7473. St Werburghs tunnel (569)

Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2025
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2025

This was a piece from a little while ago by Kool Hand, celebrating his own birthday with some friends in the tunnel. For some reason, my iPhone was playing up that day, and my photographs a little blurry – some kind of auto-setting might have kicked in because of the low light levels.

Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2025
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2025

The combination piece has the letters KOOL accompanied by a trademark orangutan head, and the whole thing is very nicely presented. Kool Hand is an artist whose work just keeps on developing gradually but consistently. A very nice birthday present to self.

7472. Surbiton Station, London

Layla's Murals, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026
Layla’s Murals, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026

This wall at Surbiton Station was the gift that keeps on giving. Although this piece by Layla’s Murals is several years old – it took me a while to find it on her Instagram page – it is still looking rather good, and hasn’t been tagged at all.

Layla's Murals, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026
Layla’s Murals, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026

The stunning portrait of the leopard stands out alongside a large and dramatic sky. Ordinarily such a large space would be filled with bits and bobs, but Layla’s Murals clearly has the confidence and belief in her composition, and it works really well.

As a slight aside, I am learning Shakespeare’s wonderful ‘seven ages of man’ monologue, because I want to, and this picture reminds me of one of the lines…

‘Then a soldier, full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard’

The ‘pard’ is a leopard, and here you can see why a soldier might be bearded like one. Great stuff.

Crazy mind

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Dreamed of crows nesting

using timber planks to line

pilfered from a fire

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by Scooj

I try to avoid haiku about dreams but this was just so vivid.

7471. St Werburghs tunnel (568)

Fasho, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2026
Fasho, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2026

For quite a while now, I have been photographing Fasho’s writing, but held back on posting any pieces due to the fact that I know nothing at all about the artist. It seems that until I meet them, I’ll not find out any more, so I thought I’d go ahead with this nice green piece in the tunnel.

Fasho, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2026
Fasho, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2026

Fasho has a rather unique style of writing that includes exaggerated rounded ends to all the letters, giving the writing a soft appearance. This combination piece (which I am assuming is all by Fasho, although the character might be another artist’s work) contains the letters FASHO and a gun-wielding soldier on the left. There is good definition between the green fills and patterns and the white and black borders, keeping the piece tidy. A peace icon in the position of the ‘O’ indicate where this piece is coming from. Much more from Fasho to come from my archives.

 

 

7470. M32 roundabout J3 (742)

Klashwhensober, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2026
Klashwhensober, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2026

There was a time when Klashwhensober was the most prolific graffiti writer in Bristol, by some margin. For personal reasons that run came to a fairly abrupt end. After a quiet year or so, Klashwhensober has returned in a much more measured and regulated fashion, painting the odd piece here and there.

Klashwhensober, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2026
Klashwhensober, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2026

This piece on the roundabout has been painted over some other work, and is perhaps less defined around the edges than it might be. The letters spell SOBER and are nicely filled with red, white and blue, with some creative fills throughout. Although it looks a little busy, there is a calmness about this piece which I hope is a reflection on the artist’s current situation.

What is that?

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The bright yellow thing

set in a pallid blue sky

it’s been a long time

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by Scooj

7469. Surbiton Station, London

Roo, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026
Roo, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026

One thing that you can be reasonably certain about is that when you find a SkyHigh piece there is likely to be a Roo piece nearby, as the couple often paint together. It looks like Roo drew the short straw and had this rather tricky little spot behind the letter box.

Roo, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026
Roo, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026

Roo has painted one of her trademark bees that she can probably paint in her sleep. The bee is painted with such assurance, with beautiful clean lines and strong solid fills. I rather like the way that she has painted each of the concrete slabs with a different shade of blue. Buzzzz.

7468. Dean Lane skate park (901)

Sled One, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2026
Sled One, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2026

There is something rather nice when artists who are at the top of the ladder find time to get back to their roots with a bit of graffiti writing, and I don’t think there is anybody who does it better than Sled One.

Sled One, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2026
Sled One, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2026

This is a lovely piece on my favourite curved wall, which has been rather neglected of late, with the letters ASK, After School Klub, the most established Bristol crew. Sled One would have almost certainly free-styled this piece and probably rather quickly, but such is his talent that it looks pretty much perfectly conceived and executed. Cracking work.

7467. Surbiton Station, London

SkyHigh, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026
SkyHigh, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026

Last weekend my wife and I went to London for a football match and stayed with her brother and family in Surbiton. To get to the match we had to catch a train from Surbiton Station and you can only imagine my joy, when I saw this mural buy SkyHigh, and several others tucked around the corner. Over the next few days I’ll be posting some of these.

SkyHigh, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026
SkyHigh, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026

SkyHigh is perhaps better known for his outstanding writing, but has also produced some extraordinary wildlife pieces, and this domestic nature scene certainly hits the mark. I believe that this mural was painted several years ago (December 2021?), but is still looking pretty fresh.

SkyHigh, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026
SkyHigh, Surbiton Station, London, February 2026

SkyHigh has captured the robin and the red squirrel perfectly, although there aren’t many (any) red squirrels in this part of the country. What a magnificent sight for commuters to return to after a dull day at work. Bravo!

7466. Cumberland Basin

Creamylines, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, February 2026
Creamylines, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, February 2026

Such is the low turnover of street artwork at the moment, I get very excited by any new piece I find, with most of my visits to the usual spots yielding precious little. Naturally, finding this cracker by Creamylines made my day recently.

Creamylines, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, February 2026
Creamylines, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, February 2026

I am very fond of this little recess and there have been many lovely pieces painted here, so it is fitting that Creamylines should adopt it. All that we would expect to see from the artist is here, and I would like to credit Suzette with her description of his work as being “like a vintage quilt”, which I thought most fitting. I have a feeling that someone has added some sun rays, which slightly disrupt the piece… I would be surprised if it was a Creamylines addition. Uplifting work.