Stick Man, by Stik, High Street

This mural is by Stik, an artist whose work is built on extreme reduction. His figures, composed from just a few lines, a circle and 2 dots, carry signifacant emotional weight. His background is often referenced in discussions of his work: he experienced homelessness in London before gaining recognition, and that lived experience informs the way his figures are positioned in space - isolated, repeated, or quietly interacting. In this piece in Glastonbury, the composition is deliberately sparse: three figures, aligned but separated, with one larger figure leading and two smaller ones set back along the wall. There is no explicit narrative, and Stik rarely provides one. Instead, meaning tends to emerge from arrangement and proportion.

What stands out here is the scale shift: the nearest figure dominates the frame, its oversized head and simplified body pushing forward, while the two smaller figures recede along the wall. This creates a subtle sense of perspective and progression, almost like a quiet procession or sequence. The figures themselves are not interacting in any explicit way, but their spacing and repetition suggest a shared presence rather than isolation.