Street artist Don Smith has been exceptionally busy with creating and painting new street art around the streets of London this year. His work is always noticeable as he uses stencils to create vibrant pieces, which mainly feature portraits. Over the spring, I saw several new pieces pop up around Brick Lane, which I covered here and here. The artist has continued painting a new piece regularly, and the latest new piece is the largest that I've seen the artist create.
The new piece is located on a high profile wall on Hanbury Street, just off of Brick Lane. The mural is an advertisement for the film "Legend". The film is about the Kray Twins, who were notorious criminals in east London. Luckily, this area of London was quiet when I visited on Saturday morning, so I managed to get an unobscured photograph.
Close-ups of the mural are below.
In addition to this new mural, I also discovered a few new murals by Paul "Don" Smith around east London. I've included these below along with others that I photographed earlier in the summer.
Juliette Lewis and the Licks
The Rock
Alexander and Buephalus
Wall on Hanbury Street
Mary Poppins
The Avengers
The Banker
Lewis Collins
Gary Little, Rest in Peace - TerrySue and Patt
'We are your friends' - Max Joseph & Emily
Harry Potter
Aragorn, the King - Lord of the Rings
Blanchett 'Galadriel' and Aragorn - Lord of the Rings
Gary Little; Zac Efron 'Max Joseph'
RIP Terry Sue Patt
'London Road' Hardy
DeNiro
Martin Luther King
The Vision
The Kiss, Poison
Malala
Don and the Banker
The artist is having a busy year this year when compared with the previous couple of years, so I expect to see more of his work appear. His work will certainly define London's ever-changing street art of the year this year.
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