5. Street Art – Page 50 – Natural adventures

6987. St Michael’s Hill (7)

Rowdy, St Michael's Hill, Bristol, June 2025 — Rowdy, St Michael’s Hill, Bristol, June 2025

When I think about Bristol street art, one of the first images that springs to mind is a Rowdy crocodile. Somehow what he does and how he does it embodies a sense of mischief and humour, edge and naive art, and is at the very heart of the Bristol scene.

I love this little spot at the bottom of St Michael’s hill, which has played host to a few different artworks over the years. I love also that is obviously used to be a butcher’s shop and still has the old tiles. Some crocodiles and a radiant cat decorate the walls and window perfectly and ooze everything that Rowdy is all about. I love this.

6986. Peel Street Green (44)

Serm, Peel Street Green, Bristol, June 2025

Serm is an artist who doesn’t paint all that often, but his distinctive pieces are always a welcome addition. This time, he has gone for something a little different and cryptic, hiding his letters in the design.

The green fills and yellow drop shadows work well together, although I’m not sure about the white background that makes the whole piece look a little washed-out, and doesn’t create enough contrast with the letters. The green fills is a subtle blend of at least three tones which come together perfectly. I hope the wait for the next one isn’t too long.

6985. St Werburghs tunnel (507)

It speaks volumes to the popularity of Wispa that there was such an enormous turnout for her birthday paint jam in St Werburghs tunnel, especially as she isn’t even a resident of the city. I know that she is admired by her RBF friends and that she is super-talented.

This is a wonderful birthday piece, spelling out her name. The letter fills are spectacular and so full of ideas, neatly enclosed in as light blue border and accompanied by a black and red drop shadow. I believe the clock character is by Wispa too, as it contains the same lilac paint that surrounds her letters. This is yet another very nice piece of work by Wispa.

6984. St Werburghs tunnel (506)

Daz Cat, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2025

What a beauty by Daz Cat. My first thought was who has he been collaborating with? – but there was only one signature and I realised pretty quickly that Daz Cat was trying out something a little new. I can confidently say that his portrait/cat character combination is a huge success, and I look forward to seeing more pieces like this from him.

There is a lot to talk about in this ‘self-collaboration’ and I’m sure I won’t be able to do it justice. Starting with the portrait, there are some obvious Daz Cat trademarks, particularly in the patterning in the eyebrows and hair. The proportions and perspective are near perfect, and I think that it demonstrates what I already knew, that Daz Cat is a very talented artist.

The cat character is more along the lines of what I’d expect to see. There is a story here. The cat is holding a snail which has a flower growing out of its shell – what it means, who knows? But it looks great. I look forward to more of these self-collaborations in the future.

6983. Jamaica Street (30)

Bethcub, Jamaica Street, Bristol, June 2025

It looks like wheatpastes are having a mini-surge in popularity in Bristol, and these are a couple of little cut-out sketches in Jamaica Street by Bethcub. What I particularly like about these is that they look like original pencil sketches, which somehow gives them a high One-off value (in my eyes).

Bethcub is an artist who is known for her studies, particularly of the human body, but occasionally ventures out onto the streets to paint, and now, it seems, to leave some wheatpaste gifts for us to enjoy. I am no art critic, so I don’t really know what I am talking about, but these line sketches are so beautiful, and capture the poise of the subject perfectly.

To find these little paste ups absolutely made my day, and I was sorely tempted to try and peel one off to keep as a piece of original artwork, but that would be against everything I stand for – public art for all. I’ll be looking out for more from Bethcub in future, and have at least one other of her recent pieces to share… watch this space.

6982. Lower Maudlin Street

The Hass, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol, June 2025

Since the Covid lockdowns, I have worked from home pretty much all the time, apart from occasional visits around the country. Every once in a while I do go to the office and in doing so, walk different routes, in the hope that I will encounter some pieces of street art I’ve not spotted before. I got lucky the last time I made the trip a couple of weeks ago, with this outstanding mural by The Hass.

I have a feeling that the mural, which is painted on a hospital building, must be in celebration of 75 years of the National Health Service. The impressive commission is quite different from some of The Hass’ more creative work, and demonstrates that he has a talent not only for his art work but also for sticking to a brief. A wonderful piece that I had been blissfully unaware of. Perhaps I ought to walk into work more often.

Werm

A gallery of fantastic characters and graffiti writing from Bristol-based artist Werm (formerly Eman).

Instagram: @wermpaints

All photographs by Scooj

Werm, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2025

Werm, Peel Street Green, Bristol, April 2025

Werm and Zake, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2025

Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2025

Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, February 2025

Werm, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025

Werm, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2024

Werm, River Avon, Bristol, December 2024

Werm, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, November 2024

Werm, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2024

Werm, River Avon, Bristol, September 2024

Zake and Werm, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2024

Werm, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2024

Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024

Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024

Werm, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2024

Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2024

Werm, M32 roundabout, Bristol, January 2024

Werm, The Paintworks, Bristol, October 2023

Werm, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2023

Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2023

Werm, New Stadium Road, Bristol, September 2023

Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2023

Werm, St John's Lane, Bristol, June 2023 — Werm, St John’s Lane, Bristol, June 2023

Daz Cat, Werm and Kool Hand, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, June 2023

Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, June 2023

Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2023

Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, February 2023

Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023

Werm, River Avon, Bristol, December 2022

Werm and 3F Fino, Chatterton Square, Bristol

Werm, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, February 2022

3F fino and Werm, Devon Road, Bristol, January 2022

3F fino and Werm (Eman), Cumberland Basin, Bristol, December 2021

Werm (Eman), Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2021

Eman, River Avon, Bristol, September 2021

Eman, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, September 2021

Eman, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, June 2021

Eman, M32 cycle path, Bristol, June 2021

Evey and Eman, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2021

Eman, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2021

Eman, New Stadium Road, Bristol, May 2021

Eman, M32 cycle path, Bristol, December 2020

Eman, M32 cycle path, Bristol, November 2020

6981. Dean Lane skate park (842)

I love finding pieces by artists that I haven’t registered before, and this piece from Zinso is one of a few that I have photographed recently. Although Zinso is new to Bristol, I would suggest that they are not new to painting walls, as this is a tidy and accomplished piece of graffiti writing

The slightly cartoonish letters are bordered with a confident black outline and filled with a vibrant green with orange marginal decorations. A couple of pink symbols thrown in rounds off this tight, unfussy piece of writing set on a splash of blue. Bravo.

6980. Dean Lane skate park (841)

I recently found out, from Paul H (thank you), that Mage, who has recently emerged on the Bristol scene, is none other than Raid, who has appeared on the pages of Natural Adventures many times, including a gallery of his work. Commensurate with his name change, I will now refer to him as Mage from this point forward.

This is a nice piece of writing on an iconic wall that has hosted hundreds of pieces and layers of paint which chip off from time to time, as you can see from the base of the wall. The letters are nicely arranged with a fill that reads across the whole piece, with yellow spirals spanning the letters. A nice piece and a puzzle solved.

6979. Cumberland Basin

Zake, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2025

This piece by Zake is something a little different, a variation on a theme from the artist. It is rare to see Zake paint anything approximating to letters, but here we are with an unusual combination piece.

Two letters and two faces, making up the vowels, are nicely designed and set on a grey background with watery bubbles. For once, I will forgive the use of brown paint, because it is subtle and in keeping with the ‘slatey’, earthy, feel of the whole composition. It is always a pleasure to see artists try something new.

	hitandrun1964 on 7458. Greenbank (181)
	hitandrun1964 on 7459. Dean Lane skate park…
	cjsmissionaryministe… on Parrot or parakeet
	paulh121 on 7458. Greenbank (181)
	paulh121 on 7456. River Avon (109)

	hitandrun1964 on 7458. Greenbank (181)
	hitandrun1964 on 7459. Dean Lane skate park…
	cjsmissionaryministe… on Parrot or parakeet
	paulh121 on 7458. Greenbank (181)
	paulh121 on 7456. River Avon (109)

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