Last week, street artist JimmyC painted a new mural on the corner of Brick Lane and Fashion Street. I covered JimmyC, whose real name is James Cochran, a couple of years ago when I discovered a lot of his murals in east London from that year and his high-profile Olympian portrait of Usain Bolt. You can read about him here: Street Art: JimmyC. Toward the later part of last year, he painted a few new pieces (here), and these included a portrait of a female on a wall near Shoreditch High Street (JimmyC Street Art: New Inn Yard, Brick Lane, Hackney Road).
The new mural is actually painted on the Joe's Kid cafe wall. This wall has previously been used by street artists, and JimmyC's work is a welcome addition to the area; I do hope that it remains for awhile.
The style is JimmyC's 'dot' style, which he commonly uses in his work. According to JimmyC's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Jimmyc.artwork), the subject of this new piece is the cafe's owner, Danni. She is three years old in the painting, and she is with her grandfather, Joe. Joe owned a cafe in the east end in the 1930s, and this is who the cafe is named after.
The piece came as a surprise to me as I was in London last Thursday evening to meet up with ex-colleagues for their leaving drinks, and I wanted to check out as much street art as possible in the short time. This diversion on Thursday highlighted many more new pieces of street art, which I will be posting in the coming days, so do keep checking back as I am very excited about posting more excellent pieces. Street artists have certainly been busy in London over the past month.
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