One of Bristol’s most popular Big Issue vendors Jeff Knight will now be immortalised on the city’s streets with a new mural.
Jeff has become well-known on his pitch outside The Canteen in the Stokes Croft area of the city for his warm greetings over the last two decades.
So when renowned graffiti artist Harriet Wood, known as Hazard0ne, was asked to paint an iconic image of Bristol for a competition, only one person came to mind. And it was a chance to make good on a two-year promise.
Harriet, who has been named one of The Guardian’s top five female graffiti artists in the UK, was inspired after seeing the “perfect reference photo” taken by photographer Pit Lad.
She said: “Jeff’s a mate of mine. He’s walked past me painting on Stokes Croft a few times and he turned around to me and went: “Where’s my painting?”
