Shade One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2026
Shade One is known for his incredibly sharp cartoon-style portrait pieces, many of which have been featured here, and you can see his typical work on this updated gallery. This time, the subject of his portraiture is a spray can with the word Rusk on it.
Shade One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2026
The piece is a birthday tribute to Rusk, and how appropriate it is to feature a can, rather than a caricature portrait. The turnout for Rusk’s 50th birthday paint jam was fantastic, and some superb pieces were painted that day, including this one. More to come from this celebration.
This length of concrete wall which supports Brunel Way above, has become a bit of as tribute wall for Dorns, who passed away a couple of years ago, but is well remembered here. This particular sloping piece is by Squire.
Squire, Brunel Way, Bristol, October 2026
There is no mistaking Squire’s style, but helpfully he has also signed this tribute piece, although the letters spell out DORNS, rather than his own name. This is a tidy piece, with slightly unruly letters, in terms of size and shape, and the red and blue fill works very nicely. I suspect this piece will be around for a long time.
Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot.
I am utterly disorganised this week and Thursday has crept up on me. Having failed to prepare any imnages in advance to continue with my Madeira series of doors, I am going for my ‘safety net’ of street art and graffiti doors – all of which will have appeared before on Natural Adventures, but in a different context. I hope you enjoy these doors from September and October last year:
Paper Walls, Lucky Lane, Bristol, September 2025VP, Moon Street, Bristol, October 2025Alex Arnell, Leonard Lane, Bristol, October 2025
Qubart, Lucky Lane, Bristol, September 2025Cuicasolo, Lucky Lane, Bristol, September 2025Sam Brentnall, Lucky Lane, Bristol, September 2025Yoliws, Lucky Lane, Bristol, September 2025Daz Cat, River Avon, Bristol, September 2025Zubieta, Lucky Lane, Bristol, September 2025
So that is it for this week, short and sweet. I will very much hope to resume with the Madeira series of doors next time, until then, may I wish you a happy end of week and 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.
This is brilliant, and one of three Mr Sleven Haloween pieces. I don’t now what has got into the artist recently, but a quiet period, lasting several years, has well and truly come to an end. The combination piece, at the entrance of the tunnel, features the letters SLEVEN with a Count Dracula character bang in the middle.
Mr Sleven, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2026
This is an impactful piece, made stronger with a ‘cracked boulder’ style backdrop. The letters, in purple, with a yellow border are filled with Haloween related symbols and icons such as a black cat, bats, a moon, a candle, a dagger and many more. The character himself is painted in a cartoon style, but there is no mistaking the vampire count credentials. This is a well executed and great fun piece – watch out for more from Mr Sleven.
This is a classic piece from Mr Klue, one of three of four recent ones in the tunnel, and a demonstration that he has managed to find some time and get into the right mind space to produce some great work.
Mr Klue, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2026
I am so pleassed to see his floating steps feature prominently in this one, as they are so much a part of his ephemeral scenes. The letters spell KLUE, although they are so well disguised, you’d be forgiven for not seeing them. The colours are well chosen and pit burning orange against watery blue. The shading is excellent too, with a yellow under shadow providing depth and contrast. Superb.
A gallery of incredible writing and combination pieces by the very talented Kid Krishna. Look out for the letters CRIE.
All photographs by Scooj
Kid Krishna, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2026Kid Krishna, Stokes Croft, Bristol, October 2025Kid Krishna, M32 cycle path, Bristol, July 2025Kid Krishna, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2025Kid Krishna, Stokes Croft, Bristol, April 2025Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2025Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2025Kid Krishna, The Carriageworks, Bristol, March 2025Kid Krishna, Picton Lane, Bristol, March 2025Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2025Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2024Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2024Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2024Kid Krishna, North Street, Bristol, November 2024Kid Krishna, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2024Kid Krishna and Daz Cat, Nine Tree Hill, Bristol, November 2024Kid Krishna, River Avon, Bristol, November 2024Kid Krishna, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2024Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol September 2024Kid Krishna, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, August 2024Kid Krishna, Stokes Croft, Bristol, May 2024Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2024Kid Krishna, Star and Garter, Bristol, April 2024Kid Krishna, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2024Marckinetic and Kid Krishna, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2024Kid Krishna, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2024Kid Krishna, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2024Marckinetic and Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2024Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2024Kid Krishna, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2024Kid Krishna, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, January 2024Kid Krishna, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2023Kid Krishna, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023Kid Krishna, Lower Ashley Road, Bristol, June 2023Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, May 2023Kid Krishna, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, June 2023Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, May 2023Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, May 2023Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, May 2023Kid Krishna, M32 Spot, Bristol, May 2023Kid Krishna, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2023Kid Krishna, Brunel Way, Bristol, March 2023Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2023Kid Krishna (WIP), St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2023Kid Krishna, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023Kid Krishna, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2022Kid Krishna, Stapleton Road, Bristol, July 2022Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2022Kid Krishna, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, December 2022Kid Krishna, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, October 2022Kid Krishna, Moon Street, Bristol, October 2022Kid Krishna, Hepburn Road, Bristol, October 2022Kid Krishna, Moon Street, Bristol, August 2022
Amy McHugh and Amy Starbirdart, Lucky Lane, Bristol, October 2026
I think that this might be the third Lucky Cat (Maneki-neko) to have been painted in Lucky Lane over the past two years, and to be honest, I absolutely love this one and indeed all of them. This one is painted by Amy Starbirdart, and just to the left of it is a lovely modest piece by Amy McHugh.
Amy Starbirdart, Lucky Lane, Bristol, October 2026
There is something rather special about lucky cats and they do work especially well as murals, perhaps because they are everyday objects seen all around us, but on a wall they can be made to look like whatever you want it to look like. Amy Starbirdart has done a great job making her mark with this one, and that it is holding a little soy sauce fish gives it an extra twist.
Amy Mc Hugh, Lucky Lane, Bristol, October 2026
Amy Mc Hugh has appeared on Natural Adventure a couple of times before, and she painted a very poignant piece at last year’s Lucky Lane paint jam, much larger than this one.
The bird and dog in this piece remind me very much of the native North American style of art. wonderfully stylised animals.
Two different pieces, nicely presented, as part of the Lucky Lane Bristol Mural Collective paint jam.
A not very good couple of photographs of a fine piece of graffiti writing by Noise. This wall is plagued by dappled light from the adjacent trees, so any hint of sunlight leads to poor photographs. The artist has been rather quiet this year, and I think I have only found maybe only three, so one could say that this is a bit of a rarity.
Noise, River Avon, Bristol, October 2026
Noise’s writing is very distinctive. He uses chunky fat letters spelling out NOISE, that take up a lot of space, it also means that there is a lot of opportunity for fill work. Here vhe has used earthy colours and decorated the fill with some daisy-like flowers. A decent drop shadow completes the piece. You can see more of his work in this updated gallery.
Donz has had quite a busy year this year, and he has painted more often in central Bristol than usual raising his profile in the city. This is an interesting piece for a couple of reasons. Firstly, he hasn’t buffed the wall, and there is a little bit of interference and ingress from the Kid Krishna piece underneath. Secondly, he has played with his letter order.
Donz, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2026
I rather like the change to NODZ, it kind of made me laugh and it is a great street art name. The black-bordered letters are painted in two colours horizontally set down, and the whole thing painted with an orange bubbly surround. Bright and a little different.
It might be a bit easrly to say who has been my artist of the year, but Stivs is right up there. His work this year has been quite exceptional. His emphasis has shifted a little away from large calligraffiti pieces to more combinations and portraits. Here we have a portrait sandwiched between two pieces of writing.
Stivs, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2026
To the left we have some lovely letters (which had been written a few days before) spelling out DSC is a beautiful calligraphy style. Sharp and precise, the letters are beautifully decorated and pop beautifully from the wall.
Stivs, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2026
The portrait and STIVS letters were painted together in one session and work very nicely together. The letters, in a fine calligraffiti script form have a light and rather flowery quality – pretty to look at.
Stivs, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2026
The portrait is my favourite part of this three-parter. Splashed with colour and cleverly shaded, the poprtrait is both edgy and tender. So full of colour and, texture and depth, an extraordinary piece of work from Stivs. He is on fire!
