Glasgow Street Art walking tour

This afternoon I went on a street art tour which was wonderful but a bit wet. Liz our guide gave us a bit of history about graffiti and street art. She introduced us to the work of some very talented street artists including Smug, whose work I had seen on the morning tour, Rogue Oner, Froderick, The Rebel Bear (who was inspired by Banksy) the Fearless Collective and Tony Trobridge.

Through the pouring rain we walked down towards the Clyde and on the way saw some amazing street art and murals. Unfortunately, some of the murals are at risk of being lost as neighbouring land at a number of locations has been sold to developers, who when they build will possibly cover up or destroy some of these murals.

There is an area down near the river Clyde that is an “experiment”. A large area has been allocated for artists to come and do their work. It has some amazing work and hopefully will stop being a trial and become a permanent area for street artists to share their work.

Our last stop was at an amazing mural representing the four seasons and done by Smug. It is huge and so detailed and it took Smug two weeks to complete. It is one of the murals with an uncertain future due to adjacent land being purchased by developers.Leggi altro