Category: 5. Street Art

2808. Wilder Street (39)

I don’t quite know why, but I don’t think I post nearly enough piece by T-Rex on Natural Adventures as I should. I have a great many in the archive and inn time they will surface. I guess the same could be said for most of the artists I write about, but I feel I might have neglected T-Rex a little more than most, so it is time to put that right.

Ryder, Wilder Street, Bristol, February 2020
Ryder, Wilder Street, Bristol, February 2020

This is a lovely romantic Valentine’s day piece by T-Rex painted in the colours of love and with a little heart under the T. She has put a little ‘Queen’ tag with an arrow pointing at the work, which I think is more than deserved. I’m not too sure who painted the little cupid, but it might have been Rusk whose piece was adjacent to this one. Lovely to see this piece in Wilder Street.

Scratch all of the above

The piece was by Ryder, T-Rex’s partner. Thank you Paul for pointing this out. Now the piece makes so much more sense.

2807. Moon Street (81)

I couldn’t hold this amazing black and white portrait piece back any longer. ‘Why hold it back at all?’ I hear you ask (in my fertile imagination), well, it is another of those pieces that I know absolutely nothing about, despite some fairly intensive Interweb interrogations.

Kosc, Moon Street, Bristol, February 2020
Kosc, Moon Street, Bristol, February 2020

Moon Street has be host to many different pieces of street art, but nothing like this one in my experience. I don’t know who P. Jacobs is, and I guess the date is a date of birth. Is this a tribute to somebody famous or to somebody dear? What do the formulae mean? There is so much in this work to figure out before even marvelling at the superb portrait itself. This is a piece painted by an accomplished artist, but not someone that has crossed my path before (I think). Those eyes are amazing and follow you around.

Could somebody out there put me out of my misery and telll me who this is by and what it is about?

Thank you Paul. This piece is by Kosc, who has painted this door before.

2806. St Werburghs tunnel (156)

They just keep coming, don’t they? In this nice piece of graffiti writing from Decay, we see him return to some of his original colouring – famed for his black, white, grey and red colour palette – in this instance replacing white with chrome. It is amazing to see how his work has developed over the last couple of years, and a quick glance at this gallery I put together will give you a feel for that.

Decay, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2020
Decay, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2020

I have always had a soft spot for Decay. Apart from being the first street artist I had the courage to talk to while he was painting down in the Bearpit, he is genuinely a really decent bloke who always greets me with a smile whenever I see him. He has become part of the furniture of Natural Adventures, and that is a good thing.

2805. M32 cycle path (52)

One of the most consistent writers in Bristol is Rusk, always meticulous in the turnout of his pieces. This is a gorgeous example of his great work on the M32 cycle path, adjacent to an already featured piece from Soker.

Rusk, M32 cycle path, Bristol, February 2020
Rusk, M32 cycle path, Bristol, February 2020

The letter shapes are most pleasing and the blue 3D shading contrasts beautifully with the chrome letters and red gaseous background. This wall is no push-over as it conceals a metal door, so the surfaces are pretty uneven and made of different materials, not that you’d know it from looking at it. Rusk is pretty busy just at the moment, which is a very good thing as far as I am concerned.

2804. St Werburghs tunnel (155)

Another sensational piece from visiting artist Creks in St Werburghs tunnel. I believe that Creks is from Leicester, but has rather taken to coming to Bristol from time to time to avail himself of our walls, and what a good thing too. I have always said how much I love it when visiting artists come to our city adding to the diversity of street/graffiti art.

Creks, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2020
Creks, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2020

I think that this is a particularly appealing piece, very easy on the eye and, as so often happens when a script-style font is used, it stands out from the crowd. I can’t make up my mind whether the yellow flames add to or detract from the piece, on balance I think it might have looked a little better without them – just my opinion though. I really rate this piece and the artist from what I have seen so far. I hope he comes back to visit again soon.

2803. Purdown HAA Battery (3)

I took these pictures back in January this year, but the wonderful piece by Tasha Bee (Keep it Colourful) is way older than that. I have included it in part not only because I love her work but also because I haven’t seen anything new from her for such a long time, which is a great shame.

Tasha Bee, Purdown Battery, Bristol, January 2020
Tasha Bee, Purdown Battery, Bristol, January 2020

I know that Tasha Bee is working on some other projects at the moment, but maybe once the weather gets a bit nicer she will be lured out to brighten up all of our lives again. The piece is classic Tasha Bee and features a stylised portrait with wonderful ‘big hair’. Everything that is great about street art is right here in this piece. It left me smiling.

2802. L Dub (14)

I think that the uncrowned king of L Dub is probably Dun Sum. You can scarcely find a wall down there that hasn’t seen some of his paint at some point. What is interesting about that is that I have never seen any of his work anywhere else. This is the sign of an artist well within his comfort zone (and possibly driving range).

Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, January 2020
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, January 2020

I can’t tell if this wonderful character is an established cartoon figure or something from Dun Sum’s imagination, either way it is rather a fine creature. His work is always creative and imaginative and he seems to enjoy incorporating lots of colour, adding interest to his menagerie.

2801. Dean Lane skate park (289)

There is something very comforting about the work of Bnie. Also, and I know it is dangerous territory going down any kind of gender stereotyping, but her pieces definitely have a feminine touch, which I find incredible really… maybe it has something to do with the formation of the letters, or maybe something to do with my unconscious bias kicking in because I know she is a female artist and so I expect to see clues in her work. I could tie myself in knots, so I had better stop there, but perhaps you can see what I mean.

Bnie, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2020
Bnie, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2020

This is a beautifully crisp piece and she has filled her letters in a very Bnie style. The dotty pattern in the 3D shadow is excptional. I love her work and certainlky get a bit of a kick every time I see a new piece by her. First class.

2800. Dean Lane skate park (288)

Well, here we have yet another fabulous piece from an artist that I have not seen before or featured on Natural Adventures, Nick Silav. I have looked at his Instagram feed and profile and it would seem that, like so many street artists, Nick Silav is a tattoo artist.

Nick Silav, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2020
Nick Silav, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2020

This piece was painted at the same time as the Dasco/Oseque collaboration just to the left of it and it would seem that they all know each other. It is an unusual and rather captivating piece combining some stylised writing and a character (possibly Yoda?). The writing is highly technical and cryptic and I’m not too sure what it spells out. A nice addition to the Bristol collective.

2799. M32 roundabout J3 (199)

I’m not sure I would have known that this ‘Blistolian’ piece was by Soker if I hadn’t seen it tagged on Instagram, although it does have all the hallmarks of a highly accomplished artist and was painted alongside a Hemper pece so was likely to be by one of the big boys of Bristol street art.

Soker, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2020
Soker, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2020

It seems that Soker has ‘awoken’ from a fairly quiet winter period on the streets, with a couple of new works including this one. It is unusual for Soker to write something other than his name, but it does happen from time to time and the script fot used in this one is an absolute winner.