[thx1138]

Doing a little Sunday shopping with the girlfriend and I see this!....(on Robertson and 3rd facing the gas station) I am 99% sure this is Nick Walker....this was unsigned but he left a mark on the back of the building....it's almost 6ft tall and is super detailed, quite different than his other stuff.... I call it 'HAND PLANT'....classical with a twist, Fresh!
(two weeks ago I spotted his other LA pieces...see below, this must have been done at same time)....





Tag on back of building


In case you missed my thread from a couple weeks ago...these were the first Walkers I noticed in LA...(notice the other 'Hand Plant')

[Grubster]

Super tight... well done with the pics... when exactly did you get these? 2 weeks ago or today?

[Hugs]

Looking good, glad to see Nick keeping busy with his street work.
Thanks for posting the pics

[thx1138]

Mar 9, 2009 7:15:10 GMT 1 Grubster said:

Super tight... well done with the pics... when exactly did you get these? 2 weeks ago or today?

Took pix this afternoon...

[G-Man]

Cool pics thanks for posting

[G-Man]

On his site

[jamesreeve5]

wow... on the mean streets of 3rd and robertson huh? I hope he didn't run into Britney Spears shopping at Kitson while he was tagging...

[thx1138]

Mar 9, 2009 7:54:55 GMT 1 jamesreeve5 said:

wow... on the mean streets of 3rd and robertson huh? I hope he didn't run into Britney Spears shopping at Kitson while he was tagging...

Ha Ha that was the best part....no other graffiti for blocks and tons of Paparazzi hanging around....primo real estate...let's see how long that wall stays white?

G-Man love the green/red color combo off Nicks site even better.....

[eddiedangerous]

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really not feeling this stuff,

i terms of nw being a groundbreaker and a leader, not a follower
this stuff is not pushing any boundaries, and I am really looking forward to the next big nw idea ala tma, vandal etc, but its been a long time now. bowler hats and molls are well and truely done now!!

[dunthingdave]

Well at least he has shown that he can do hands well.

[daddycool]

ahhh nice to see Nick out and about, but he could of put a nipple on the girl on his website ;D

[quicksnap]

anybody know if he is still in Los Angeles? or how long ago he was here?

[Happy Shopper]

I quite like the 2 with hands growing out of the plants. Nice little theme running through them. I could see that continuing and becoming quite iconic.
But what has a girl coming out of a bowler hat got to do with it?

[sand]

Not too sure about his new street pieces in LA...technically very good stencils...but they just don't capture my imagination...if it was by any other artist other than Nick I don't think most people would look at it twice.

Seems very poor in comparison to the iconic vandal work. The street piece of 'Life's too short' was stunning.

However i'm still very eager to see some more new work and see what he has 'up his sleeve'.

Any news on a 2009 show?

[Karl Read]

I like the top one! The others im not that keen on.

[graeme501]

i think they are great, he shows proper skill with a can in the lighting and shading, especially on the girl coming out of the bowler hat, much more impressive than a simple stencil that anyone could put up

[rowan]

Do you think the new imagine from his site 'green girl & bowler hat' will be released?

[cashman]

Mar 9, 2009 11:38:00 GMT 1 @graeme501 said:

i think they are great, he shows proper skill with a can in the lighting and shading, especially on the girl coming out of the bowler hat, much more impressive than a simple stencil that anyone could put up

not looking to kick off here, but where is the skillful light and shading ?
and where are the skills with a can ??
And as for the stencil work, Id say there are a few people on here that cut as good a stencil ifnot better than him

Nice to see he's been working on his tag though, best bit there imo

[welshboy]

New BRP release

[Fake]

the 1st one ROCKS!

[sand]

I think Nick's stencil skills are very very good, they don't look like 'flat' 2d stencils that other artists do.

I remember his spraycan stencil in the charity sketch book that Harveyn organized. It look at though you could put your hand into the page and pull out a real spraycan. Brilliantly executed.

However the 'coat of arms' and all this new LA work does nothing for me other than show he has the skills to cut a mean stencil.

I guess Walker's a bit like marmite. However whenever he releases a new print everyones after it to make a quick buck!

hmmm...

No doubting 2008 was an excellent year for Mr Walker...really want to see how his new body of work will compare.

[kay7four]

Cashman, You dont think it takes skill with a can to get that kind of detail? I thought that was a real planter before taking a closer look. I dont mean to disrespect you but i cut stencils and get out on the street and this is some of the cleanest cutting and spraying out there..

Mr. Walker is one of the only guys out there that is maticulous with his work. I have never seen a bad cut or spray coming out of Walker. I think its real easy to talk shit if you dont cut stencils or use a spraycan, but believe me Nick makes shit look real easy and its most definitely not easy.

Keep up the good work Walker, thanks for blessing us in L.A. with your street work.

[grantb]

yer nick is just amzing. true talent and his work is very strong. you cant doubt him.

[skelly]

A girl coming out of a hat? A hand coming out of a pot? I am confused, is there something I am missing? Just seems a little bizarre not sure of the theme or what the pieces are about

[digitalroach]

The light coming out of the hat is amazing,and the girl looks pretty fit as well,think the whole thing is playing on magic...,Mr Walkers can skillz are second to none..Props.
Cheers for posting.

[seidbereit]

Hmmm.... been looking at the top one for the last ten minutes or so and can't quite work out what it's supposed to be telling us (by which I mean I assume it's meant to have some message or other). Same goes for the arm/spraycan/bowler hat combos.... Anyone got any ideas?

The Apish tag looks good, but then it always did.

[moleman]

think its excaliber it was a big lake and sword is the power

bird table more street so to say and can is the power

[jonpud]

All I will say is that at least Nick is out there doing it!! Too many 'street' artists selling stuff without actually having the balls or the skill to produce anything on the street!

Fair play Nick, keep up the good work fella!!

[seidbereit]

Mar 9, 2009 17:03:33 GMT 1 moleman said:

think its excaliber it was a big lake and sword is the power

bird table more street so to say and can is the power

Hmmm.... I would have expected the story behind the piece to be a lot easier to spot than that TBH. Nice theory but I don't really buy it. This is street art after all so surely it should be accessible to the simplest of scrotes - if that be true this piece seems a bit wide of the mark.

[howler]

Mar 9, 2009 17:03:33 GMT 1 moleman said:

think its excaliber it was a big lake and sword is the power

bird table more street so to say and can is the power

Doubt it, the sword was returned to the lake as there was no body left to wield it, unless he's announcing his retirement