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7835. M32 roundabout J2 (32)

John D'oh, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, July 2026 — John D’oh, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, July 2026

John D’oh has had a remarkable purple patch this spring/summer, and maybe his relative quiet for some time before was preparation for this highly productive period. After all, stencils don’t cut themselves and each one represents many hours of work.

This is a piece of deception. At first glance this looks like a boy with a catapult… simple. But have a closer look, there is an impossibility about it. The boy has primed the catapult, fully stretched back, but the stone is already on its way. I like to think of this as a great metaphor for Artificial Intelligence, technically everything looks good, but there is a fundamental mistake, which makes us uneasy. John D’oh is playing with us. Great piece.

7834. Peel Street Green (66)

ARSA, Peel Street Green, Bristol, July 2026

This is a rather nicely presented piece from ARSA that perfectly fits the wall and the surroundings. One of the things that strikes me is the fact that the grass is still green in this picture, but blistering heat and dry weather for much of June and the whole of July have rendered this green a brown now.

The calculated symmetry of this piece, with a couple of deviations, is admirable. The fill colours have been thoughtfully applied in horizontal layers, but with hard edges between each colour. ARSA’s work tends to be quite angular and sharp, and I can’t recall seeing a soft, rounded piece with blended fills by him – now that would be a challenge…

Sojourn

Meeting and field trips

two days in North Lincolnshire

best part of my job

by Scooj

7833. Goodneston Road (189)

Ulow, Goodneston Road, Bristol, July 2026

Painted as part of the tribute wall to Tickz over a year ago, Ulow has created in this one piece a truly heartfelt and touching personal message to his departed friend. By using a well-known character that so many of us can instantly relate to, Ulow takes us on an emotional journey we understand. Brilliant.

The two-tone rendition of ET, the extra terrestrial, perfectly presented shows the love felt for Tickz, that the message is from the heart. This is a moving and fitting piece, and a wonderful way to be able to show your respect. Ulow has absolutely nailed in terms of both appropriateness and also quality.

7832. Greenbank (189)

Forever evolving and playing with ideas, Werm continues to entertain withy his outstanding graffiti writing. He has come a long way over the last few years, experimenting with all sorts of complex ideas, but appears to have settled into a more relaxed rhythm and his work is more considered and comfortable. He is rising up the ranks of Bristol graffiti writers with consistent improvement.

I wish I had better images of this piece; the sun was behind the hoarding, and the colours haven’t come across as well as in the flesh. It is possible to see that the overall design and colour matching in the fills is very classy indeed. That he has set the piece on a white buffed background improves the quality of the finished piece no end. Great work from Werm.

7831. M32 roundabout J3 (785)

Zinso, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2026

Although it is as inevitable as night following day, I am thoroughly bored by graffiti wars. It is such adolescent posturing that is one of the worst aspects of the graffiti and street art scene, especially for those who appreciate the work of artists, whoever they are. It would seem that some artists like to feel they are tough, or perhaps they have delicate egos, and tagging another artist’s work appears to be the only way they can assert themselves or express their anger. A pity.

Zinso has been hitting the walls of Bristol pretty hard for the last 18 months or so, and in my view getting better and better along the way. This green piece of cartoonish writing with a great drop shadow and yellow decorative bars is a fine example of Zinso’s tight work. What a shame that someone has felt the urge to write JENGA through the middle of it. The quality of Zinso’s work, however, shines through.

7830. River Avon (125)

Avem808 appears to have been having a lot of fun this summer, transitioning his work from writing dominated to character dominated. I think that he enjoys the creativity and charm of his characters as much as the technical aspect of his writing.

The writing is heavily disguised, and I have to assume that it spells out AVEM. It is the bookend characters that leap out, almost literally, especially the one on the left. These crazy imaginings are quite unlike anything I have seen in Bristol before and are becoming as a bit of a trademark of the artist.

When I look at the character on the right I see a sandglass, and the sand character slipping from top to bottom through the squeezed middle. I cannot help feeling that Avem808 seems rather liberated, from what I don’t know, but this marked change in his work is very welcome and I look forward to seeing it develop further.

Holywell

At his happiest

in synchrony with his man

sand, sea and a ball

by Scooj

7829. Lodge Causeway

Sepr, Lodge Causeway, Bristol, July 2026

This is a magnificent piece by Sepr which I was lucky enough to find quite by accident recently during a trip to scout out three hoardings in Fishponds. I had been aware of the piece for a while, but simply didn’t know where it was.

It is annoying that many of the best walls and spots are adjacent to car parks, and because of that parts of the pieces painted are obscured by vehicles. It is a known known, but nonetheless irritating. You have to get really lucky to find such murals with a clean view. This piece is unsurprisingly on the side of the Greyhound pub.

Sepr has stuck well to the brief , featuring a greyhound racing round a dog track, with some creatures gambling at a table on his back. Added to the charming scene are random animals – a hedgehog and mole, some rabbits in a tortoise car and more rabbits in a bird-shaped aeroplane. So much going on and plenty of good humour – a classic Sepr piece.

7828. Brunel Way (365)

This may be the most dynamic and sophisticated piece that I have seen by Butch to date, painted as part of a PLB paint jam underneath Brunel way. The first notable thing about the piece is that it is full of colour, and he has combined his letters with an animated character on the left.

Butch nearly always overlaps his letters so that the letter to the left sits over the letter to the right. This layout distinguishes his work from other writers. Each of the letters is decorated independently, although the ‘U’, ‘C’ and half of the ‘H’ share a grey and white colour scheme. The character is a running pencil, with a big mouth. What he is running from I have no idea. All in all an entertaining combination piece.

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