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At the end of 2021, Penge saw street artists Ben Eine and Nerone collaborate on a wall on High Street in Penge. Street artist Ben Eine is one of London's high-profile street artists, and his work is known globally. The artist currently resides in the U.S., but he does re-visit England in order to paint new work and touch up original walls. Nerone has been painting more recently; I discovered some of the artist's walls in 2015 or 2016. The artist is from France and uses a "party" vibe with bright flowers. The two artists collaborated on the new wall in Penge with Eine creating the typography for the word "Unity" and Nerone creating the floral background. The work has been painted directly onto brick.

In addition to the Penge piece, I recently discovered a new "Last Days" sign mural by Eine in Shoreditch. These have been popping up in places across east London where developers have acquired to build on. So, this spot's days are likely numbered with this fresh piece.

In addition to Eine's work, below are a few additional pieces that I spotted by Nerone over the past few years across east London.

Back in 2015, London saw the arrival of several South American street artists who painted across the city. Brazilian artist Onesto and Argentinan artist Mart Aire were two of those artists who painted in Camden. I captured the photograph of their work in 2017, but the colours had already faded. Mart Aire, who painted the two figures on the left, uses a sketchy illustration style. Onesto normally paints in black and white or a couple of colours with large-faced and spindly-limbed characters.

The last time I walked by this wall in Camden, which was earlier this year, the mural was still up but looking even more faded.

I've gone through the street art archives, and today's post features the artwork of Amara por Dios, a Stockholm-based artist who used to be a regular on London's street art scene. The artist hasn't produced anything in London for years now, but I discovered some of her last London work that I photographed in my street art archives and thought that I'd share it. Her work is characterised with bright colours and feminine or floral subjects and styles. At least one of her murals does still exist, located on a disused tube train on top of the Village Underground wall at the Shoreditch end of Great Eastern Street. Her pink feminine artwork appears next to another artist's work known as Botkin, which appears to be inspired or possibly a collaboration.

Another one of her murals was with another feminine face with red braids is pictured below.

The last artwork I captured on scaffolding boards, which was a collaboration piece with Flesh031.

Other work by Amara Por Dios on this blog is located here:

Amara Por Dios Paints Hanbury Street
Street Art in Soho by Paul 'Don' Smith, Broken Fingaz, Amara por Dios, Thierry Noir, and others
New Street Art by Artista, Saki and Amara por Dios
Street Art by Amara Por Dios Glows in the Dark
Amara por Dios Paints Tribute for International Women's Day
Amara Por Dios and Flesh031 Collaborate on 'Urban Jungle' Mural in Soho
Amara Por Dios: Village Underground Mural and Other Walls
Street Art: Amara, Kef, Cheba, Neoh, Masai, Airborne Mark and others
New Street Art by Artista, Saki and Amara por Dios

Across the southern coast of England between Bexhill-on-Sea and Hastings are thirty large (five foot) sculptures of rubber ducks and several more smaller versions. The larger version of the ducks have been painted by professional artists and illustrators, and all are unique; the smaller ones have been painted by local community groups. "Follow That Duck" is one of the latest summer charity sculpture trails launched from Wild In Art, and it supports St. Michael's Hospice. The ducks will be in place until the 5th of September, so take advantage of the lovely weather and check them out.

Doubelduck - Kerry Kaffyn

See the photographs of the larger ducks below. There were two that were not placed at the locations.

Duckign and Diving - Kathleen Smith

Spots and Bolts - DIR

Tea and Quackers - Jina Gelder Illustration

Duckin' and Divin' - David Maguire

Duck a L'orange - Jess Perrin

Flying Start - Rachael and Phillippa Corcutt

Under the Sea - Marta Zubieta

The Bathers - Katy Dynes (Kitty Dinners) and Peking Duck - Jude Chapman

From Hastings with Love - Lois Cordelia

Green Man Duck - Susan Webber

Pop! - Jill Busby Art

Pop! - Jill Busby Art

Fire Quacker - Reilly Creative

Hastings Flag vs the Seamonster - g_whizz_wheeler

We do like to be beside the seaside - Pete Smith

Fizzy Pop and Salty Hair - Sophie Malpas and Doodle Duck - Sarah Jane Welch

Love a Duck! - Sue Guthrie

The Lucky Stone - Jenny Pearce

Puck - Rosie Freund

Doubelduck - Kerry Kaffyn

Doubelduck - Kerry Kaffyn

Captain Duck - Karis Viola

The Bayduck Tapesty - Anne-Marie Byrne

Pride of Hastings - Mark and Issi Fisher

Aristolochia Grandiflora - Kathleen Smith

Sirens of Hastings - Helen Alenxander-Bristow

Banana Duck - Shuby

Cyber Duck - Mik Richardson

London's street art scene has been busy this year to catch up with the slow previous couple of years, and I was happy to see Cranio and Phelgm, two street artists that I have been following for some time, return to the city. Cranio had an exhibition going on at BSMT Space in Dalston recently, so he's been busy creating a lot of murals around various parts of London. When he comes to town, he usually does at least one collaboration, and the collaborations are always fun to see. This collaboration is between him and Phlegm and features their unique characters in the middle of a battle or war.

Phlegm is a street artist from Sheffield, and this is his latest London wall. The last time that I saw any work from him in London was in 2019. I started to see his work around the city in 2013. His work is fantasy-based with monochrome characters with long legs and patterned clothing. His work is an illustrative style.

Cranio is a street artist from Brazil, and his subject is blue native characters that are often getting up to mischief. His work sometimes depicts social, environmental, economical, and political meanings.

The mural is located in Dalton, about a block from the BSMT Space gallery where Cranio is currently exhibiting. The wall is a long one, and it is split into both styles. It appears to be a war between the blue natives from Cranio and Phlegm's monochrome long-legged humanoids. Cranio's blue natives are seen with a golden god-like figure in a jungle setting with money bags.

In the midde of the wall, Cranio's blue natives and a money-like character are leaping with primative weapons (an axe and spear) into the superior humanoid's flame-throwing crossfire created by Phlegm. Arrows fly through the air with explosions and burning jungle in the background. 

The host of weaponry at the humanoids' defense is vast and complex - mechanical. 

Near the end of Phlegm's contribution to the wall, some of the humanoids are carrying a cage with two of Cranio's captured blue natives. This section of the wall has a hook on it where a cage or cart is secured for the shop. It appears that this has been worked into the artwork, even though it does obscure it. (I tried to move the cart to get a better photograph, but it is secured there.)

Overall, it's a brilliant piece and difficult to photograph. It's best to see in person.

Some additional artwork by Phlegm in this blog can be seen on the following pages:

Plegm Paints "Hydra Towers" on Ion Square
Newcastle Street Art
New Mural by Phlegm on Old Street
Phlegm's Mural on Hanbury Street
Phlegm and ROA Street Art at South Bank
Baroque the Streets: Dulwich Street Art
Street Art: Phlegm

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

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

Last summer, Ben Eine created a mural in Camden with the help of Dotmasters. This isn't the first time these two street artists collaborated together on a mural. The last time they contributed on a mural was on Ebor street a couple years ago. The new mural is on scaffolding around a development site between Camden Town and Mornington Crescent. The text reads "Chase Your Dreams" with some letters slanted, and a black wallpaper-esque pattern on a white background is completed by Dotmasters.

More street art by street artist Ben Eine on this blog can be seen below:

"I Don't Like This Anymore" Ebor Street Collaboration with Eine and Dotmaster
New Ben Eine Street art "Love" in 2019
Ben Eine "Peace is Possible" Street Art
Street Art: Ben Eine
Ben Eine Paints 'Like Nothing Else' on Ebor Street
Ben Eine Tribute to Grenfell Tower Victims
Ben Eine 'Last Days of Shoreditch'
Ben Eine New Street Art Summer 2016
Ben Eine 'Extortonists' Refresh

Alice Pasquini is a street artist from Rome who has painted many times in London using a stencil style. Her work usually is completed in illustrative style and representative of expression to add a level of interaction and unexpectedness. Many of her artworks are small-scale and placed on doors and walls where the viewer happens to come across them. Three pieces from the artist appeared in Penge in 2018 near Penge East station, on Maple Road, and off Penge High Street. I snapped the photographs of the artwork at the end of 2021, so they were a few years old but looking fine for that length of time.

Additional blog posts with Alice Pasquini's work can be seen on this blog here:

"Everything Flows" Street Art by Alice Pasquini in Camden
Manchester Street Art
Street Artist Alice Pasquini Returns to London
Street Art: Alice Pasquini
Alice Pasquini - New Portraits of Young Women

Visitors to my blog may remember reading about street artist Dreph, who is probably the best known for painting portraits across London's walls, and the series "You Are Enough". This "You Are Enough" project was aimed at painting portraits of inspiring and understated people, mainly women and primarily of African or Caribbean ancestry. This edition of the series was painted in 2017 in Penge off the High Street and features Mimi Fresh.

Mimi Fresh is a friend of the artist's, and she is a fashionable lady who has an interest in holistic medicines and counseling (at the time of painting). I'd seen photographs of the piece previously, but I had only just gotten down to Penge last November before the piece was painted over. Although it was painted a few years ago now and faded a bit, it still looked stunning. 

Previous posts with Dreph's work that feature on my blog are located below:

Dreph Street Art Migration Series, 3
Final Dreph "You Are Enough" Mural
Dreph "You Are Enough" (Part 3)
'You Are Enough' (8th edition)
Dreph 'You Are Enough' (6th Edition)
Dreph Paints Holly Oluwo
New Street Art Portraits by Dreph
Street Art: Dreph

Last November, I had a street art tour of Penge, and one of the newest murals on the street was this collaboration "Neighbourhood Watch" by Fanakapan and Nerone. The artwork covers the side of a residential home not far from the High Street. (Unfortunately, a car had parked in front of it, but let's ignore that as much as we can...it does detract from the wonderful artwork.) Fanakapan has been painting across London for the past decade and has perfected the chrome balloon style, which is what he is now known for. Nerone is known primarily for painting floral scenes with a bit of a "party" vibe. Both styles have blended together.

Fanakapan uses his party smiley balloons and has even used a window in the existing architecture of the building for an eye and has even painted a window onto the building. 

A close-up of Nerone's portion of wall is seen above so you can see a bit clearly the style and the drip-effect of the flowers, which has been slightly hidden from view due to the car.

More artwork by Nerone on this blog can be seen here:

Nerone on Kingsland Road
Nerone Paints Great Eastern Street
Street Artist: Nerone

More artwork featuring Fanakapan can be discovered on my blog here:

Fanakapan "No Words" Mural, Hoxton Square
Fanakapan Street Art Around East London
Fanakapan "Up Yours" Mural on Heneage Street
Fanakapan "BITER" Street Art on Pedley Street
Fanakapan Street Art Smiling Balloons
Fanakapan Paints "Hah" Laughing Gas on Pedley Street
Halloween Street Art by Fanakapan
Fanakapan Street Art on Mornington Crescent and Star Yard
Fanakapan Paints PacMan Pizza on Brick Lane and Other Street Art
Fanakapan Star Yard MagnaDonuts Mural
"Follow the Leader" by Fanakapan
Peace for Manchester
Fanakapan Paints Shoreditch Clowns
Chrome Balloon Dog in Star Yard
Fanakapan Paints "Power Tools" on Village Underground Wall
Fanakapan Paints "Drunk Glass Elephants"
Fanakapan, Horror Crew, & Jerry Rugg
Louis Masai and Fanakapan: "Freedom?"
New Chrome Street Art Mask by Fanakapan
Balloon Animal Street Art
Cranio & Fanakapan
Fanakapan and Horror Crew
Camden Street Art Self-Guided Trail
Halloween Street Art (2018 and 2019)
Cranio Returns to London in 2020 and Paints Brick Lane

Street artist Unify creates walls filled with hearts and other happy subjects with the objective to spread love and happiness. I first noticed the artist's work back around 2014 or 2015 when I worked on Brick Lane and spent my lunch breaks walking the streets to find new street art. The artwork was always stencil-based and featured a subject (a bear, a child, or something similar) holding a sign or a balloon. Rivington Street was a popular spot for the artist in the early days. I've captured some of the more recent work by the artist below, and the style keeps evolving. 

One favourite pieces by the artist was painted just before Valentine's Day in 2021, and it shows a knight surrounded by hearts "chivalry is not dead". This is one of the most recent works that I have discovered.

Below are additional works I have discovered around east London - a chimp with "I love you", children holding windmills, hearts, and stuffed bears.