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JimmyC (James Cochran) is an Australian street artist who paints Impression-inspired murals using the 'dot' or 'line' technique with spray paint. The dots and lines are added in different colours in order to create a texture and highlights/shadows. JimmyC's work is global, and the portrait he made of David Bowie in Brixton has probably made him even more popular. 

JimmyC painted his heart design on Redchurch Street at the end of last year, and he also painted a Shakespeare mural on the south bank to honor the special year for the bard. The newest addition to his work in London is located on Brick Lane and titled "Mick's Hands". According to his Facebook page (1), the subject is known as Mick Taylor, who lived in the Brick Lane area for fifty years.

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

1) JimmyC Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Jimmyc.artwork/photos/a.149449778559495.1073741828.149436871894119/778571468980653/?type=3&theater

At the end of last year, Russian street artist Lora Zombie visited London for the first time in many years and painted a few new murals in London. I covered these murals here. Lora Zombie's artwork style is grunge, and she is influenced by comic illustrations; she is a self-taught artist and has exhibited her work all over the world. This week, Lora Zombie made a return to London and left behind some striking pieces. The first piece, painted on Pedley Street, features a group of bright pink kittens in a transparent pill capsule. The word "ANTISTRESS" is written behind the kitten-pill along with "MEOW". 

The mural seems to suggest that cute kittens act as pills to help people de-stress throughout the day. I guess that this is true in that there are many videos and images of kittens looking cute and being "kittens".

The next piece is located on a wall that Lora Zombie painted on the last time she was in London. The wall is located at the end of Hanbury Street and features the character Groot, who is a humanoid tree creature, from "Guardians of the Galaxy". Groot's catchphrase is "I am Groot"; in fact, that is the only phrase he says. The "A" in "am" is replaced with an anarchy symbol.

I enjoyed discovering these new murals by Lora Zombie after a quiet few weeks of very little happening in London's street art scene. More Lora Zombie street art can be seen in my posts below:

Lora Zombie Street Art in London

Earlier this year, I was walking down Bethnal Green Road in east London when I spotted this new street art of a man riding a bicylce with a bucket on his head. Now, I have not often visited this part of Bethnal Green Road for a little while, so I am uncertain of its age. The work is by French artist David David, who paints and creates sculptures. He uses the tag "For You" in his work.

This is a large-scale piece on the side of a building on Squirres Street.

I am unsure if the artist painted any additional pieces in London during his visit.

Italian street art duo Urban Solid have returned to London in order to display their sculptures at Brick Lane Gallery. They are noted for their street art urban sculptures, and they pasted up "Audio Surveillance" scuptures a few years ago and also place people's faces coming out of television sets. They've recently started to create life-size "Adam and Eve" sculptures and retro gaming/casino plaques with "1Up" and "5 Points" on them. Their sculptures were on display in an exhibition entitled "Sculptural Invasion" for a week from 30 May until today (June 5). I had the chance to check out their work as well as to discover new artwork that the duo put up on the street.

Toward the end of last year, they placed their "Adam and Eve" sculptures just off Brick Lane, and these had been a big hit with tourists posing for photographs. The two figures were painted like tourists. This time, the two figures are painted completely in gold with bright neon pink and green sunglasses.

I also wandered the streets to look for more items left behind and discovered two on either end of Grimsby Street and one in Star Yard and the final on Whitby Street. 

I also popped into Brick Lane Gallery in order to see the exhibit, which I got photographs of below. 

For previous posts about Urban Solid on this blog, visit:

Street Art: Urban Solid
Urban Solid duo put up new London Street Art Installations 

In light of the increasing threat of the losers who are terrorising our cities, I have decided that today was appropriate to post new street art by Fanakapan that appeared last weekend in Star Yard off of Brick Lane. The artwork was actually painted for the events and those that lost their lives in the terrorist events that happened in Manchester a couple of weeks ago. 

Previous work by Fanakapan that has appeared on this blog can be seen by looking at the below links:

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

Street artist Dreph is currently painting a series of inspiring and community-oriented black women across London in a work titled "You Are Enough". Each features a female hero subject. The last that I photographed a couple of weeks ago appeared in Star Yard and featured a friend of the artist, Myvanwy Evans, who currently works in marketing and is an artist. The most recent edition in the series was painted at the end of last week and features Tracy Blackstock, the mother of Dreph's son.  

Tracy is the youngest of 9 children born to first generation Jamaican parents, and she works with people on probation and resettlement for offenders. She also helps children and youths who have been abused and wants to prevent them from abusing others in the same way that they have had to endure when they were younger. 

More work by Dreph can be seen on my blog in the following posts:

Dreph 'You Are Enough' (6th Edition)
Dreph Paints Holly Oluwo
New Street Art Portraits by Dreph
Street Art: Dreph

A couple of weeks ago, a new large-scale mural appeared on Pedley Street. The mural features a chess-playing monkey in the shadows. (I don't know if anyone else had a difficult time putting this one together, but for the longest time, I did not see the monkey and tried to find something in the shapes; it only came together after a handful of visits and when I was standing from afar.) The image is painted using black and white paint and is void of colour.

I'm actually not sure who the artist is as the work is not signed, so do put the artist's name in the comments if you know.

I moved closer to London for work in late 2015, but everything was left packed in boxes as the house needed major renovations. I was just "existing" actually before we moved - working late and at all hours, living out of boxes, and actually not trying to be at "home" very much. Finally, the builders were able to get started with the project. We lived in the house the whole time, confined to one small bedroom with the Merlin the cat. The ground floor was gutted, and any spare amount of space in the small bedroom and any other spare corner became a storage pile for the unopened boxes. We didn't have heating for one night (the coldest night of the year) and was impossible to sleep; the other nights/days. we had to resort to the electric heaters that the builders lent to us. Earlier this month, the majority of the work finished, but there's a few more snagging and places that the builders need to come back to finish. However, we've been able to start unpacking and attempting to live.

Unpacking the boxes of my items that I have not seen since early in 2015 was satisfying, but I am still missing a couple of boxes. One of the items that I had the builders make was a set of shelves around the fireplace. (In the photograph below, the shelves were not built yet, but the fireplace, light fittings, mirror, and paint colours was all picked out by me.) On the shelves, I decided to add books mixed in with items that mean something to me and look good together. I love plants, and I have mixed these with books and other items that I have picked up on my travels and that bring me happiness when I look at them.

I now also have a decent bedroom, and I picked out the paint, flooring and doors. I am really happy with this room. The colours go so well, and behind the door in the photograph is an en-suite that I also designed with grey-brown tiles (which complement the room) with a textured section that forms a feature wall. I will have to get more photographs once the work is complete and tidied.

I am so happy that the majority of the work is now completed, but the unpacking and getting everything sorted is taking time. This is what I have been busy with recently and what is consuming a lot of my time.

Spanish street artist Sr.X has painted a few walls in London this year, including the large Village Underground wall (covered here). While out walking around at lunch, I discovered a new mural on scaffolding along Hackney Road that Sr.X has also completed recently. I'm not sure exactly when the piece was completed, but it could not have been too long ago. It features an octopus on a blue background with the signature geometric lines and bright colours that the artist is known for.

Previous work that I covered by Sr.X is located here:

Sr.X Paints Village Underground Wall
Sr.X "Buy Shit!" Sign on Village Underground

Artist Cosmo Sarson does not often paint street art, but I have previously seen his work on London's walls in 2014 (when he completed two works off Brick Lane) and in 2015 during Bristol's street art festival Upfest. The artist is well-known for his "breakdancing Jesus" figures. His work reminds me of Renaissance paintings, which he seems to be inspired by. The latest piece graces the Pedley Street wall, in the prime position right off Brick Lane. It features a man breakdancing over the artist's first name (that he paints by) "Cosmo".

Previous work by Cosmo Sarson that I have previously covered in this blog includes:

Bristol Upfest 2015
Street Art: Cosmo Sarson