5. Street Art – Natural adventures

7411. Sparke Evans Park (141)

I was told recently that Corupt (my name for him, taken from the word he writes most commonly) is held in very high regard in his native Hungary, and it is easy to see why. His work oozes class and experience and rarely, if ever disappoints.

Corupt, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, December 2025

These large chrome letters, spelling STICK, although irregular in shape and size, somehow have a uniformity about them that as a whole presents in a way that is very pleasing to the eye. The blue and black striped drop shadow adds ample perspective and a the white thin border, separated by about an inch from the letters is a trademark ingredient of Corupt’s style. Some yellow accent lines to the top and right of each letter shape also improve the overall effect. Very nice work indeed.

7410. Dean Lane skate park (895)

Sait Bare, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2025

It is nice to see painting partnerships form between artists, and one of them that has been flourishing over the last year or two is that between Sait Bare and Hire. Their classy collaborations tend to be of the nature where there is little read-across between them, but that they are painted side by side.

Usually we see the letters SAIT when Sait Bare paints his graffiti writing, but in this instance he has spelled out BARE. The winning combination of pink and light blue are used to great effect in this dazzling piece, and the transition line between the colours is filled with creamy froth, beautifully done. Some yellow background splashes surround the piece, but I am not sure they quite fit the style and don’t really add anything… in my view the letters are enough. A nicely presented piece from Sait Bare.

7409. St Werburghs tunnel (558)

Mr Klue, St Werburghs, Bristol, December 2025

Normal service is resumed in the tunnel. After a spate of birthday paint jams, Mr Klue has reclaimed one of his favourite spots at the entrance of St Werburghs tunnel, with a trademark ephemeral piece of graffiti writing.

The letters spell KLUE, I think, although I can equally make out WONE, the other half of Mr Klue’s name – it is most likely the former. This piece is a little more solid than some of his work, and has an anamorphic appearance, created by the clever use of light and shade, and tops and bottoms of surfaces. An accomplished piece by a writer who just loves painting in the tunnel.

7408. Greenbank (177)

Nips has had a strong winter and managed to get out often, when others have preferred the warmth and comfort of their homes. This is one of a string of winter pieces and continues with her consistency and quality.

The bronze/brown letter fills are beautifully accompanied by a turquoise midline and dots that run through all of her letters. It is interesting that she left out any decoration in the tittle (dot of the i), making it a point of interest. Set on a purple background, the piece is finished with a black drop shadow some beaded dots and small starbursts. Great work from Nips.

7407. Devon Road

Aspire (augmented), Devon Road, Bristol, January 2026

It is rare for me to post the same piece more than once. I have done it before a couple of times by mistake, but I think this might be a first where I have returned to a piece that has been somewhat augmented from its original form. This is a wonderful blue tit painted in Devon Road by Aspire, when he still lived in Bristol.

I love the fact that the householder has very carefully painted around the bird and its perch in tidying up the wall, keeping the stunning piece largely intact. Sadly the bullfinch had to go, probably because of the doorway. All too often you’ll see outstanding pieces of artwork painted over by philistines without any concept of great art. Below is a picture of how the wall used to look, and appreciate what a great job the householder has done. A great outcome.

7406. Cumberland Basin

Dibz, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, January 2026

Most artists in Bristol have good days and bad days and everything in between, when it comes to their artwork. One artist whose work is consistently near-perfect is Dibz. I can’t think of a time when he has turned out a piece of writing and thought to myself ‘that’s a bit shoddy’.

This is a beautifully finished piece painted for Shade One’s birthday, hence the letters SHADE. It would be easy to describe the piece as simple, but that isn’t necessarily the case. The white letters are decorated sparingly with green accents. The pink drop shadow is immaculate, and there is a tight thin blue border around the letters. To add some extra interest, Dibz has painted some glowing cubes around the piece, rounding it all off perfectly. Flawless.

7405. M32 roundabout J3 (736)

Scrapy and Daz Cat, M32 roundabout, Bristol, January 2026

I have said before on Natural Adventures that there are several different kinds of collaborations, ranging from light-touch painting together to hardcore total assimilation of two or more artists into a single piece. This collaboration by Scrapyardspec (who prefers to be referred to as Scrapy) and Daz Cat sits somewhere in the middle of the spectrum. Their styles are distinct, but the colour scheme is common, and the outcome is a single piece.

The fusion, has a Scrapy character with googly eyes nestled atop a Daz Cat cat. Although the styles are so different, the collaboration works well, and from a viewers perspective it is always great to see artists adapting and working together. By the time I got to the piece, some idiot had tried to slap a poster or two over it, but these had been ripped off, leaving a bit of a mess in the middle. Nice combination.

7404. Cumberland Basin

Ware, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, January 2026

One of the nice things about birthday paint jams is that they tend to encourage artists who don’t paint all that often to come out of the woodwork. One of those artists is Ware from the RAW crew. I have only ever seen his work a few times in Bristol, and it is possible that he lives and paints elsewhere, which may be why I don’t see his stuff all that often.

This is a wonderful and technical piece of wildstyle writing. Each of the letters is assigned a colour, from green to light grey to dark grey and pink. The design of the letters is verging on a kind of Gothic or calligraphy font, but not quite. This is very nice writing, beautifully presented, and a great way to celebrate Shade One’s birthday.

7403. Dean Lane skate park (894)

Benjimagnetic and Zake, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2026

This is a rather unusual collaboration, and I can’t quite make up my mind whether it is a collaboration or two independent pieces that are sitting adjacent to each other I’ve not seen Benjimagnetic and Zake paint together before. My guess is that they both turned up at the same spot on the same day, and decided to paint alongside one another, which makes sense on this wall, because both artists tend to occupy squarish spaces, and this wall is a long rectangle.

Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2026

To the left, Benjomagnetic has painted one of his customary GRO pieces in his distinctive cryptic style. The colours are a bit compromised because the wall was in shade with a bright sky behind. The shapes and colours that make up the whole are once again perfect.

The character by Zake is rather more elaborate than many of his pieces, and with more than a hint of Chinese dragon about it. There is a rather unsettling third eye in the forehead, and wispy smoke ‘bleeding’ from the main pair of eyes. Definitely curious and slightly odd, but very nicely painted. The long forked tongue rounds off things nicely. An unusual collaborative wall.

7402. Stapleton Road

Nice One, Stapleton Road, Bristol, January 2026

Nice One is one of the most dynamic artists in Bristol, switching up his font writing with his portraits and landscapes. This hoarding, which he has kind of made his own, is currently hosting this magnificent winter scene, the sort of composition so rarely painted in Bristol or anywhere else for that matter.

The snow, the church, the bare trees and the milky sky offer a taste of a classic English winter landscape. The trees are particularly evocative of a cold winter’s day. The artist has included his letters Nice One in orange and only partially present, a trademark mechanism he uses. I am rather pleased that the colours of the sky in his piece are mirrored by the sky in the photograph, demonstrating the relevance and accuracy of his artwork. A winter wonderland.

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