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Street artist Ayo Blake has been busy painting some of east London's walls. The artist is from London, and he specialises in creating portaits. I have photographed several of his portraits over the past few months. In addition, he had painted a series called "Find your cho", which included a character. The artist is also inspired by African people and culture.

The artist paints realistic portraits. Some of the backgrounds use bright colours.

The artist seems to be fairly new to the street art scene as I've not seen his work before 2021, so I am interested to see how his work evolves over the coming years.

My Dog Sighs is a street artist based on the south coast, but he has created paste-ups and murals all over the U.K. He is known for painting eyes and figures. I captured some photographs of his most recent paste-ups around east London.

Previous work from My Dog Sighs on this blog is located on the below links:

My Dog Sighs Paints Re:Claim Southampton
Street Art by My Dog Sighs in Cardiff
Street Art in London from My Dog Sighs
My Dog Sighs on Rivington Street
My Dog Sighs 
My Dog Sighs
Mural in a hidden alley in Blackall Street
Collaborated with street artist Midge
Manchester Street Art
My Dog Sighs @ Bristol Upfest 2015
Artist My Dog Sighs' Hug Mural in Bedminster, Bristol

Street artist Aspire is known for creating murals across London that feature birds and pixelated imagery. The artist painted a mural on a large wall on Hawley Mews in Camden, and it features two birds and a fish. The fish is stuck in plastic litter, and a "reduced" barcode is displayed. This artwork depicts the problems with throw-away society and littering the planet.

The artist's work can normally be discovered in Penge where there is quite a lot to see.

Today's post covers street artist by Trust Icon in Penge. Trust Icon is a street artist who has painted often in London, and these are a few of the works that I discovered in Penge a couple of years ago by the artist. The artist's work is inspired by characters and subjects of popular culture (video games, cartoons, films) often in witty or thought-provoking circumstances. Below are the artworks by Trust Icon that I discovered in Penge.

First up is the title character from "Forrest Gump", who is sitting with a face mask, chocolate box, and social distancing sign. The film would take on a completely different meaning had the title character not been able to speak to anyone.

The beloved "Peanuts" comic strip character Snoopy features in another mural on a wall located in a residential area. Snoopy is carrying a heart and acting as a grafitti artist.

The next artwork features the big bad wolf from the "Little Red Riding Hood" nursery rhyme. Apparently, a sign pointing at "grandma" was located on the brick wall outside. The piece remains partially-hidden behind discarded items.

The final piece is also obscured and features a snake charmer charming a pixel-based 1980's inspired snake.

For more work by Trust Icon, see:

Street Art Round-Up Sprint and Summer 2015
Street Art - Others and Trust Icon

Street artist JimmyC painted a mural under a railway bridge in Penge, and the title of the work is "Unfolding". The artwork features bright colours and is a different style from JimmyC's usual styles of building up his artwork using dots of colour. This piece suggests movement with flying birds, and its placement on this dark underpass adds a bit of needed colour to this area of Penge.

More artwork by JimmyC that I have posted about in this blog are:

JimmyC Mural for Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone
JimmyC Paints "Vaccine Nation" Street Art in Shoreditch
London Cityscape at Blackfriars by JimmyC
JimmyC Swan Street Art by Borough Market
JimmyC Updates South Bank Shakespeare Mural
JimmyC Paints Wall of Hearts to Honour Victims of Borough Market Attack
JimmyC Paints "Royal Wedding" Mural for St. Christopher's Place
Mick's Hands
'Open the Mind'
JimmyC Redchurch Street Heart
JimmyC Paints Shakespeare on South Bank
Street Artist JimmyC Paints Caledonian Road
RIP David Bowie & An Afternoon in Brixton
New Mural in Ever-Changing Shoreditch by JimmyC
New 'Spring Offering' Mural by Bailon and Sliks (JimmyC, Zadok Sonar Uno)
New JimmyC Mural on Joe's Kid (Cafe), Fashion Street
JimmyC Street Art - New Inn Yard, Brick Lane, Hackney Road
New Street Art by JimmyC
Street Art: JimmyC

Last November, I had a walk around Penge in south London to see street art, and Louis Masai's mural under a bridge was placed in January of 2019 as part of the jam "Anything's Better Than a Blank Wall". Louis Masai's artwork depicts environmental concerns, and one of his styles is patchwork or a quilted pattern. Bees are also a popular subject of the artist. 

The artwork features a quilted banana being stitched by a bee. Above the banana is "Almost extinct for a 2nd time...that's bananas!" The artwork is titled "Cavendish Banana", and the goal is to bring attention to people that the banana is facing extinction due to the type of farming used where the variety of banana is only grown at a time (monofarming). Previously, the banana was extinct; the Jon Michel banana succumed to disease and was wiped out.

Other posts on this blog that feature Louis Masai are included below:

Louis Masai Paints for Upfest 2018
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park Environmental Street Art 
Louis Masai and Birdo Collaboration @ Bethnal Green
Louis Masai and Fanakapan Collaborate on 'Freedom?' Street Art
HumanNature Endangered13 Street Art Paint Jam, Day 2
HumanNature Endangered13 Street Art Paint Jam
Masai's #LondonLovesCorals SynchronicityEarth Mural

Outside Crystal Palace on Anerley Vale road is a street art mural "Space Race" by Klonism. Klonism is a grafitti artist and illustrator based in Leeds in the U.K. Klonism's style is grafitti-based with bright and bold colours, and he started working in grafitti art at a young age. The "Space Race" mural features various animal characters painted onto a space background. 

The artwork can be seen on Anerley Vale opposite Crystal Palace station.

Over the past few years, London has seen a wide range of neon street art appearing across walls. Much of the artwork features cartoon and gaming characters. The artwork is painted by Fat Cap Sprays. Fat Cap Sprays is an artist based in London, and he records the spraying process. The artwork is created with different layers of spray paint to give a "glow" or "neon" appearance. He hopes that these cartoon and video game characters will allow the viewer to see a positive time in their lives. The first of these I discovered in 2020, and I've been photographing them since, although many do get painted over quickly.

I'm not sure which character the above represented, but it is always disappointing to discover one that has been painted over.

Eyesaw is a UK-based street artist who has painted a lot of his work across east and south London. The artist started to paint in the mid-2000s with grafitt-style tags, but it wasn't until last year that I really discovered his work and his unique style involving modern popular culture icons and brands. He is known for creating the "glitch the system" style of artwork in which the subject's form appears to be glitched or as if the multiple layers are made for 3D. The artist has been painting primarily cartoon characters using this glitch style, and I've only managed to photograph a few of them. 

The first of the pieces in this artist's new glitch style was "system error", and it depicts Mickey Mouse. The work was painted behind Grey Eagle Street toward the end of summer last year.

This was shortly followed by Porky Pig "Serve the System" a few weeks later.

One of the more recent murals that I saw before it was painted over was of Sonic.

In November last year, I saw this angry Thumper (from "Bambi") on a wall off Hanbury Street.

"Lady and the Tramp" was one of my favourite Disney films, and this duo appeared in February in time for Valentine's Day this year.

The following appeared at about the same time.

The below appeared in March.

Captain Caveman appeared in May.

For Halloween last year, Eyesaw collaborated with Airbourne Mark. "Count Duckula" was one of my favourite television cartoons when I was much younger.

Pepe La Pew is located in Penge at the Pawleyne Arms pub.

Bug Bunny is located near Penge East station.

I loved finding this new street artist, and I love the style of glitched cartoons that take me back to my childhood. I hope to continue seeing this artist's work across London.

This past summer, street artist Cranio returned to London's streets to leave new artwork. Cranio is known for his blue tribal people, who get up to all sorts of chaos and usually have a political, social, or environmental theme. I was able to track down his artwork across east London. The artist was in town hosting an exhibition at BSMT Space Gallery in Dalston. This exhibition was in place until the 14th of August. While in London, he created many murals. One of them was covered previously on this blog, and it was posted here: Cranio and Phlegm Collaboration in Dalston - War.

I went to BSMT Space Gallery to check out the artwork.

One of Cranio's blue tribal men was painted on the wall. 

Located on Hanbury Street, this smoking blue man looking right at home under a "shisha lounge" sign.

On Pedley Street off Brick Lane is a grafitti-style tag.

Also on Brick Lane is a blue man wearing a football shirt and smoking.

Another blue tribal man is using a mobile further down the road on Brick Lane.

The final mural in this part of London is located on Bacon Street and features one of the blue men walking his dog while looking at his mobile. His face appears to be disappearing into his mobile.

Previous artwork by Cranio on this blog can be seen by following the below links:

Cranio and Phlegm Collaboration in Dalston - War
Collaboration Street Art: Cranio & Fanakapan
Cranio - Collaborations with Himbad, Zadok, & Kazz
Cranio's Newest Mural on Pedley Street: Blue Natives 
Cranio Repaints His Wall on Brick Lane
Cranio's Mural on Great Eastern Street
Recent Street Art in Early 2014
Street Art: Cranio, Senna, HIN, and Mo
Street Art: Cranio
Cranio Returns to London in 2020 and Paints Brick Lane