Brighton and Hove
SMOBLES SCULPTURE NUMBER 04
Branded the runt of the litter by his artistic siblings, this little fella still loves the most. He will always wear his heart on the outside. His birthmark is a symbol for all middle children, runts of any family to be proud and stand tall. This charming and loving...
One-Off Takona Branded Hangers and Sunglasses
These original spray-painted hangers will definitely complement Brighton's Instagram's @takona_official t-shirts brand don't you think? I have also designed a one of one pair of bespoke fashion Takona themed sunglasses too! According to Lewis, Brighton based owner of...
SWAG IN THE CITY – Urban Graffiti Canvas
SWAG IN THE CITY - When spray paint meets up for some random pen action. Sticks and stones don't have to break bones. backgrounds The background on this canvas was made up using numerous coloured spray paints and blended together using various techniques I think gives...
If you love art, you’ll love Brighton, well and Hove as they were brought together as one city in the year 2000.
Brighton is full of colourful street art ranging from the normal Graffiti tags to full buildings murals. Many houses, businesses and shop fronts have been given a colourful and creative personality, you just want to take photos, well I do anyway. This is great publicity for the businesses the art is on as people share it across social media platforms!
Brighton is certainly a place that is well photographed and has become one of the most used hashtag on Instagram, especially related to pictures of graffiti street art. When I last checked the hashtag on Instagram #Brighton, had a whopping 6,855,500 posts/photographs and most were related to graffiti street art, graffiti tags and spray paintings.
I think experiencing day trips to Brighton as a child and seeing the art scene is where my love of art secretly began. Then in 2017, meeting one of the most iconic and prolific graffiti artists in the world named “AROE” inspired me to paint. This was the very first time I picked up a spray can and got creative and started designing sunglasses. This friendship allowed me to watch, learn and experience art in a totally different way from what I remember art being like at school. In under two years, I was selling some of my art all around the world.
Here is one of my many fun trips out with AROE.
This typical day out with AROE was filmed around Brighton and it doesn’t really capture the city, but it does show that people embrace art, even inside the shops, like the barbershop you saw in the video. Art was never the norm for me, but it certainly is now, and I love it!
Aroe jets around the world painting on trains, buildings and often creates original canvases and runs of prints for top galleries that sell for thousands. His latest project is creating unique crypto art!
Brighton is full of diversity, people, food and beliefs, a great city to experience if you get the opportunity. My advice is to book a trip to Brighton and Hove and experience what it has to offer.