Yesterday afternoon, I walked down Sclater Street in east London and discovered a new mural. It was still fresh with wet paint. It's another stunning piece along the same wall that has hosted so many great pieces this year. The piece is a collaboration between Himbad, a local artist who has been very busy this year, and Kyle Holbrook. Kyle Holbrook is an artist from USA who has helped communities create murals across several cities in the states (Miami, Detriot, Pittsburg, Atlanta), and he's also painted in Haiti and Brazil.
This is a stunning new piece of work. Kyle's mural (on the left) depicts Sclater Street with visitors taking photographs of the large mural painted by Himbad (on the right). It's an alternate reality. The mural seems to be titled "It's You", written above Himbad's signature.
In Kyle's mural, one can even see the murals by Borondo and Malarkey in the building in the background. One man looks thoughtfully at the mural, and a lady takes a photo with her camera while another takes a photo with her mobile. This is very much a depiction of daily life on Sclater Street.
Himbad's mural's eyes are stunning again, and the paint drip effect is achieved with red and yellow paint.
It looks as though the artist got carried away with the paint this time, or some of it was spilled. The paint was still wet, and it's covered the pavement. I thought that it looked like its own work of art.
This is a stunning collaboration, so check it out quickly before it's gone as street art on these walls do not last long at all these days.
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