5842. Ridgeway Road

There are a lot of roadworks and diversions in Bristol at the moment, I guess it is that Quarter 4 underspend being used up before the end of the accounting year. The impact of this is that my usual routes to the spots I like to visit have been disrupted, and I found this unusual piece by Djembello on a new route to get to Greenbank.

This wonderful octopus piece is a bit of a one-off, and I am guessing, a commission by the owners of the wall. Djembello is a Bristol artist, perhaps best known for his car-tyre sculptures, such as the cockerel near St Werburghs City Farm, and looking at his Instagram, it would appear he painted this around April 2021. I haven’t seen any other murals by Djembello, and this one seems to incorporate elements of sculptural design in it, not unlike the work of Feoflip, an artist who visited Bristol for Upfest a few years ago. This is a striking piece in a road with no other street art or tagging, and perhaps all the more outstanding for it.