Although 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea may have originated as a French tale, its impact can be felt on English waters with Phlegm‘s latest work.  Phlegm, cartoonist and urban artist, has recently hit a canal boat that can be seen floating around England. This most recent work, which features a detailed, black and white, monstrous squid, is remarkable.

While a canal boat may seem like a strange canvas choice to some (even though he has painted a plane before), it may have something to do with Phlegm’s self-described “strange relation to graffiti.” Phlegm originally started as a cartoon artist, and while his cartoon drawings remain as a lot of his inspiration, he remarks that his graffiti side has recently taken over. As for the spaces he likes to grace with his works, he tells Fat Cap he “love[s] to get run down urban spaces and factories and play with the space…A painting in the street becomes part of the cities architecture, influenced by what’s around it rather than being some awkward canvass in an art gallery.”

More photos after the jump.

Photos via Unurth

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