Natural adventures

7734. Dean Lane skate park (929)

Veks and Bandito, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2026

I have had a very challenging day. Super-busy at work. Laptop overheating and running extremely slowly, I’m overheating and running extremely slowly, and I have had to squeeze this post into a compressed lunch break. At least this post features a top combination collaboration by Veks and Bandito.

Veks has painted a classic b-boy character wearing the uniform of hoodie and baseball cap, and clutching a spray can. Beautifully presented is a timeless retro style. Perfect.

I haven’t seen anything by Bandito for years, so it was a very pleasant surprise indeed to see this piece in a tickz memorial wall paint jam. His slim letters are so characteristic of his work. The letters spell TICKZ and filled with horizontal colour bands that are beautifully blended. The slim yellow border finishes it of nicely.

7733. St Werburghs tunnel (584)

There was a rather nice little birthday paint jam for Donz in the tunnel a few weeks back, and this is the contribution from Hypo. This was good to see, as he has dropped his frequency of painting lately.

The HYPO letters are replaced with DONZ, proving Hypo can apply his magical style to any letters. The fresh piece is immaculately presented, with some superb colour matching, and great definition of letters provided by the slim white border. The piece is decorated with triplets of small spheres dotted bout the place and adding movement and interest to the whole. Nice work from Hypo.

Thursday Doors – 18 June 2026

Doors 359 – street art and graffiti doors

Those of you who know this blog well will know that when I post street art Thursday Doors, it indicates that I am under time pressure, and that is exactly the case this week. So this is a quick presentation of some repurposed graffiti/street art pictures that have appeared on Natural adventures in the past as street art posts. This is the first time I have presented them as Thursday Doors pictures. I hope you enjoy them:

Hannah Adamaszek, High Street, Rochester, January 2025

Nomad Clan, Hackins Hey, Liverpool, March 2025

(Do car doors count?)

Dave Bonsai, Greenland Street, Liverpool, March 2025

Liam Bononi, St James Street, Liverpool, March 2025

Kid Krishna, The Carriageworks, Bristol, March 2025

So just a short one this week – resumption of Shrewsbury doors next time.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s weekly Thursday Doors post and his Sunday recap.

7732. M32 roundabout J3 (780)

Dun Sum, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2026

This is an interesting fantasy creature piece by Dun Sum that cleverly makes use of a recent feature on this wall. The layers of paint on popular walls builds up over time and every once in a while a chunk of paint, up to an inch thick will peel away, as has happened here.

Dun Sum has painted a bird’s head holding a long nail in its beak. I don’t know what this means or if there is a story here, but the creature is nicely framed in the gap left behind by the peeling paint. Always good to see artists incorporating their surroundings into their work.

7731. Headingly Lane, Leeds

James Archer, Headingley Lane, Leeds, June 2026

I recently went up to Leeds to fetch my daughter and all her possessions from her student flat to return to Bristol for the summer. Since she wasn’t even awake when I arrived (there’s a surprise), I had about an hour to kill, so I went for a little walk – eyes open of course. At the top of her road I was lucky enough to find this stunning piece by James Archer.

I know nothing of the artist, but this looks like a commission on the wall of a letting agency, which incorporates the letting theme in the neon lights. The subject matter and East Asian style is not too far removed from Dan Kitchener’s Tokyo cityscapes, although a little softer in presentation. A rather nice surprise and unexpected bonus on my day trip to Leeds.

It is possible this is the same J Archer who painted this portrait piece in St Werburghs tunnel last year:

J Archer, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2025

Hot

Out of the kitchen

simply couldn’t stand the heat

nowhere to cool down.

by Scooj

7730. Sparke Evans Park (153)

Solar, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, June 2026

Solar is smashing it out of the park everywhere I look at the moment. He seems to have upped his game over the last few months and is reaching new level of confidence, creativity and execution.

This is a banging piece on the long wall at Sparke Evans Park. The irregular letters, fringing on anti-style, have a space age look to them, with the ‘S’ looking like a space ship and the ‘R’ looking like the visor of a space helmet. All of this might be just what I see, but it is now difficult for me to unsee it. Definitely a fresh and vibrant piece of writing from a writer at the top of his game, so far.

7729.Greville Smyth Park – Upfest 2026 (25)

Willl Cross, Upfest 2026, Greville Smyth Park, Bristol, May 2026

I fell in love with Willl Cross’ work a few years ago when he first painted at Upfest 2022. I have seen several of his works since then and each one is a beauty. His classical style, probably best suited to canvas, takes contemporary scenes and makes them appear as if they were painted in the 19th century. Very clever and very beautiful.

This piece looks like it is portraying a festival of some kind, with two blindfold women dancing around a fire, while others look on. It all feels a bit pagan if you ask me, but I rather like that. I must ask Willl Cross all about if if I get lucky enough to meet him again.

7728. Greville Road – Upfest 2026 (24)

Will Blood, Upfest 2026, Greville Road, Bristol, May 2026

I am quite a big fan of naïve-style street art, because it mimics the world seen through youthful eyes, but painted by an adult. It is all much more sophisticated than it might look at first glance.

This is a charming piece by Will Blood, and occupies a prestigious wall over the Hen and Chicken restaurant and bar – stalwarts of Upfest. A line-drawn Godzilla character, with googly eyes, is stomping across an urban landscape wreaking havoc. Fire and destruction, and some smiling stick people – definitely a world created in a child’s imagination. Nice piece from Will Blood.

7727. Greenway Bush Lane – Upfest 2026 (23)

Zebra Pozer, Upfest 2026, Greenway Bush Lane, Bristol, May 2026

The range of pieces at this year’s Upfest was notable from extreme high-end murals to regular Bristol graffiti writing and pretty much everything in between. This is a vibrant doodle-style piece by London-based Zebra Pozer.

The artist claims that he isn’t seeking perfection but bringing spontaneity and fun to his work, and I can completely buy in to that philosophy. Set on a pink background, the characters in this piece are crammed together and splashed with pinks, blues and yellows that breathe life into the black outline folk. Something a little different.

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