The streets in London were recently brightened up by paste-ups created by Bortusk Leer and Melbourne-based street artist Phoenix.
Phoenix's recent series of paste-ups (see below) include the Earth and humankind, and his work follows similar themes based on nature. I've only just become aware of this street artist, but more of his work can be seen on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Phoenix-the-Street-Artist/113866898632397). I really liked the piece below; perhaps there will be additional pieces coming to London at some point.
In contrast, street artist Bortusk Leer (Street Art: Gee, Paul Insect, Sweet Toof, Bortusk Leer) creates work that is more whimsical and light-hearted. He recently added some new work to brighten up the streets in east London. Last year, he had done the same, and all of those pieces had disappeared over the course of the year, so these fresh pieces were welcome. His work always consists of bright, child-like drawings of monsters and jars with funny labels. My favourites from Bortusk Leer include the labelled jars below.
Bortusk Leer's monsters are a common creation by the artist. The monsters always look innocent and a bit like a child's drawing. I've uploaded a fairly good selection of the variety of the work that has appeared this autumn.
Here's a selection of purple monsters. I was putting the images together, and it just happened that I had a selection of purple monsters in a row.
And, here's a few more...
Hi Jenn
That JAR O' WISE MEN sticker is one of mine - stuck by a friend visiting London. It's from my Voice of the Blue Earth Series - which gives the Earth a series of metaphoric soapboxes from which to communicate to Humankind.
The best way to see more of my work is to Google "Phoenix the Street Artist" and view my Flickr page - or alternatively to link with my Phoenix the Street Artist pages on Instagram and Facebook.
Cheers from Melbourne. Phoenix
Thanks! I will update this entry and photograph to give you the credit. Now that you mention it, it is a different style to Bortusk Leer and clearly isn't marked as his. These paste-ups appeared at the same time in London, so apologies. :)