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| The art is here! Photo btyTim Irving |
Since I was a child, I wake up every Sunday morning wondering how to avoid boredom. Last Sunday was no exception, but something new changed Sunday into an interesting day. I discovered a great new pastime. It's very useful for artists as it makes you look and observe very carefully. This pastime has a lot going for it. It gets you out of the house onto the streets. It's cheap. It provides good exercise and the end results are very rewarding. There is one downside to the pastime, and that is, it's hard on the knees. If you havn't guessed, I've become a chewing gum art connoisseur, a paint snob of the streets.
The idea of adding beauty to something ugly and anti-social appeals to me greatly. I found the art on this page around Crouch End and Muswell Hill in London, but it's dotted all around North East London. It's been created by Ben Wilson, you can see him at work
here. I like small pieces of art, they engage me. There's a whole range of techniques involved in the paintings, they're like miniature art demonstrations, some of the detail in the art is amazing. It's good to see some craft on the streets.
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Chewing Gum Art on The Streets By Ben Wilson. Photo by Tim Irving
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| Gemma By Ben Wilson. Photo by Tim Irving |
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| Chewing Gum Art on The Streets By Ben Wilson. Photo by Tim Irving |
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| Chewing Gum Art on The Streets By Ben Wilson. Photo by Tim Irving |
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| Chewing Gum Art on The Streets By Ben Wilson. Photo by Tim Irving |
I like this Tim, stick at it. !
ReplyDeleteEndearing for many reasons! A little reward for those of us who are shy of eye contact and therefore spend a lot of time scanning the path before us.
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