One of the local street artists creating for the 2014 Nuart was Martin Whatson. Whatson is a Norwegian stencil artist with a never-ending urge to find beauty in what is often disregarded as ugly, outdated and left behind. His early, more political style, has over the years developed into very subtle art that combines graffiti, stencil art and decaying walls. Whatson's 2014 Nuart mural is a good example of his artistic expression. Painted on the gray wall of the house at the bottom of the Stavanger street, it shows stenciled, monochromatic young man pulling down the grey sheet of color, uncovering vibrantly colored graffiti that were painted over.

First two photos by Steven P. Harrington. Third photo © Ian Cox.