Sorts, Hepburn Road, Bristol, November 2023

5650. Hepburn Road (22)

Sorts, Hepburn Road, Bristol, November 2023
Sorts, Hepburn Road, Bristol, November 2023

In writing about this piece, I am beginning to have doubts that I have identified the artists correctly. Everything about the piece points towards Dott Rotten – the letter shapes, the fill patterns and the quality finish, but I might be wrong. The nagging doubt comes from the fact that Dott Rotten usually writes out SPOILT, but this says SORTS.

Sorts, Hepburn Road, Bristol, November 2023
Sorts, Hepburn Road, Bristol, November 2023

Chrome and black work well and the yellow border helps to lift the writing from the busy background, and happens to also match the double yellow lines in the road. If it is not by Dott Rotten, then I am struggling to work out who it is by – always go with your first impression!?

Update: Thank you, Paul – The piece is by Sorts and not Dott Rotten, but it is certainly a compliment to Sorts that I thought it might have been otherwise.

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I am Stephen. I live in Bristol, UK. I decided to shorten my profile...to this: Wildlife, haiku, travel, streetart, psychogeography and my family. Not necessarily in that order.

3 thoughts on “5650. Hepburn Road (22)”

      1. Yeah he used to be quite regular in Bristol but that has certainly tailed off probably since the beginning of Covid . . .
        Always good to see his work though as it’s often super stylish whilst keeping it simple . . .

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