Abbie Laura Smith, Brunel Way, Bristol, August 2024
The game of hide and seek, hunting down wheatpastes from Abbie Laura Smith, continues with this moody piece on one of the skate ramps under Brunel Way. I really love this one, that offers more than her customary face portrait pieces. In this piece, the attitude and pose of the subject add so much more to the story, proving that body language makes up a large proportion of our signal communications. The drips add so much more to the ink work, creating interest. Still one or two more from this recent batch to come.
This is the first of a series of outstanding pieces from a collaborative paint jam prompted by World Wall Stylers with the theme of the film ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’. Although this piece by Ceus isn’t immediately theme related, it is when seen in the context of the whole wall (watch this space).
Ceus, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August
I haven’t seen very much from Ceus lately, so coming across this was a very pleasant surprise. Ceus has a gift for creating visually very attractive writing and has excelled himself with this piece. The green colour scheme (themed) looks really great on the black buffed wall, and Ceus has worked it well into his letters with some great colour transitions. Lovely work.
Kool Hand and Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024
I have so much catching up to do, particularly in respect of Kool Hand, who has been trotting out pieces throughout the year, but doesn’t make it into Natural Adventures nearly as much as he should. This is a lovely collaboration between Kool Hand and Werm painted in the tunnel not so long ago.
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024
The dog character painted by Kool Hand, I would guess is a female character on the account of the lipstick, long nails and hoop earring, although I guess it could be a cross-dressing or drag dog. He/she/they is spraying the adjacent piece by Werm, a common device in street art.
Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024
Werm is continuing with his newest design incarnation, which presents the letters WERM in long interlocked lettering that uses bilateral symmetry as a clever presentation of his letters, similar to the symmetry common in Hypo’s work. I think it works very well and disguises the letters perfectly. There is a deep stripy 3D drop shadow that helps the piece to pop a little. Nice work from the Bristol duo.
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2026Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, December 2025Sub and Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, December 2025Sub and Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, December 2025Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, July 2025Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, May 2025Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2025Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2025Bloem, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2025Bloem, River Avon, Bristol, February 2025Bloem, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2025Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, January 2025Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, January 2025Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2024Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, October 2024Bloem, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024
Bloem, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024
Esme Lower and Bloem
Bloem, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2024
Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, June 2024
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2024
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2024
Sub and Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2024
Bloem, Greenbank, Bristol, February 2024
Bloem, M32 Spot, Bristol, January 2024
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2023
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2023
Hiccup (Bloem), Purdown, Bristol, September 2023
Hiccup (Bloem), Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2023
Jevoissoul told me when I first met him that he would be hitting the streets of Bristol hard, and he has lived up to his work. Barely a week goes by without another of his distinctive character pieces appearing at one of the hot spots around the city. His character is sometimes accompanied by the word SLOW in combination pieces like this one.
Jevoissoul, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024
Sometimes Jevoissoul’s work can be a little ragged, but this combination piece is pretty tight and nicely filled and finished, indeed it might be one of his best to date. I have a whole raft of his work that I haven’t yet posted and think I might have to do a small collection post at some point, just to catch up, something I have said about many of our most prolific artists numerous times. Nice work from Jevoissoul
A rising star in the Bristol street art scene, although she probably doesn’t realise it, is Bloem, who is gaining confidence in her work and growing from day to day and piece to piece. This one was painted during Bristol’s smallest street art festival organised by Rtiiika at the end of July this year, on a gorgeously warm and sunny day.
Bloem, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024
This shutter piece, painted in the colours of Spode Italian plate tableware, is a magnificent tribute to how far this artist has come in such a short space of time. (Note to self – Bloem to be my next gallery collection). Bloem had some fun painting this piece, and left the little white circle in the middle, which had a tag saying ‘TOY’ in it, as the last bit she painted.
Bloem, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024
There are all the elements that Bloem can be associated with incorporated within the piece; a hand with long fingernails clutching a spiky chain (a motif she uses a lot in her jewellery work) and a beautiful flower in full bloem (did you see what I did there?). Wonderful stuff.
This magnificent beast by Dibz is the perfect example of tight wildstyle graffiti writing. The piece will have been thought out carefully and probably sketched out in a black book before being painted. This is graffiti art at its absolute best, by one of the best writers in Bristol and probably the country.
Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024
The piece spells out YUKI and is a tribute for Goldie and his partner Mika and their baby Yuki. I had to do a little bit of detective work to find all that out, but got there in the end. I cannot think of a finer thing than to have a piece of art dedicated to you. Lovely piece.
When I first encountered Mr Crawls, it was his pieces of birds that first caught my eye, and although he has come on quite a way from his early Bristol pieces, with the encouragement of his painting partner Mote, this particular piece up at Purdown is a bit of a throwback.
Mr Crawls, Purdown, Bristol, August 2024
The particular type of bird is a little difficult to nail down. The colour of the beak and head would suggest a gull, but the shape of the beak is far more raptor-like. I guess it doesn’t actually matter, because the joy of creative art is that you can conjure up imaginary things and situations. This is a fun piece from the productive Mr Crawls.
Following on from the last post, a wheatpaste by Abbie Laura Smith, it perhaps ought to be remembered that Kid Crayon began his foray into street art with magnificent wheatpastes dotted around central Bristol, before moving on to spray-painting, a transition he managed almost seamlessly.
Kid Crayon, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024
This is a magnificent piece of composition writing from Kid Crayon, where each letter is telling its own story, with the ‘Y’ shaped like a catapult and the ‘N’ is a burning candle. Magnificent and creative stuff from Kid Crayon, nicely executed. It is so good to see the artist out there painting more this summer, as he has been a little quiet on the streets since Covid, being busy with his work.
Abbie Laura Smith, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024
In my view, wheatpasting is a much underrated branch of street art, perhaps because the artwork itself is usually created in a studio and the street art bit comes into the placement of the piece. I, however, embrace the art form because it is often quite meaningful or challenging, and the skill of placement is as significant as the art itself.
Abbie Laura Smith, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024
Abbie Laura Smith is Bristol’s only active wheatpaster at present, so when she releases a batch of her work, it is always an exciting time trying to track them down. This is classic Abbie Laura Smith… a black and white portrait of a woman (slightly moody) with long, flowing hair. The piece almost looks like a woodcut, although I think it is an ink drawing. I’ll need to find out more about her technique. I can comment on the composition, though, which I think is wonderful. More from this batch to come.
