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I have been covering street art (primarily in east London) for the past six years now, and one of the pieces that has been around the longest is Fin DAC's cat on Cheshire Street. If I am not mistaken, this artwork was painted in 2012, and I originally covered work by the artist in my post here: Street Art: Fin DAC. Street art to last a couple of months without being tagged over is rare, let alone several years.

The piece above on Cheshire Street appears to have inspired a new mural by Margaux Carpe. Margaux Carpe is a street artist and illustrator based in London. Her work is normally painted with bright colours and simple shapes with geometric symbols.

Both of these murals can currently be seen on Cheshire Street in London.

Earlier this month, street artist Fanakapan painted a new mural on the huge wall that is one of the buildings on the entrance at Star Yard. Fanakapan is a street artist based in London, and he paints silver balloons, chrome, and glass items. I've watched his style evolve over the past few years, and more of his work can seen at the bottom of this post. Earlier in the year, he painted a mural on Hanbury Street called "Follow the Leader", and this is still in place at the time of writing.

The new mural depicts glass stars with an astronaut figure as used in the MagnaDonut logo.

Another street artist named Envol, who sometimes paints alongside of Fanakapan, has painted two pieces in Star Yard at the same time. One is in the doorway at the base of the large mural, and the other is in the square itself.

This is a large-scale and stunning piece, but my photographs did not do it any justice as it is a difficult piece to photograph in certain lighting, and every time I have seen it, it has been too bright or too dark.

5kyh1gh (or SkyHigh) is a group of grafitti-artist and street artists in London. In addition to grafitti-style tags around the city, the group also paint animals or birds. In January, this colourful kingfisher bird appeared off Rivington Street in Shoreditch on a doorway that needed an update.

Street artist Dan Kitchener, who is one of London's most popular street artists as his work features often in the city, recently painted the Kinkao wall on Pedley Street just off Brick Lane. The work was actually finished earlier this week. This comes after a previous work on Clifton Street near Liverpool Street that was painted in January. Dan Kitchener's trademark style is to paint night scenes of cities with cars or people and a lot of neon lights. He also paints female portraits to accompany his work at times, and I've watched his style grow and evolve over the past few years.

The new mural is called "Future Tokyo", and it was completed in one day. It shows Dan Kitchener's trademark damp night scene of Tokyo with crowds carrying umbrellas and neon lights. In addition, a portrait of a futuristic-faced lady is included next to a robotic figure. (Dan Kitchener often paints female portraits with the cityscape in the background.)

The mural on Clifton Street is called "Tokyo Ghosts" and features a portrait of an Asian girl and a backdrop of a line of cars and Taxis with colourful neon lights.

Previous posts featuring Dan Kitchener's (DANK's) street art in this blog are located below:

Dank "London Rush"
Dan Kitchener's Street Art on Sclater Street and More
Street Art: Dan Kitchener
"Downtown" Mural by Dan Kitchener
Goswell Road

Italian street artist Hunto, who is known for his abstract Picasso-esque portraits, has collaborated with fellow Italian street artist Mister Thoms (THOMS) on a new mural on the sides of a building in Shoreditch near Great Eastern Street. The new work is called "ConnectivityMatters", and THOMS uses his style of interlocking items and figures to represent connection while Hunto uses a cluster of his figures appearing to interact (which is his typical style as his figures always interact in some manner). This collaboration has just been finished.

Hunto's work is in the centre of the building with THOMS' figures connecting into it.

On the sides of the building, THOMS' work is more prominent.

I have previous covered work by both artists on this blog, so please see the below links for more information:

Mr. Thoms paints Village Underground wall

Street Art: Hunto
Hunto "Get Kissed Here"
Hunto Paints Wall off Brick Lane
Hunto on Sclater Street and Other Work

Today's post features street art by Ben Jay Crossman, who is currently in the UK. Ben Jay Crossman is an artist whose parents lived in South Africa after moving from the UK, but they never sorted out their child's citizenship. Crossman had gone to the states for a show but was deported, and instead of being sent back to his home (as he never did live in the UK), he was deported to the UK where his original citizenship was held. As a result of the citizenship problems, Ben Jay has used that to inspire his work. Ben Jay Crossman's street art is grafitti-style spray painting portraits, pets, and fantasy illustrations. He also paints his tags with alien flying saucers along with his work, which tribute to his "illegal alien" status. The street artist painted one of the high-profile walls on Hanbury Street with a giant somo wrestler, and the piece is titled "Guardian Angel".

Well, America's loss is London's gain in this respect. Hopefully the artist will be able to continue painting some fab pieces in the city.

Street artist Woskerski has been painting street art since 1997, and he has contributed a lot to London's streets in the past couple of years. I've really only just discovered his work since then. He paints realistic-looking teddy bears with a strange twist (such as adding a mohawk hairstyle) and portraits of people. His style can be realistic, or he often adds a twist such as highlighting the angle of the subject of the portrait. Two new murals by Woskerski appeared off Brick Lane in the last few weeks. Both highlight his style pretty well, and they are certainly eye-catching with their bright colours and heightened angles of the subjects.

I love the artist's style and humour used in these murals, so I hope to see more of his work appear in east London. To see more of his work, please visit:

Recent Spring 2018 Woskerski Street Art

I have previously covered the street art by Ketones6000 on this blog, and this is one street artist who has made a big impact in the past few months. Ketones6000 is London-based but originally from Australia. Last summer, the artist painted striking and realistic murals of bees around Brick Lane and Bethnal Green Road featuring bees. I recently discovered his new mural just off Bethnal Green Road on St. Matthews' Row. The new mural was painted in January. It depicts a homeless man, which is one of the favourite subjects of the artist in order to raise awareness of the issue. He's also got more work in the pipeline throughout the year.

Previous posts with work by Ketones6000 include the following:

Street Art: Ketones6000
Street Art (different artists)

Street artist Alice Pasquini hails from Rome, Italy. She's painted in London a few times before, and her work represents small portraits of people, although she has painted the odd large-scale piece in the city. The last time that she visited London was early in 2016. One of these pieces remain, and a new one was painted next to it on Quaker Street. Bethnal Green Road and off Commercial Road are two other locations that I was able to capture, but I have seen that she also visited Camden and Penge and left additional artwork that I have not yet seen. She visited London in January ahead of her solo show "The Unchanging World" in Rome.

Street artist Alice Pasquini has been covered on this blog in the past, and additional blog posts with her work can be seen here:

Street Art: Alice Pasquini
Alice Pasquini - New Portraits of Young Women

Mr. Cenz is one of London's busiest street grafitti artists. He has been painting the walls in London since the late 1980s using an abstract grafitti style for his portraits, which usually depict urban and fantasy females. Most of his work uses bright colour, and he usually paints on the same walls. The photographs taken in this post feature Mr. Cenz's most recent work, which is only a couple of weeks old, and previous work that I had spotted over the past couple of years that I never got around to uploading.

One of the newest additions is on the Fashion Street wall where Mr. Cenz has refreshed over the past couple of years.

The most recent portrait is located on Commercial Street. It is nice to see this wall being used for street art now instead of advertising.

I also photographed a series of work taken in Star Yard, before it was taken over.

I believe that the below piece was painted on scaffolding on Great Eastern Street.

Another wall with one of Mr. Cenz's portraits is located at Hoxton Square. 

Lastly, the below piece was taken in Soho where I have seen previous work by the artist. This is a different style to his usual work and does not feature a female portrait. Instead, it features a glimmer of countryside with birds and abstract elements.

Additional work by Mr. Cenz can be found in the below links:

Mr. Cenz Paints Tribute to Usain Bolt
Mr. Cenz Refreshes Fashion Street Mural
Mr. Cenz Paints Hanbury Street
New Street Art by Mr. Cenz
Street Art: Mr. Cenz (2015)
Autumn 2013 Street Art Round-up