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The Pinner Rotary Club helps to host Pinner's annual St. George's Day events, and it commenced in 1963. For 2022, it was held today, on Sunday April 24. One of the most famous events for the day is Ye Olde Wheelbarrow Race, which sees teams competing in racing wheelbarrows and drinking beer from the pubs along the route. There is also live music to look forward to, Punch & Judy shows and a petting zoo for little ones, scout parade, fun fair rides and booths, face-painting, kiosks selling food and drink, local pubs and restaurants selling food and drink along the street, morris dancers, and other entertainment.

My day started off at Eastcote House Gardens where I decided to walk to Pinner along the Celandine Route, a walk that I enjoy (read a post about the Eastcote House Gardens to Pinner walk here). When I arrived at Eastcote House Gardens, there were several classic cars making their way in for a classic car show. It was lovely weather for it, but I could not stay as I had plans to visit Pinner for their St. George's Day event. So, I snapped a few photographs of the cars, including a 1970s Dodge in the same or very simiar colour that my late grandmother owned (inherited) that is sitting in the barn unused for the past 30 years or more.

I also had a quick wander at the gardens at Eastcote House and visited the second-hand bookstore that was open. It's only open on event days, and books are a bargain. The tulips are almost over, but the wisteria is coming out as are the irises.

Along the river Pinn, I noticed a few bluebells are out now. I also snapped a photograph of the dog cemetary that is located at the entrance into Pinner Memorial Gardens (opposite the school). I'd read about it on the official Celandine Route map and information published by Hillingdon Council, but I had walked past it without noticing it on my initial visit.

 Before I continue with the St. George's Day events, I'll also post about the coffin! Next to St. John the Baptist's church on Pinner High Street (the beautiful church tower at the end of the beautiful-looking street) is a floating coffin suspended in a triangular piece of cement. William and Agnes Louden are the two people that it is dedicated to. There are a lot of old tales about this coffin. It was actually designed by the son of the couple that it is dedicated to as he was a landscape designer and wanted to convey the cemetary in a different method than past traditional methods.

Now, on to St. George's Day at Pinner. The day started off with bell-ringing at the Parish Church, and the crowds had yet to descend. The fun fair rides and games had started to get attention from the early arrivals. Choir singing was one of the first events of the day.

I had a check at the petting zoo, which contained a large array of animals. Goats, lambs, rabbits, and hens were some of the animals I saw. 

I grabbed a curry meal from the front of one of the restaurants on the High Street.

I discovered St. George wandering down the High Street and looking for the dragon to slay. He was, with his companion, handing out flyers for a play.

There weren't too many in fancy dress. I noticed a couple of women outside one of the stands and the morris dancers. I had a quick chat to one of the morris dancers outside the popular Queen's Head pub.

The scouts then started their parade from the bottom of the High Street to the war memorial to renew their Promise. St. George kicked off the parade with the Mayor of Harrow's car following behind...then all of the different scout groups.

I briefly met the Mayor of Harrow, Cllr Ghazanfar Ali, to get a photograph of him and his wife. They were giving speeches throughout the day and participating in some of the events. He also participated in the morris dancing. 

Next on the agenda was the morris dancing with the Merrydowners, dressed in their bright costumes.

There was some time to kill before the wheelbarrow race, so I just sat down and watched the people and also got a slushie to enjoy while I sat down and waited for the wheelbarrow race. I listened to the music playing from band Simply Gray, who were playing older songs like Elvis and general rock and roll. I also made sure to pick my spot to watch the race early, though I did find that I picked the wrong spot as it was obscured by people who showed up later. 

The wheelbarrow race and day has its traditions in the extensive variety of local pubs, which has sadly dwindled over the years. Pinner was a community that loved its pubs. Before the race, there was a procession of the wheelbarrow race participants. 

The wheelbarrows finally came racing around the corner. There was a clear leader at this point (number 3), and they were the first to finish the race. I enjoyed seeing the costumes. Super heroes, St. Georges, dragons, men dressed as babies, etc.

A large inflatible dragon was a centrepiece at the top of the High Street and welcomed many photographs.

A lot of children waited for the Punch & Judy show to start.

By the end of the wheelbarrow race, the High Street was the busiest that it had been all day.

Boscobel House is famous for being the hiding place of King Charles II during civil war in the mid-1600s. In 1651, England had been in a civil war for nine years, and a young king fled after being defeated in the Battle of Worcester by Oliver Cromwell. Charles II made his way to Boscabel House and hid in an oak tree, which is known today as the Royal Oak. A descendant of the original tree can be seen today.

Boscabel House was no more than an isolated lodge surrounded by woodland in the 1600s; most of it was built in 1630, extending a much smaller cottage. The name "Boscabel" means "beautiful wood". Boscabel House is near White Ladies Priory, which is located about a mile away and which I visited prior to my visit to Boscabel House (read more about my visit to White Ladies Priory). Boscabel became a large farm in the 1800s, and visitors can see the farm buildings.

Charles II arrived at White Ladies Priory and hid there before hiding at Boscabel House. He was disguised as a countryman at Boscabel so that he could make an escape. 

The Evans family owned the property from the late 1700s, and they made fortunes from mining and established a bank in Derby and then ventured into the cotton-spinning business. The two sisters were the final owners of Boscabel House and lived until the late 1800s; neither married. They allowed visitors to see the famous oak tree and house.

I visited the interior of the house first, and there were a few rooms to see. Visitors could take a "candle" around with them, which would add an interactive element to the experience. The candle could be placed in certain places, and this would sometimes bring a soundscape, projection, or other interactive element to the experience. In the first room, the lounge, we saw some wet stockings and boots warming by the fire.

We could see a couple of the bedrooms on the first floor. One of the rooms had a projection of a growing oak tree, and the other one had the king chopping his hair off to change his appearance.

The attic or second floor is where Charles II hid in a trapped door under the staircase.

Here are a couple of photographs of the attic.

After the visit to the house, I explored some of the working buildings. Some of these at Boscabel included the salting room, the dairy, the smithy, cider room, and cheese room. The salting room is where pig products were prepared. This room is being used to display how cheese was made; milk was left to age in shallow pans. The dairy was also used for churning butter. One of the rooms contained a cider press. 

There were stables and a cow shed and other farm buildings. There was a sculpture of a cow that did not look like a cow unless you were facing it straight on.

Next up are the farm animals. Today, the site contains a mixture of hens, pigs, and sheep. Two pigs were asleep in the barn, and we were told that they were going to make their pen larger on the following day. The breed of pig is Tamworth, and they are a red-coloured pig. This breed is considered to be the most similar to Europe's wild pigs.

All of the hens and birds were double-fenced so that other birds could not get into their pen due to bird flu. There were also meant to be sheep, but I think they were all sleeping in a building somewhere behind the pasture. The breeds in the pen were Shropshires and Coloured Ryelands. The Ryelands are known for their wool and meat, and apparently Elizabeth I liked stockings made from their wool. Both breeds are not as common.

After visiting the animals, I made my way through the farmyard to the pasture to check out the oak.

The Royal Oak in the field seen today is a descendant of the original oak tree that Charles II hid in, and it was planted in the late 18th century and before the original tree had disappeared. Another descendant of the original tree was planted in the garden next to the house during the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The current Royal Oak tree in the field was damaged by storms. In 2001, a successor was planted by Prince Charles to mark 350 years since Charles II visited. In 2020, several other new oaks were planted in the field so that it could be woodland again.

After visiting the famous tree, I headed back to the house, approaching from the formal garden. The garden dates from the 1600s, and tulips are painted here, but they were not out during my visit; I was a week or two too early to see them. Tulips were extremely expensive in this period. Another feature of the garden is a small arbour located on top of a mound in the garden, and Charles II spent some time in here when he was at Boscabel House.

Another fact about the garden is the stonework paving. Using white rocks, a message was written out by the Evans sisters to commemorate the stay of Charles II. The message is still visible, although some of the rocks are missing or have been moved.

That covers my visit to Boscabel House, which I found really interesting. The guides were really knowledgeable and friendly, and I always get more out of a place when the guides are interested in parting with their knowledge. It's not like this at every property that I've been to. 

Those interested about Charles II may wish to look at the National Trust property, Moseley Old Hall near Worcester where Charles II stopped off and hid afterwards. You can read about my visit to Moseley Old Hall here. You can also read about my visit to White Ladies Priory near Boscabel House here.

"A Dog's Trail" featuring everyone's favourite Beagle, Snoopy from the "Peanuts" comic strip, launched this month in and around Cardiff in Wales. The trail coincides with the new dog rehoming centre in Cardiff, which was completed last year. A Dog's Trust is the charity that is sponsoring the trail with Wild In Art and "Peanuts". When I visited Wales, I noticed that so many people had pet dogs. Dogs Trust cares for stray and abandoned dogs, and their new facilities, complete with under-floor heating, will enable comfort to the dogs while they are cared for and before they find their forever homes. Snoopy is the star of the Cardiff streets this spring, and the sculpture trail is on display until early June. 

"The Natural Beauty of Cardiff and Wales" - Linda Scott

I visited Cardiff over Easter weekend in order to see the Snoopy sculptures, which are located in Cardiff, Portcawl, and Caerphilly. When I visited, a few of the sculptures had yet to be placed, but I saw the others. A couple city centre ones had also suffered damage, which is a shame to see.

"They're All Good Dogs" - Matt Joyce

"Self Care with Snoopy" - Alison Howard

"Pow-Wow!" - Jenny Leonard

"Salty Old Seadog" - Judith Chapman

"Cymro" - Rhiannon Roberts and "Let's Get Out and About" - Patternistas

"Papilion" - Kathleen Smith

"Snoop Draig" - Sophie Galliers Art and "Gwlad, Gwlad" - Kayleigh Ashman

"All the Collars of the Rainbow" - Bea Martin and Jack Skivens and "Yr Wydfa" - Kathleen Smith

"Rescue Me - The Dogs of Dogs Trust" - Tasmin McLaughlan

"Celestial Day and Night" - Hannah Morgan and "Bad to the Bone, But a Heart of Gold"  - Alternative Aesthetics and "Dogs Day Out" - Emily Hilditch

"Four Seasons of Walking the Dog" - Lois Cordelia

"Hiraeth and Heritage" - Ceri Carlyon and Chloe Hall

"Y Ci Gwarchod" - Louise Jones Art

"Guard Dog" - Mik Richardson and "Flowers Will Always Grow" - Farah Saffari

"Sea for Miles" - Peter Poole

"Kintsugi" - Joe Davies and "Happy Little Clouds" - Lucie Alexander and "Snoopy Dog Vinci" - Amy Bourbon

"Pirate Snoopy" - Susan Webber

"Bark Side of the Moon" - Rachel Hall Illustration and "Snoopy's Spots" - Sandra Webster

"Snoopix" - Tim Sutcliffe

"Quit Dragon Your Heels" - Amy Bainbridge

"Cwtch" - Rhiannon Griffiths and "Daffadog" - Donna Newman

The Snoopy sculptures are placed for eight weeks and will be removed on June 5. Each sculpture is unique and showcases something about Welsh heritage or dogs, and many have been painted by a local artist. Most of the sculptures are in Cardiff, but Caerphilly and Portcawl host a few. There are also miniature Snoopy sculptures painted by schools and community centres across the three areas.

"Snoopy Without Balloon" is one of the newest street art murals by Otto Schade in east London. This piece was painted on a wall near the post office on Brick Lane, a spot that is tricky to get a photograph of during hours of operation due to the card stands placed in front of it. I was lucky to have gotten a photograph after hours. It features the two popular "Peanuts" characters, Snoopy the beagle and Woodstock the yellow bird. Otto Schade has painted across London for many years now, at least eleven! His main styles are the ribbon style of artwork in which the subjects are formed of bands or ribbons. The other style is the silhouette style featuring a political or social pun inside of a round silhouette with an orange or purple gradient behind. Earlier work also included stencils, which the artist seems to be re-visiting recently.

The "Snoopy Without Balloon" artwork is shown in its full glory below.

The next piece is a stencil. This piece, "Cop A Load" was a stencil that the artist used several years ago now but that I had not seen for awhile. (It's tagged as not Banksy since a lot of people not too familiar with street art think Banksy is the only artist who creates stencil street art.)

On the same Brick Lane post office wall was another mural painted previously, and I actually saw this one in progress. The work is titled "Mascariposa". It is a ribbon-style artwork with a side profile of a face using a butterfly as a mask.

"The Cash Machine" features a royal guard using his rifle as a flute to bring a snake to life. Painted near the ATM cash machine, several money-shaped pieces of paper appear to be be floating around the "box". The placement of the piece and the way it fits in with the oddly-shaped walls makes it a unique work.

Next up is a stencil piece with birds flying around a bird cage, and a drone is located inside the bird cage: "Artificial Intelligence". Like the previous artwork, this piece also uses the building and surroundings. One of the birds is placed on an exterior pipe of the building, and the cage itself is suspended from the brickwork.

The final piece was actually painted late summer in 2020, and it was part of London Mural Festival. "Never Give Up" shows a salamander licking a butterfly. When looked at a distance, it appears to be a side profile of an elephant's face. This piece is located in Hackney, and it's looking a little worse for wear the last time I visited that area, which was actually sometime last summer.

I've previously posted about Otto Schade's street art in the following posts:

Otto Schade Paints Donna Summer on "Bull In A China Shop" in Shoreditch and Others
Otto Schade Murals on Kingsland Road
Long Street - Otto Schade, CodeFC, The Krah
Street Art by Otto Schade
Otto Schade Paints "The Lady Don't Protest Enough" Mural on Bateman's Row
Otto Schade "Jack the Ripper 2040" Street Art
Otto Schade 'The Believers' and 'WTF'
'Bull in a China Shop', 'Osch-car' and 'Flies Around Sh*t'
Otto Schade 'Peace and Love on the Streets'
Street Artist Otto Schade Paints Southampton 'Zany Zebra' for Charity (and other work)
Street Art Round-up: Spring & Summer 2015
Otto Schade's New Street Art (Meerkats, Portraits, & More) in East London
New Street Art from Horror Crew, Swoon, Otto Schade, HIN, and others
Street Art: Otto Schade

Originally from Chile but based in London for the past several years, Otto Schade has painted across London and the world with his work instantly-recognisable. His main styles are the style where his subjects appear to be made of ribbons or bands. The other style is the silhouette, and this often features political or social satire. One of the newest murals, painted at the end of 2020, was a portrait of Donna Summer on "Bull in a China Shop" wall opposite Box Park in Shoreditch.

Other work includes some new smiley-face ribbon artwork, which was located on a couple of walls.

The post office on Brick Lane was another location of Otto Schade's artwork. Ecuadorian actress Flor Maria is the subject of this piece, and her portrait in ribbon-style is located on the wall.

Other common subjects feature ribbon-style pin-up girls. The one below is wearing a cowboy hat and looking at her mobile phone: "Audrey's Mirror Selfie".

Unfortunately, many of the pieces are short-lived before they are tagged over in east London. It is always very disappointing when this happens, especially when it's not been there long. The rhino below was tagged over very quickly.

Another mural features a blend of ribbon and silhouette styles with an eye showing a sword fight scene.

"Open Your Mind" is a satire piece with a karate kick breaking the silhouette.

Another one of these shows a boy climbing a ladder to reach grenades hanging from a tree like fruit.

In Camden, the artist painted a tribute to Amy Winehouse along with another pin-up girl. Both use the ribbon style.

Over the past couple of years, I took a lot of photographs of street art when I could get into London, but I've not published much of it on this blog. This post covers walls that busy London street artist Fanakapan has painted around east London. The artist is known for specialising in foil balloon street art. I always love finding new work around London.

The first mural is a refresh on a wall that the artist often paints and refreshes after a few months. The wall is located near Hoxton Square and depicts a blue and pink chrome balloon. It was painted earlier this year.

A foil "5" was painted on a wall on Columbia Road, near Ion Square. There was some building work taking place, so I managed to capture a shot of it.

On the wall at Hoxton Square, and earlier piece painted in 2021 was of a very smiley chrome foil balloon. It doesn't exist anymore because this wall was refreshed.

The last mural to show is one that no longer exists, but it was located in Star Yard off Brick Lane. It is a wonderful show of the artist's talent in creating three-dimensional street art on walls that are often not prefectly straight and have imperfections. Behind the three-dimensional tag is a two-dimensional grafitti piece. The skill is in making the artwork pop off the wall whilst not noticing the imperfections of the wall.

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

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

Painted toward the end of last year, this large-scale mural with a smaller mural next to it were painted by Dan Kitchener on Evelina Road in Penge. The mural is called "Tokyo Dreams" and features the futuristic cityscapes of Japan with various Japanese influences; these subjects are a favourite of the artist. The smaller of the two murals features a cyborg-human with a robotic figure and sports cars in a neon-lit Japanese street scene.

The mural next to it is a large-scale one painted over a three-storey building. The mural features the portrait of a geisha with various Japanese grafitti and influences from anime characters to Japanese film posters.

I love seeing this artist's work, and these are two fantastic murals.

For more work by Dan Kitchener (DANK) featured in this blog, please read the following links:

Round-up of Dan Kitchener Street Art in East London and Camden
Dan Kitchener Paints "London Colours" at NYX Hotel Holborn, Southampton Row
Dan Kitchener Addition to "East London Geisha" on Commercial Road
Dan Kitchener Paints "Midnight Drive" on Hanbury Street
Street art by Dan Kitchener in Summer 2020
Dan Kitchen Returns to Clifton Street with "Tokyo Graffiti" Mural
Latest Street Art by Dan Kitchener
Dan Kitchener Paints 'Ghost Cities' on Pedley Street
Dank Paints 'Ghost Cities - Bristol' for Upfest 2018
Dan Kitchener Paints "Meeting of Styles"
'Future Tokyo and Tokyo Ghosts'
Dank "London Rush"
Dan Kitchener's Street Art on Sclater Street and More
Street Art: Dan Kitchener
"Downtown" Mural by Dan Kitchener
Goswell Road

Street artist Fanakapan is known for his chrome balloon style of street art that he has been perfecting over the past few years. I've only just discovered his "Up Yours" mural tucked inside a courtyard of flats off of Henage Street, which is one of the roads that crosses Brick Lane. The mural is a large-scale one covering a three-storey section of wall in the inner courtyard. It has been inspired by the Disney Pixar film "Up" and features one of the main characters holding the balloons. 

The little courtyard appears tucked between other buildings, and it almost appears like the little house between the massive walls in the film. The mural was painted ahead of an exhibition at the gallery here in the summer of 2018.

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

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

The bridges across central London from Albert Bridge to Tower Bridge are currently in the process of being illuminated. The first phase started in 2019 and consisted of the illumination of the first four bridges (London Bridge, Cannon Street, Southwark Bridge, and Millennium Bridge). Due to the pandemic, the second phase was delayed and was completed in the spring of 2021; it was meant to be launched in the autumn of 2020 originally. The second phase included the illumination of the next five bridges from Blackfriars through to Lambeth bridges. Each illumination has its own artistic style, which is influenced by the location and sensitivity to the environment. The project is designed by New York-based artist Leo Villareal, who is also working with British architecture firm Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and specialist teams on the installations.

Blackfriar's Bridge, designed by 26-year old Scottish architect Robert Mylne, opened in 1769. The bridge is much-photographed and painted due to its position on the river and the framing of the nearby St. Paul's Cathedral. It was originally known as the "William Pitt Bridge" (for the prime minister), but its modern name refers to the 13th-century monastery that was located near the spot. This is the widest bridge on the river. The lights under the bridge highlight the architecture, and it cycles from deep red to deep blue to orange. The red colour symbolises the colour of the bridge pillars (which can be seen in daylight) and the surviving columns of the original railway bridge that stick up from the river between the new rail bridge and the road bridge.

Waterloo Bridge was opened in 1817 to commemorate the second anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. The bridge helped to ease congestion of a bustling London. The bridge fell into disrepair and was shut at one time. During the second World War, the bridge was repaired by women, and it is known as "Ladies Bridge". It suffered multiple damage by bombs during the war. It was the first bridge to incorporate electric lights. The bridge was visited by artist Monet and others, and the illuminated lights were inspired by the paintings produced of the bridge. A single line of light follows the length of the bridge with additional lights underneath to illuminate the arches.

The Golden Jubilee Footbridges were formerly known as the Hungerford Bridge. The previous footbridge was a very old and narrow one along only one side of the rail bridge, but it was replaced by the new Golden Jubilee Footbridges in 2003. (I crossed the original narrow footbridge several times before its replacement.) The artistic lighting for the bridge mimics the other footbridge - Millennium Bridge - in is use of pulsating white light. The white light appears to move across the bridge, and the suspension towers have also been illuminated with white light.

Westminster Bridge is famous for its view of Big Ben and has appeared in paintings, photographs, movies, and other media as an icon of Britain. The original bridge was designed in 1750, and it was meant to be funded by a lottery but fell far short of the amount raised, so it is called the "Bridge of Fools". The bridge has the most arches of any bridge on the river, and it is painted green to match the seats in the House of Commons. The bridge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the green lighting is a subtle enhancement to complement the green paintwork that can be seen during daylight. The green lighting illuminates the architecture under the archways nicely. Green is my favourite colour, so I liked this lighting, although it did also remind me of the green bridge in Dublin.

The final bridge to be illuminated in the second phase is Lambeth Bridge. It was opened in 1932 and has sculptures of dolphins on it. The colour of the bridge in daylight reflects the leather benches in the House of Lords, the closest building in the House of Commons to the bridge. The bridge is illuminated in red light, but I noticed the blue and red colours on my visit. The red light mimicks the colour in the daylight, which matches the leather seating in the House of Lords.

The bridges will be illuminated for at least ten years, and they really do add a lot of colour to London. Before the illuminations, the bridges were unlit or lit with dull lights, so this project has helped highlight London's architecture and also to make London appeal as a centre of tourism and nightlife. I can't wait to see the remaining phase of the Illuminaited Bridges in London.

Read about the first phase:
London Illuminated Bridges (Phase One) 2019

Over the past few months, I've discovered some artwork by Dan Kitchener (who also goes by the name Dank) around east London and Camden. I found a few photographs of his street art that I have not posted, so I've also included them. Most recently, Dan Kitchener has been updating murals on a couple of the same walls in London on Brick Lane and Commercial Road. 

The most recent street art mural by Dan Kitchener appeared recently on Brick Lane by the post office, which is difficult to photograph because there's always something in front of this wall. I managed to visit it when they were closing up so that I could see the full wall, which depicts a mural named "Skylights 2". This is one of the science-fiction and fantasy skyscapes that is popular with the artist. It was painted at the end of January.

The next mural on Brick Lane no longer exists, but it is titled "Skylight 1" and was painted in November on a wall on Brick Lane near the post office. 

"Queen of Colours" was painted on the same wall earlier this year and features one of the artist's portraits of geishas.

I forgot to post this additional mural photographed in 2020 on the same wall.

The next mural appeared on Commercial Road, a spot that Dan Kitchener has been painting on for several months now. It is the first I have seen with the new style that appears like rainwater on glass of a street scene. The mural is called "Traffic Flow" and is inspired by being stuck in traffic in the rain.

This mural appeared on Brick Lane in late 2020.

I think I posted this mural in Camden next to a mural by ManyFace5 previously.

I also discovered this mural on Brick Lane on a shutter, and it was painted awhile ago.

A large-scale mural by Dan Kitchener appeared on Hanbury Street. I don't think I ever got around to posting it, but it appeared at least a couple of years ago. It shows an urban night street scene.

For more work by Dan Kitchener (DANK) featured in this blog, please read the following links: