Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

  A street art collaboration between Leicester's Graffwerk and Global Street Art to promote the Netflix documentary Untold UK Jamie Vardy . On a wall alongside the Haymarket Bus Station in Leicester , a large artwork has been unveiled featuring former Leicester City Football Club legend Jamie Vardy in the form of an action figure with various shenanigans and accessories, including an energy drink, a broken corner flag, and a football. The Vardy figure is seen cupping his hands behind his ears, a pose he is known for doing on the pitch to fans in the stands. The work itself is a promotion for the Netflix documentary Untold UK, telling the story of Jamie’s career highlights, and As Seen On Netflix is written large on the packaging. Untold UK Jamie Vardy os available to watch now on Netflix.

  The #Leicester Open Streets series of events comes to Jarvis Street and teams up with Visit Leicester, Ride Leicester, Active Leicester, Leicester City Council and Street Art Collective Graffwerk for a Street Art Jam. The film opens on the arches of the old Great Central Railway where artists are creating various works, the camera then pans left to reveal the Wheels For All area where people of all ages and abilities are able to try various pedal powered forms of transport. Moving into the Street Art Jam itself under the bridge and a custom 80`s themed tandem bike by Cyclone Works is blasting out tunes to create a fun atmosphere. Artists in the back of shot are up and down ladders creating art on the walls as people watch on and join in the fun. With activities for all ages at the jam we see staff from Graffwerk running an spray can up cycling, painting workshop popular especially with the younger visitors. Along the opposite side of the street more artists are creating work an...

A look at street art created by artists along Leicester`s Short Street. Leicester is fast becoming the place to be for street artists, a previously unremarkable shortcut from the city center to St margarets Bus Station short street has been transformed with bight artwork on both sides of the street. The street now features works by many artists and even contains a portrait of internationally popular comedy character Mr Bean !. My film takes a look at some of the artworks and aims to give an idea of the scale but a visit to this hidden Leicester gem is thoroughly recommended.

I visited St Margaret`s Underpass in Leicester which in association with GraffHQ, Graffwerk and Leicester City Council has been recently (at time of publication) designated a Legal painting site or "Community Zone"  for artists to create Street Art. In my film I take a look at some of the work on display in the atmospheric location and we see artists like BenZArt working on their pieces as the traffic of the city passes overhead.

As the Highcross Shopping Center in Leicester brings some exiting new additions to its offering the center teamed up with Graffwerks in the city to task acclaimed UK street artists with creating works to brighten up the temporary wooden hoarding screening the building work from the public and at the same time adding to Leicesters ever increasing portfolio of amazing street art. My short film takes a look at the selection of varied works along High street and Shires Lane each featuring a different theme. A list of artists featured and further info will follow shortly.

Bring the Paint festival is a free event on the streets of Leicester featuring high quality street art. The festival brings together over 150 artists to work on sites across the city. Visitors will find large scale murals in the Cultural Quarter and legal spray sites city-wide from multi--storey car parks to building ends. My film shows a small selection of the artworks on show a visit to see them in person is highly recommended.  for further info visit: https://bringthepaint.wordpress.com

A return to artist Richard Wilson`s artwork now featuring players from Leicester City Football Clubs Premiership Winning team of 2015/16 season alongside manager Claudio Ranieri. My film features the artist at work on the mural in Kate Street #Leicester. Artist Richard Wilson works in spray paint to create artworks focusing primarily on portraits. In 2016 inspired by the football teams Fairy tale success he traveled to Leicester in search of a place to immortalize Leicester city manager Claudio Ranieri, finding the perfect wall behind Electrical retailer Marks Electrical he set about attaining permission from the walls owner who being an avid LCFC fan happily gave permission for artist Richard to begin work. Attracting the attention of media both locally and nationally it wasn't long till Richards work was being seen on newspaper front pages and in TV news bulletins, BBC Radio Leicester`s drive time show hosted by Ben Jackson even inviting him to share his favorite music cho...