Three Dimensional Chalking

CHALK IT UP (Crewe) 2017

Today's exhibits are both anamorphic - designed to look 3D when viewed from one particular spot.

R2-D2 in 3D (Dean Tweedy - Borth, Wales)

the resourceful astromech droid being recreated by Dean Tweedy

Anthony Cappetto's amazing technicolor dreamfish

Detail of the 3D fish - Anthony Cappetto (New York)

Anthony with his catch

Mexican Monsters

CHALK IT UP (Crewe) 2017

Two more pieces of pavement art - this time both somewhat frightening monsters from Mexico.

Cesar Pollock (Mexico) won 2nd Prize in 'Original Art' category with this strange creation

Cesar at work - day 1

The Pharisee of Sonora (Vincente Rios Zarazua - Mexico)

Day 1 and the Pharisee emerges

some Pharisee info

The Royal Collection

CHALK IT UP (Crewe) 2017

A young Queen and her daughter in law are the subjects of today's post. I wondered if there was a 'Royalty' category, but apparently not. Diana is very topical this year because of the 20th anniversary of her death. The Queen is always topical - and rightly so!

John Bully (Southend-onSea) created the young Elizabeth, and Jean Marc Navello (Toulon, France) gave us Princess Diana.

CHALK IT UP - Crewe - 4 more screevers

CHALK IT UP (Crewe) 2017

This, my 2nd post of the Crewe event, shows the work of another 4 artists. Futher posts will follow very shortly.

Ghislaine Monte came over from Holland. Do you recognise this actress in her picture?

of course .... it's Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones)

Mark Sheeky is a local artist. This was his debut as a 'screever'.

Infinity - Mark Sheeky

Hannah Bold (St. Helens, England)

Crewe is a railway town. Hannah has created her version of a Crewe -built steam locomotive.

 

David Jewkes is a Crewe artist.

David Jewkes - Carousel

Chalk It Up (Crewe 2017)

 'CHALK IT UP' IN CREWE

Six years after the Bold Street International Pavement Art Festival, Urban Canvas have pulled off another great success with 'Chalk It Up', in Crewe town centre (Cheshire, England) on 26th / 27th August, 2017. There were 22 'screevers' who took part over the 2 days. The represented nations were USA, Mexico, France, Holland, and the UK.

This first post includes the work from several participants - their names are in the captions for each image. Subsequent posts will cover the remaining artists - some in much more detail than others, according to the information and images that I have collected.

Alex Hobby (Newark, England) - this was the joint winner of the  Best Newcomer award

Mark Steel (London, England) - Rabbits

Venessa Scott (Manchester, England)

Laurellene Sturtzer (Toulon, France) - Tea Time

The Singing Butler

Beverly Clark was one of several Merseyside entrants in the James Carling International Pavement Art Competition at the 2011 Bold Street Festival. Her 'Copy Art' piece was Scottish artist Jack Vettriano's 'Singing Butler'. The colours are wonderful and this was such a fun piece - really well executed.

Roberto Rodriguez

This entry won joint 2nd prize in the Free Style category. I think it could just have easily been categorised as Copy Art because it is a montage of a Dali self-portrait and two Dali paintings. The horse comes from 'The Temptation of St Anthony' (1946) and the tigers from 'Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening' (1944). The whole thing is stunning. Roberto Rodriguez (Mexico) has captured Dali's mad stare exactly as in the original photograph.

Monet - Houses of Parliament (1903)

I asked Daniela Visone why she chose this painting. She said she had always wanted to paint it in oils, so it seemed a good choice for the Copy Art category of the James Carling Pavement Art Competition. The colours were wonderful - like the pavement was ablaze. Five days later (see bottom photo) the fire was almost out - such is the fate of pavement art!

 

Mexican Mars

this is Eduardo Almanza's brilliant reproduction of a Flemish baroque masterpiece. The original was painted by Rubens (1620's) and is titled 'Portrait of a Man as the God Mars'. Strangely, it has been transposed by Eduardo - the original is facing to the left. Eduardo (Mexico) took 3rd prize in the Copy Art section with his Rubens (it would have been no surpise to me if he had won the class).

The finished portrait. (Besides its 3rd prize in Copy Art it won 2nd prize in the People's Choice)

Antonio Cammarano

Congratulations to Antonio Cammarano from Milan who took first prize in the Freestyle section with this picture that I call LOVE.

Pavement Baroque

Carlo Dolci painted 'Salome with the head of John the Baptist' in the 17th century. He was a Florentine painter of the baroque era. The painting is in the Royal Collection.
This version was created in chalk on Ropewalks Square by Julie Kirk-Purcell from California. She took the 2nd Prize in the James Carling Award for Copy Art class with this magnificent reproduction.

Bold Street Festival Review (Nerve)

Hey - here's something that I wrote for the Nerve Magazine website,
http://www.catalystmedia.org.uk/issues/misc/articles/bold_street_festival.php
click the link (above) for the article

click link above photo for the article