A gallery of wonderful graffiti writing from Bristol artist Sait Bare, sometimes writing SAIT and sometimes BARE.
Instagram: sait_bare_sb7
All photographs by Scooj
Sait Bare
What is she?
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Queen Mab galloping
inside my word-muddled mind
dream of learning lines
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by Scooj
7617. M32 roundabout J3 (765)
I think it is fair to say that Werm has been on fire this year, and this piece on the roundabout is further proof of that. First off, his colour combinations leap off the wall and make this a rather mesmerising piece.
The symmetrical letters spelling WERM are filled with tidy vertical stripes in warm browns, reds and oranges. These are contained within a double white and turquoise border and supported with an upwards drop shadow offering perspective. A very nice tidy piece from Werm.
7616. Dean Lane skate park (916)
Bean has been back in Bristol, but only for a break I fear, as I have only found one piece recently. I believe he is still studying at university somewhere in the north of England, and only gets the occasional chance to paint. I do hope that when he graduates he will have a little bit more time to paint in Bristol because I truly admire his work.
The character in this piece is particularly notable for the flowing rainbow hair, but I am drawn to the wonderful perspective and anatomy visible through the t-shirt and on the arm and hand. Quite why the protagonist is holding a fish in chopsticks, I don’t know, but sometimes these things are simply an artist’s whim. Hoping to see more in the summer from Bean.
Thursday Doors – 30 April 2026
Doors 352 – Doors of Shrewsbury (part III) – April 2025
Well I completely fluffed it last week. I have been so busy at work, with both Wednesday and Thursday last week out of the office, that I quite ran out of time to post Thursday Doors. I guess it happens from time to time, but at least I am trying to get ahead of the game this week – I prepared some of this post last night!
The is not too much to say about this selection from Shrewsbury other than that they are a mixture of town house doors and timber-framed shopfronts. I hope you enjoy them:
A note taken from the Original Shrewsbury website about the last building featured is as follows:
Costa Coffee is one of Shrewsbury High Street’s many classic timber framed Tudor buildings. But if you look closely, you may realise that not all is as it seems! During restoration works in the 1990s, the upper carvings were given a colourful update with the addition of the heads of Margaret Thatcher and Michael Heseltine back to back, as they apparently were in political terms, the words ‘Poll Tax’ are behind them. The carvings along Grope Lane include grapes and motorcycles.
More to come from this remarkable market town next time. Until then may I wish you a fabulous weekend.
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.
7615. Stapleton Road
One of the hazards of photographing street art is the prevailing light conditions, which present all sorts of problems, the trickiest being shadows cast across the subject of the shot. Unfortunately, the eye of heaven was not kind to me when I visited this magnificent X-Men piece by Tera.
This was part of a collaboration with SPZero76 and Kid Crayon, featuring the film franchise, and Tera decided to go with a Wolverine character. The character is brilliantly portrayed, with tons of movement and menace conveyed in this piece. I particularly like the smoking cigar. A very nice piece by Tera, and a little different from his usual ghoulish fare.
7614. Cumberland Basin
I don’t tend to find as many new Taboo pieces as I used to, and that might be down to two factors. He might be painting less frequently, and/or maybe he isn’t painting the regular spots so often, and so I don’t come across his work as much. The upshot is that finding any pieces by the artist these days is a happy moment.
I have a feeling that this piece was painted as part of a birthday paint jam, I forget who for though. The red letters in anti-style form spell out TABOO in a combination of lettering and designs, with the second ‘O’ being formed of a jail window with eyes glaring from the dark space behind the bars. A fine piece from Taboo… I need to find more.
Mixed feelings
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Magpie pair nesting
deep within our garden hedge
local terrorists
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by Scooj
7613. David Street
This outstanding mural commission by Zase tells a story of days gone by in the Old Market area of Bristol. The piece was painted last autumn, as far as I can make out, on the side of the recently renovated Shepherd’s hall. The building had played host to The Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds, a sort of guild/masonic outfit that protected the interests and welfare of sheep farmers. The murals on the building reflect this history.
Zase, who is famous for painting several large murals in Bristol, has opted for sepia tints in these pastiche pieces to mimic old photographs of the late 1800s and early 1900s, capturing a bygone era perfectly.
I cannot be the first person who has marvelled at the mural, in a fairly busy part of town, just outside the centre, which I understand took Zase about ten days to paint.
We don’t have many of these historical/commemorative pieces in the city, which tend to be quite corporate, if you know what I mean, and the Bristol street art scene is generally quite edgy, so this is a little unusual. Fine work from Zase, and a big shout-out to the sponsors of the piece.
7612. M32 roundabout J2 (20)
I expect that Popeye will be a familiar character for many, although post-millennial cohorts are unlikely to identify strongly or even at all with the iconic character. Certainly, John D’oh provides an indication of his likely age with this characterful stencil underneath the M32 motorway.
John D’oh skilfully blends the Popeye character with contemporary politics making a link between spinach greens and the Green Party, with the words ‘Eat green, vote green’. This is a particularly salient message with the upcoming local elections next month in which the Greens are expected to do rather well, picking up disaffected left of centre voters.
Natural adventures 