7610. Gloucester Road

Inkie, Gloucester Road, Bristol, April 2026
Inkie, Gloucester Road, Bristol, April 2026

Sundays tend to be a good day for strolling around Bristol on the hunt for street art in shopping areas because that is when the shutters are down, some of which reveal stunning artwork unseen during working hours.

Inkie, Gloucester Road, Bristol, April 2026
Inkie, Gloucester Road, Bristol, April 2026

Not far from where I live, I found this gorgeous Inkie shutter piece. I don’t know whether it is reasonably new or whether I simply haven’t seen it because the shutter has been up when passing. Either way, it is a stunning piece of artwork typical of the artist, featuring a girl with big hair painted in his Art Nouveau style. This tells me I should get out more at weekends!

Poplar

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Drifts of fluffy seeds

rolling in the gentle breeze

Peregrine glides by

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by Scooj

7609. L Dub (89)

Sait Bare, L Dub, Bristol, March 2026
Sait Bare, L Dub, Bristol, March 2026

Sait Bare seems to have had a little bit more time on his hands to get out and paint recently. His flurry includes this interesting piece in the long foot tunnel underpass at L Dub. He is definitely in a ‘Bare’ phase at the moment, which is different from the ‘Sait’ period when I first encountered his work back in October 2023.

Sait Bare, L Dub, Bristol, March 2026
Sait Bare, L Dub, Bristol, March 2026

Sait Bare usually paints pieces with plenty of colours and form, but unusually, he has kept this one to a minimum, using black letters bordered with a vibrant lime green outline. There are minimal additional interventions pretty much restricted to some accent lines outside the letters and some stripey lines. All good stuff from Sait Bare – note to self… time for a gallery methinks.

7608. Cumberland Basin

2Face, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2026
2Face, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2026

It took me a little while to work out who this piece of graffiti writing was by. I got there in the end, but was slow to figure it out, because the artist, 2Face, doesn’t paint very often. The letters spell FACEY, and it is signed, but even so, difficult to pin down.

2Face, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2026
2Face, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2026

There is quite a lot going on in the orange fills in the lettering, ranging from white cracks at the top through ‘leopard spots’ to a fluid whitish stream of paint running horizontally through the letters. These are all the signs of an experienced artist. 2Face also decorates the piece with a blue plasma bolt, adding another layer to the textured piece. A nicely worked piece of graffiti writing.

Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias)

Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias), East Head, West Sussex, April 2026 East Head
Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias), East Head, West Sussex, April 2026 East Head

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Down on hands and knees

getting a closer look see

Sea Spurge gathering

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by Scooj

7607. M32 roundabout J3 (764)

Tera, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2026
Tera, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2026

This is a curious piece by Tera painted at a recent paint jam on the roundabout. It doesn’t really matter how much I try to enhance the image, it is difficult to properly see what is going on without getting up really close. I think that Tera was so into creating the piece (perhaps with a tattooist’s mindset) that he has lost some of the clarity and story in the heavy detail. That is not to say it isn’t a fine piece, rather that it is difficult for the viewer to appreciate.

Tera, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2026
Tera, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2026

The combination piece has a dark and rather evil demonic character in the centre, with three eyes, large fangs and a long tongue. It is holding two swords that frame the middle section of the piece. The letters either side of the character spell out TERA, in a nicely crafted style. Overall, Tera shows his raw talent with this piece, but for me, it is a little busy and could do with toning down a bit. Lots more to share from him as he has been out and about a fair bit this spring.

7606. M32 roundabout J2 (19)

John D'oh, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, March 2026
John D’oh, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, March 2026

Another piece (and there are so many more to come) from John D’oh’s under-motorway gallery. This is a humorous piece, which leans into smutty, which I guess is all part of the edginess of street art.

John D'oh, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, March 2026
John D’oh, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, March 2026

The fine stencil of a young woman is accompanied by the words “Things not to say on Valentine’s day: You might not be my happy ever after, but you could be my happy ending?”. On a picky point, the second half of the sentence doesn’t read as a question, and I think that the ‘you’ and the ‘could’ are the wrong way round. The piece has the potential to cause offence, although I think the emphasis is on humour. Not one of his best ideas, but nonetheless part of his varied portfolio.

Morning motivation

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Sunlight through the blinds

and a pigeon’s hearty coos

tell me to get up

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by Scooj

7605. Dean Lane skate park (915)

Created By Billie, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2026
Created By Billie, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2026

When ever did a worm look so beguiling? This little flat concrete slab in the Dean Lane skate park has had many, many small pieces adorning it, but never one quite like this. It is painted by visiting artist, Created by Billie.

Created By Billie, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2026
Created By Billie, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2026

The last time the artist was in town, I met her while she was painting a wall very near this one, and what a lovely lady she is, full of enthusiasm for her work. While this piece has a comforting cartoon feel to it, it also appears to have some accurate anatomical features such as the saddle (clitellum) and segments. Striking and unusual… I love this piece.

7604. River Avon (115)

Vermo, River Avon, Bristol, March 2026
Vermo, River Avon, Bristol, March 2026

It has taken me a long time to figure out the letters in this writing, and I am not too sure I would have done so without Paul H’s recent posting of a piece by the artist. The letters spell VERMO, but you have to study them pretty hard to figure it out, as they are deliberately deceptive. Once you know them you can see them, but it is that first time of working it out that takes the time.

Vermo, River Avon, Bristol, March 2026
Vermo, River Avon, Bristol, March 2026

I have a lot of Vermo’s pieces to share from my archives, but I decided to start with this combination piece alongside the river. Unusually this piece of writing includes a character, where most of his pieces contain only the ‘floating’ letters that are made up of component shapes, for example, both the ‘E’ and the ‘M’ are composed of three ovals of increasing size in different orientations. I wouldn’t quite know how to classify Vermo’s writing, but it might fall into the category of abstract graffiti writing, a bit like Mr Klue, but quite different in appearance. Watch this space for more from Vermo.