl at a Window' by Rembrandt and 'The Triumph of David' by Poussin.

A mushroom installation on Dulwich High street, Christiaan Nagel

Pablo Delgado

A work in progress by Nunca.

From top to bottom: various depictions of Stik. The first one is based on "An Unknown Couple" by Gainsborough. The second is based on Adam and Eve. The third is based on 'The Linley Sisters' by Gainsborough.

Alfred Hitchcock by AP. Phlegm's interpretation of 'The Triumph of David' by Poussin.

From left to right: MadC. Stik - 'Mrs. Moody and Her Children' based on Gainsborough. Stik -  'Elizabeth and Mary Davidson' (Tily Kettle).

RUN also painted the side of the house that was used by the street artists, and this was based on "The Triumph of David". There's already a photograph of this at Open Day at the Street Art House, Dulwich Arts Festival: Part 1. 

Did you make a visit to the area to see the street art? Let me know what you thought of it.

The Orkney Islands is a small group of islands located approximately ten miles off the north-eastern coast of mainland Scotland. These islands are rich in history and natural beauty, and those that lived here traditionally and settled here were from Scotland or Scandanavia. Visitors to the islands can arrive by ferry or by plane into Kirkwall on the main island.

In early May, I got the Pentland Ferry across from Giles Bay (not far from John O' Groats, the northeastern tip of Scotland) to St. Margaret's Hope on Orkney's mainland. I stayed for nearly a week, which was enough time to see what the main island had to offer and to spend a couple of days visiting two of the other islands.

On the way back to our bed and breakfast in Kirkwall one afternoon, we drove up Wideford Hill. This hill overlooks the town of Kirkwall, and there are excellent views from the top if you can brave the high winds. The summit also seems to be a hang-out place for locals. At the top of the hill is a trail about a mile long to walk down to Wideford Cairn, a chambered tomb. (There are hundreds, if not thousands, of these tombs on the islands.)

Local boys walking on the road on picturesque Wideford Hill

Large clouds and a steep view of one of the sides of Wideford Hill

A view of Kirkwall from Wideford Hill

There are a few interesting historical places to visit in Kirkwall. These include St. Magnus Cathedral, Earl's Palace, and Bishop's Palace. All three are next to each other. The Orkney Museum is also near all three monuments, but it was shut for refurbishment. 

Earl's Palace with St. Magnus Cathedral in the background

A view of Earl's Palace.

One of the rooms in Earl's Palace

Bishop's Palace, next to Earl's Palace, is in a worse state of ruin. The main hall is completely in ruins, but it's worth visiting the palace to climb the tower. The views over St. Magnus Cathedral are brilliant. 

A view of St. Magnus Cathedral from Bishop's Palace.

St. Magnus Cathedral exterior and interior stained glass windows

The interior of the cathedral contains the tombs of famous explorers, writers, and other important people in history. The cathedral's founder's bones are also inside the cathedral in ones of the pillars, marked by a plaque. A lot of the tombs in the cathedral use skull bone or skeleton imagery.

Skeleton figure in St. Magnus Cathedral

While driving around Orkney, and its many pastures of sheep, I came across adorable lambs in orange plastic jackets. These were cute, so I could not resist taking several photographs of them. Lambs are cute as they are, but they are even cuter when dressed up in little jackets.

I enjoyed seeing these lambs in orange jackets.

Two black-faced lambs wear cute jackets while their mother looks on.

One of the other interesting buildings on the Orkney mainland is the Italian Chapel. This chapel was built in the 1940s on an uninhabited island, which is now a part of the mainland. The chapel was built by Italian prisoners of war (World War II) while they were stationed here. The prisioners also constructed bridges to link two parts of the mainland, called the Churchill Barriers, which prevented ships from accessing the Scapa Flow and attacking the UK's defenses held here. The area is filled with shipwrecks, and you can see many of these. Some of the ships were deliberately sunk at the barriers. 

The Italian Chapel is a beautiful little chapel, and the paintings inside on the walls and ceiling and the woodwork is amazing.

Jesus wood carving above the main doorway

The Italian Chapel interior

The bed and breakfast I stayed at looked out over the Kirkwall harbour, which I photographed below.

Kirkwall harbour

The Dulwich Arts Festival was held earlier this month, and one of the highlights was an abandoned house that had been taken over by street artists. Visitors could take a glimpse the house on the last weekend of the festival as it was open to the public.

The interior of the house was turned into a masterpiece, and the exterior was also transformed into a giant canvas. I visited the house at the open weekend as it will soon be demolished.

Various artwork by Pablo Delgado, a Mexican street artist who specialises in creating small paste-ups and pasting them (usually) at ground level.

One room in the house was painted by Thierry Noir and showed many of his characters; there were also paintings on the side of the van and canvases for sale. Artist Thierry Noir was in the room, busy creating more artwork. (Read more about this artist here: Street Art: Thierry Noir)

One of the rooms in the house was filled with artwork by Dscreet and featured the owl character. More artwork by this artist was located on the outside of the building, including the front of the house.

My Dog Sighs painted the upstairs utility room area, including painting water bubbles on the wall and sink. A few hidden gems could be found on the walls and under cabinets, including a tin can with a face and various messages.

In addition to the utility room, My Dog Sighs painted eyes on various exterior walls and the front door. Some of the eyes showed silhouettes of figures and the sky. I think this artist is brilliant with depicting water, bubbles, and glass-like surfaces.

This very 'angular-looking' room was painted by MadC.

Assorted artwork by Agent Provocateur, Pablo Delgado, Joyce Treasure, 616 (a.k.a. Benjamin Murphy), and Celso.

Silkey tagged the garage door; ROA created various artwork (sperm and skeleton); Malarky created some items in the basement stairs area; REKA created a drawing on a van; Agata Olek created a crochet canvas; Silkey created the first image.

RUN's telephones with contributions by Pablo Delgado.

Cityzen Kane created some sculptures for the side of the house.

Malarky painted one side of the garage and various fox-like characters in the front of the house.

Last summer, Los Angeles-based artist Kalen Ockerman painted a mural on Hanbury Street, off of Brick Lane. The mural depicts bankers (ruled by the green all-seeing pyramid eye, which appears on the US banknotes) playing a game of Monopoly. The Monopoly board is held up of faceless individuals while others suffer and protest against a corporate machine. (This is my impression of the artwork, but others felt that the mural was offensive, and the number of complaints made against it ensured that it did not last long.)