STREET ART 1

There's brilliant street art and graffiti all over the world, with festivals popping up in more and more places. Here's just some of what I've come across in my travels, beginning with London & England plus Scotland. MORE STREET ART

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There's lots of superb graffiti, murals and street art around Shoreditch and Old Street in east London. The Tube carriages form part of Village Underground, an arts venue and creative community - London

This is my favourite; Superman holds up a leaning lamp-post just off Brick Lane. I went back a few weeks later and it had gone. Shame! - London

Also off Brick Lane is a Palestinian child cleverly made from text - London

Meanwhile the Queen plays the accordion - London

There's several 'stiks' in and around Brick Lane. This one is unusual as it's one of the few expressing anger/frustration - London

This hedgehog, or long haired rodent (you decide!) by Belgian artist ROA is opposite Shoreditch High Street station - London

Keep a beady eye out for quirky artwork, especially in east London. These roaming animals, by Art is Trash, are on double yellow lines near the 'hedgehog' - London

Huge wall murals, again near Brick Lane. For anyone who doesn't know Brick Lane, it's a famous curry mile near Liverpool Street in east London

A mural dedicated to an American teenager killed in USA. I can't remember the story to this so please pass on if you know - London

Ghost Driver, now preserved like a museum piece near Liverpool Street, is a Banksy. Above the car is Ronzo's Crunchy Credit, chewing on a pound coin - London

A ribboned, cigar smoking woman by street artist Otto Schade - London

Brightly coloured owls are Dscreet's signature - London

Horizontal Stik was originally in the vertical black frame but later appeared being 'carried away' (above) by big Stik. Like it! London

Pure Evil depicts bleeding eyes, in 3D, as well as cartoon bunnies. He has a gallery on Leonard Street - London

'Just Look At This' along with Stik and several others - London

El Mac's Mexican peasant farmer - London

Vhils (tag on the right) chipped away at plaster to reveal this superb portrait (noone famous as far as I know) - London

Definitely check out Rivington Street which has so much quality street art - London

I love this cheeky fox - London

These miniature faces, with eyes closed, just started appearing in 2014, signed off by Gzegos - London

Ben Wilson decorates chewing gum left on the streets. Councils tried to prosecute him but it was ruled that though the pavement was public property, the gum wasn't, therefore no crime was committed - London

Perspex protects most Banksy's that haven't already been removed for profit, this one being in the grounds of Cargo, a bar on Rivington Street - London

Hidden behind tarpaulin near the BT Tower is an obscured view of another Banksy: 'If graffiti changed anything - it would be illegal' - London

A sprinting panther, with an oxygen tank on its back? - London

'99% of people will not notice this' - London

Jonesey places his bronze sculptures on road signs. Easy to miss! London

Here a child plucks nuclear signs from the ground. Otto Schade often comments on environmental issues - London

Another good area for street art is Hackney Wick, across the canal from the Olympic Park in Stratford - London

Shithouse to Penthouse - plenty of street art going on in this derelict building close to the Crate Brewery - London

The entrance to the canalside No.90 Bar & Kitchen in Hackney Wick - London

I thought this mural at Brixton market was someone famous, but it's a portrait of one of the market stallholders - London

Stik comes in many guises. Street art on the South Bank - London

The graffiti tunnel on Leake Street, a few blocks behind the London Eye - London

This David Bowie mural opposite Brixton tube station serves as a homage to the singer. He died in January 2016, a year before this photo was taken - London

Brixton has an atmosphere all of its own, a bohemian place with a strong Afro-Caribbean flavour, niche shops and a hefty dose of street art - London

One of many paintings by street artist Banksy.
This is Chalk Farm Maid, opposite Chalk Farm tube station in north west London. Oops! It's now been painted over. More info on Banksy art locations and his official site

A slightly worse for wear Banksy at Bethnal Green, east London. The double yellow lines of the flower used to carry on to the pavement and to the road.

A Hitchcock street mural off Leytonstone High Road - London

(Commissioned?) street art on the streets of Walthamstow, a short bus ride from Leytonstone in east London

An eye catching shop shutter on the way to Walthamstow - London

The entrance to the Copeland Park Industrial Estate. Peckham's got a lively nightlife especially around Blenheim Grove and the Levels, a converted indoor car park - London

Walk along the Regent's Canal towpath from King's Cross to Camden - London

Graffiti on a shop wall in The Lanes - Brighton, England

Graffiti at St George's Mews - Brighton, England

A ladies toilet door in a Winchester, England pub. Luckily the scenario of a woman opening the door to a guy with camera didn't play out...

In the summer/autumn of 2011 Salisbury Cathedral hosted Conflux, an excellent exhibition by Sean Henry - Salisbury, England

Part of the Conflux message is that the holy is in all people, like the ordinary working man. The young self looking at the old self - Salisbury, England

The sculptures are dotted around all nooks and crannies of the Cathedral - Salisbury

On the way to the Custard Factory, in Digbeth, is this mural dedicated to former US President John F Kennedy - Birmingham, England

The Custard Factory is a fantastic mix of independent shops, boutiques and visual art and installations - Birmingham, England

The Custard Factory dresses up - Birmingham, England

It was easily my favourite attraction in Birmingham, England

From what the locals said the paint on this piece was still drying - Custard Factory, Birmingham, England

Slow going: Walking between Westgate Road and Neville Street - Newcastle, England

The Queen says hi - Newcastle, England

Graffiti on Parr Street in the Ropewalks quarter - Liverpool

Social comment in Ropewalks - Liverpool

Cute Lambananas are all over Liverpool, made following the city being the European Capital of Culture in 2008

'A Case History' is an interesting and quirky sculpture on Hope Street, between the city's two cathedrals - Liverpool

'Get your fringe benefits here' - graffiti in a run-down building on the seafront - Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England

Upside legs wearing wellies, of course! Oban, Scotland

Mural outside a shop on the way down from McCaig's Tower - Oban, Scotland

The Kelpies are absolutely stunning and in my opinion a must see - Falkirk, Scotland

The steel structures were completed in 2013 and opened to the public the following year, a gateway to an extension of the Forth and Clyde Canal - Falkirk, Scotland

Sculptor Andy Scott's inspiration for The Kelpies comes from the mythological shapeshifting water-horses (aka kelpies), combined with the role horses played in canal transport in years gone by - Falkirk, Scotland

When in Falkirk I read that Andy Scott had other sculptures in the nearby city of Alloa, Scotland. This is 'I Can See For Miles', immediately outside the train station

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