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Milky winter sun
drops beyond the Isle of Wight
container vessel
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by Scooj
Winter afternoon
Month: January 2026
7399. M32 roundabout J3 (735)
Mage has, as I said a few days ago, been incredibly productive this year, turning out quick and dirty pieces as well as some rather classy pieces along the way, of which this is one.
I still think that the letters MAGE are quite clunky, but he manages to turn out some great pieces with these tricky letters. The greyscale pixelated pattern works brilliantly inside the pink drop shadow, an amazing colour combination. The lines are crisp and tight, suggesting some care and time were spent on this piece. I have noticed that Mage likes to set his pieces on a kind of diamond-shaped background, and have to remember to include it in the frame for the photographs I take of his work. Greta stuff from Mage.
7398. Peel Street Green (59)
I can think of few artists I would rather post on my birthday than Bloem. I have enjoyed her emergence and development so much over the last couple of years and I genuinely can’t think of a much better birthday present.
This is a stunning mural piece, beautifully crafted, full of all the things you’d expect from Bloem… hands with long nails, chains and flowers. I suspect there is loads of conscious or unconscious symbolism here, but I’ll not attempt to analyse it. The split between the two colour schemes of pink and blue is expertly worked. All in all this is a stunner. Bravo!
Sands
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Just another day
and another year older
inevitable
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by Scooj
7397. Turbo Island
It has been an age since I last posted anything from Turbo Island, and how nice that it should be this wonderful twin cat piece by Daz Cat. I guess that these cats are conjoined twins or in old language Siamese twins, which works quite well with the feline subjects.
This piece reminds me of another one by the artist that I posted a while back from a wall up by the Narroways nature reserve. It is obviously a theme that Daz Cat enjoys painting, and he does a pretty good job of it. One for the cat lovers.
7396. M32 Cycle path (303)
I can’t quite believe it, but I think that this is the first piece by Luna that I have posted on Natural Adventures, despite having several photographs of their graffiti writing from the last couple of years. Luna often paints alongside Bbygwya (Flux, Lux) and Roma, and follows a similar approach.
Luna’s letters are all about a certain amount of consistency in the letter shapes, and then going to town a little with the fills. Here the letters include an extra ‘H’ at the end for a bit of fun, and the fills have a cosmic cloud effect which is rather impressive. Note to self… post more pieces by Luna in 2026.
7395. Cumberland Basin
There was a dearth of Christmas street art this year, perhaps we live in a time when there is not too much to be cheerful about, or maybe it is a bit of a cliché that artists steer clear of. It was good, therefore, to stumble across this Christmas paint jam from the RBF crew. Doubly satisfying as the crew have been very quiet in 2025.
Even has been painting these cheeky buttocks for a little while now, but she has added a fabulous festive tone in this piece. Her wit comes through with the words ‘X-mas rated’ and ‘Hoe Hoe Hoe…’. I hope that this late collaboration indicates an appetite for RBF to have a more active 2026… please.
7394. Lower Gay Street
There are some taggers in Bristol who are at the higher end of tagging and have a little bit more about them. I would class Weas or Weasel as one of those, and I know that he is capable of much more, but seems to enjoy tagging his character in as many places as possible.
Here, Weas has painted two separate mega tags, probably on different occasions. A pair of alien characters on the doors, and another smoking a spliff on the wall to the right. As tags go, you can really see that they are transitional towards something a little more substantial. I think that it wouldn’t take too much to move up a level, but that might not be in Weasel’s plan.
Shards
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Crystallisation
miniature ice formations
encrust frozen leaves
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by Scooj
7393. Montpelier Park
Tucked away in this corner of Montpelier Park is a curious strawberry piece by Lis. It is curious, simply because strawberries aren’t exactly front of mind during the winter. Lis has painted in this spot before, and seems to like its remoteness.
I have noticed that for many artists, there has been a bit of a slowdown during the colder months of the year and Lis would fall into that category, so I was happy to find this quirky piece in Montpelier. The concentric rings around the piece are in keeping with a few of her pieces and may represent a ‘black hole’ into another place.
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