Paint Jams Bring Colour for 2024 Cheltenham Paint Festival

The Cheltenham Paint Festival has returned and the result is hundreds of different artworks across the town. Each year new walls are introduced with work from the headliners painted onto them. Most pieces however come from a number of regular locations which get refreshed at each event.

Regular and New Locations

This year saw the introduction of the Arles Court underpass as a festival location. A little further out of town it nonetheless provides lots of space for artists. It joins the North Place and Town Centre East car parks and the Honeybourne Line Tunnels and Bridges as key areas for the festival ‘paint jams’.

Arle Court (Gloucester Road)

A new location opened up just for the 2024 Cheltenham Paint Festival. It is an underpass that runs underneath the busy dual carriageway. Making it’s debut as a festival space it saw multiple artists add artworks along the length of the underpass. This included notable pieces from festival favourite Curtis Hylton and California’s Miss Teal.

3rd Eye

7th Pencil

Abraham

Ajarts Hadland

Ajax Piper

ArtSee

Curtis Hylton

Doppel Was Here

Fark

Fink

Jaksta Art

Jenks

Littles of the Mall

Memphis

Miss Teal

PAD

Paul Monsters

RJ77 Stencils

Skewer

Sky High

Sia

Syd

Trix

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Honeybourne Line Tunnels

An area at the heart of Cheltenham’s street art and graffiti scene. The Honeybourne Line Tunnels were a place to paint even before the idea of a festival took off in 2017. It was here were writers and artists would come to paint. With the introduction of the new spot at Arles Court, this year has perhaps seen the tunnels go back to its roots. The art created in 2024 reflecting more of a graffiti vibe alongside a few street art pieces.

Multiple Artists

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North Place Car Park Street Art

Festival location since 2017 the North Place car park will have seen a phenomenal amount of artists over the years. Essentially dirt ground surrounded by hoardings this was only ever meant to be a temporary space. Sitting close to the Brewery Centre it has been an area earmarked for development for some time. It’s not certain yet but it’s possible that 2024 could be the last festival where artists are able to paint here.

Front Walls and Entrance

Madderdoit

Roo

Title Graffiti

Midge

Shauna Blanchfield

Joe Greenaway

Emma Gilbert

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Main Car Park Walls

K9 Stenciling

Art of Sok

Ginge

Codo

Mishfit

Fark

EyeSaw

Fink

Roo Abrook

SYMR

Zirk

Lokey & Eisa

Moses

Jimmer Willmott & Guts

Splintered Studios

Alain Welter

Jay Sharples

Daub

Little of the Mall

Fat Cap Sprays

Benzi Brofman

Lady Gabe

Merinden Funnel

Northern Mural Co

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Town Centre East Artworks

Opened up as part of the 2023 paint festival the Town Centre East car park once again welcomed artists up and into it’s parking bays for 2024. It’s another space in Cheltenham town centre that is likely to be developed at some point.

James Archer Art

This piece, like most of the artist’s work, is influenced by style and portraiture. It represents a “catfish,” as depicted by the tentacles taking a selfie. The concept emerged during the process, as the piece was largely free-styled without much planning, created purely for fun.

Apparan

SoulD

The SoulD_Art piece features a woman, repeated three times in cyan, magenta, and white. Each color represents a different mood or aspect of her self: cyan for calm introspection, magenta for passion and vitality, and white for clarity and contemplation. This triptych invites viewers to reflect on the multifaceted and ever-changing nature of identity.

Stocke

Polly Merredew

The design connects the aesthetics and functionality of the pillar, using cubes to symbolize the building blocks. The symmetrical pattern around the column ensures visual balance, while the lighting disrupts it to create shadows and enhance the optical effect. A limited palette of bright colors brings sunshine to a dark car park corner while maintaining visual unity.

XLVII

Care Bears SSOSVA

Sophie Wardle

Must One

MustOne wanted to create something that inspires growth and reflection amidst the chaos of everyday life. He believes a single spark can change the universe, bringing light even in dark times, though this energy can also be destructive. His art balances light and shadow, building layers to enhance both. As the Tao Te Ching says, ‘The path into the light seems dark.

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Map of Street Art in Cheltenham

The Cheltenham Paint Festival took place over 28 and 29 July 2024 at locations across the town. To see all the other murals from the festival take a look at this post.

For more Inspiring City articles you might like, take a look at…

• Interview with Festival Director Andy Davies
• Where to find street art in Cheltenham
• Murals of the 2022 Cheltenham Paint Festival
• Street Art from the Cheltenham Paint Festival 2024