Month: September 2025

7135. Dean Lane skate park (862)

Asre, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2025
Asre, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2025

Asre is back! Back from what or where, I don’t know, but it is great to see his reappearance after an absence of three long years. This piece was tucked away behind the hedge on the swimming pool wall at Dean Lane, a wall that has had quite a high turnover of late and where there always seems to be something new to enjoy.

Asre, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2025
Asre, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2025

Unusually, this is a piece of writing from Asre, who is better known for his character faces. Everything is very neat and tidy. Some great colourful fills, clean letters, and two sharp borders, one black and one white. I very much hope that this signals more from Asre – I already have at least one other new piece to share. Welcome back!

7134. L Dub (78)

DFC 1848, L Dub, Bristol, July 2025
DFC 1848, L Dub, Bristol, July 2025

I like character artists who create new ideas and scenes, and DFC 1848 has been spending much of the summer introducing us to a raft of fun cartoon animals to enjoy. This humorous piece demonstrates his willingness to look at new things and constantly evolve.

DFC 1848, L Dub, Bristol, July 2025
DFC 1848, L Dub, Bristol, July 2025

Two dogs need to ‘water’ the fire hydrant. One is freely relieving himself, while the other crosses his legs, waiting for his turn. As a dog owner, this piece appeals to me, although my dog never seems to cross his legs, he’ll just pee on twenty different tufts or objects every time we go on a walk – even if he’s run out, he’ll still squeeze out another drop. Some nice DFC letters and DFC on the hydrant leave us in no doubt about the artist.

Little egret


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Little Egret, River Frome, Bristol, September 2025
Little Egret, River Frome, Bristol, September 2025

White as snow, black bill

fishing here year after year

creature of habit

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by Scooj

7133. M32 Cycle path (295)

Kid Krishna, M32 cycle path, Bristol, July 2025
Kid Krishna, M32 cycle path, Bristol, July 2025

Although Kid Krishna is going through one of his slower periods at the moment, it provides me with a little space to catch up on his work. This is a cracking piece on one of the less pleasant walls to paint, but, because of that, turnover tends to be quite slow. The ‘flowerbed’ is used as a public toilet, and there is a nasty piece of razor wire that has been deposited some years ago and never dealt with.

Kid Krishna, M32 cycle path, Bristol, July 2025
Kid Krishna, M32 cycle path, Bristol, July 2025

It is difficult to make out the letters CRIE in this piece, but I have to take it on trust that they are there. The pink letters appear to be breaking their way through a purple cloud, and then there is a little character, an eye with limbs and wings adding further interest to the dynamic piece. I was there yesterday and it is still intact.

7132. Greenbank (167)

Nice One, Bristol, July 2025
Nice One, Bristol, July 2025

Nice One has been producing some outstanding sketch-style portraits recently, and this is an absolute belter on the long hoarding at Greenbank. Incidentally, it looks like this hoarding might be around for a little longer, as the building work on one of the developments appears to have halted for a few months now – perhaps they ran out of money. It is a bizarre sight, almost as if time is standing still, with supplies and equipment simply left in situ and not a worker anywhere to be seen.

Nice One, Bristol, July 2025
Nice One, Bristol, July 2025

Back to the portrait piece. Nice One creates these sketches using spray cans, almost as if they are pencils on a piece of paper, scaling up his drawings in a unique and effective way. Nice One brings something thoughtful and different to the Bristol scene, which has such a wide spectrum of styles and talent. We are privileged.