Category: 5. Street Art

6852. M32 roundabout J3 (672)

Corupt, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2025
Corupt, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2025

It took me longer than it should have done to figure out who painted this wonderful piece of graffiti writing. There are plenty of clues to pick up on, such as the letter shapes and the fill designs, but I was thrown by the absence of a word that I recognised. It is by Corupt, who usually writes CORUPT or STICK, so I think I can be forgiven for being confused for a while.

Corupt, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2025
Corupt, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2025

There are a lot of letters and numbers in this piece, and I am inclined to think that it might be a tribute piece, perhaps a birthday or anniversary. The letters could spell out NICK. The number 40 could represent a birthday, and the numbers ’85 and 25′ might confirm this. Whatever the backstory, this is great graffiti writing from Corupt.

6851. BB Gallery (7)

Mote and Mr Crawls, BB Gallery, Bristol, March 2025
Mote and Mr Crawls, BB Gallery, Bristol, March 2025

I rarely venture along the Bristol to Bath cycle path to the BB Gallery, because turnover tends to be very slow there, but I was pleased to find this collaboration from Mote and Mr Crawls on my last visit there.

Mote and Mr Crawls, BB Gallery, Bristol, March 2025
Mote and Mr Crawls, BB Gallery, Bristol, March 2025

It would seem that the collaborative pair are spending some time focussing on their own pieces at the moment, and that the joint pieces have dropped off over the winter. On the left is a fine monster character with all the trademark doodles and markings we would expect from Mote. To the right, Mr Crawls has painted one of his monster characters wearing a hat, the style of which first appeared on the streets about a year ago now. Nice work from the pair.

6850. M32 Cycle path (286)

3Dom, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, March 2025
3Dom, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, March 2025

It is always a great pleasure to be able to share a new 3Dom piece, as he is without doubt one of Bristol’s most gifted street artists. I also like the way that his pieces appear without any fanfare and are painted on ‘ordinary’ walls as well as some of the high-end walls.

3Dom, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, March 2025
3Dom, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, March 2025

This is a wonderful piece, not entirely a million miles away in concept from his recent piece in the St George skate park. The skull is made up of a bunch of ‘floating’ components, which come together and present as a coherent skull. Take any element in isolation and it could be anything. In the dome of the skull, there is some classic 3Dom patterning and the inclusion of an atomic illustration, which appears in a lot of his work. This is a wonderful, high quality piece.

6849. Greenway Bush Lane (9)

Haka, Greenway Bush Lane, Bristol, March 2025
Haka, Greenway Bush Lane, Bristol, March 2025

This is simply brilliant. There really isn’t much more I can say about it. Haka has painted a superb rendition of Dr Seuss’ ‘Cat in the Hat’, driving a crazy vehicle with four ‘arms’ holding up each of the letters H A K A.

Haka, Greenway Bush Lane, Bristol, March 2025
Haka, Greenway Bush Lane, Bristol, March 2025

Haka has been incredibly faithful to the original artwork by Dr Seuss and captures everything that is so compelling about our childhood, it is a piece full of nostalgia for me and for many others I would expect. Haka’s series of children’s book characters continues to delight and upscale these wonderful images for all to enjoy. Bravo!

6848. Star and Garter (9)

Short, Star and Garter, Bristol, April 2025
Short, Star and Garter, Bristol, April 2025

There are a clutch of graffiti writers who have only recently come on to my radar. I cannot work out if they are new to Bristol or whether I have just had a blind spot, when it comes to their work. Artists such as Squire, Mage and in this instance Short.

Short, Star and Garter, Bristol, April 2025
Short, Star and Garter, Bristol, April 2025

Of course, by their nature, these graffiti writers are quite secretive, and it is difficult to find out much about them. Short has painted some nice joined up letters in lilac, with a classic striped 3D drop shadow and black border. There is nothing fancy, and the fill is relatively plain, but there is something compelling about the letter shapes. Expect more here from Short soon.

6847. Peel Street Green (38)

Cort, Peel Street Green, Bristol, April 2024
Cort, Peel Street Green, Bristol, April 2024

Cort doesn’t paint as often these days as he has done in the past, however, what he does paint tends to be pretty good. This stunning piece from the quiet artist is quick to grab the eye, with some simple shapes and colours, reaffirming the maxim that sometimes ‘less is more’.

Cort, Peel Street Green, Bristol, April 2024
Cort, Peel Street Green, Bristol, April 2024

The orange C is quite distinct from the chrome ORT, and given different treatment, creating a juxtaposition within the writing. The splash of light blue behind the letters is a clever design intervention to break up the monotony of the darker blue background. This is a nicely conceived and executed piece by Cort.

6846. Hackins Hey, Liverpool

Nomad Clan, Hackins Hey, Liverpool, March 2025
Nomad Clan, Hackins Hey, Liverpool, March 2025

Our trip to Liverpool was a short one, two days and one night, but just long enough for me to snap a few street art pieces. I got lucky with this magnificent large mural by Nomad Clan, because it was on the route between our hotel and the station. We were running late for the train, and my wife was less than impressed with me stopping to photograph this beauty – I did catch up…

Nomad Clan, Hackins Hey, Liverpool, March 2025
Nomad Clan, Hackins Hey, Liverpool, March 2025

Nomad Clan are not strangers to Natural Adventures, and the duo have painted a few times at Upfest in Bristol, always going large with beautifully creative works. There is a strong nature theme in this piece, with a bee (anatomically a little dubious) and an amazing cormorant catching a fish. There is a lot of detail in the whole piece, tattoos and a patterned dress for the main character, and loads of hidden extras throughout. This is an impressive mural from Nomad Clan.

6845. Greenland Street, Liverpool

Dave Bonsai, Greenland Street, Liverpool, March 2025
Dave Bonsai, Greenland Street, Liverpool, March 2025

As I said in the previous post, it is not difficult to find cultural references to The Beatles pretty much everywhere you go in Liverpool. Street names, pubs, cafés, statues, shops and of course street art and graffiti. There is no escaping it, and indeed it is exactly what you’d expect.

Dave Bonsai, Greenland Street, Liverpool, March 2025
Dave Bonsai, Greenland Street, Liverpool, March 2025

The reference in this piece, by David Bonsai, is that the disguised letters spell out ‘all you need is love’, but how cleverly painted. The letters look like molten metal, or perhaps a splash of solder from a soldering iron, and is beautifully executed. I don’t think I have come across the artist before, but it would be nice to get him along to Upfest in Bristol some time and decorate one of our walls.

6844. Watkinson Street, Liverpool

John Culshaw, Watkinson Street, Liverpool, March 2025
John Culshaw, Watkinson Street, Liverpool, March 2025

Perhaps the least surprising theme for street art in Liverpool was a link in some way or other to the Beatles. It seems that so much of the culture of the city is reliant on the greatest music group ever, and it is difficult to avoid any cultural references to them wherever you happen to be in the city.

John Culshaw, Watkinson Street, Bristol, March 2025
John Culshaw, Watkinson Street, Bristol, March 2025

This fine portrait piece of the Fab Four by John Culshaw (an artist I know nothing about) features, from left to right, Ringo, John, Paul and George. Each of the portraits is skilfully painted in two-tone colours, with the whole thing looking like an album cover. Fun fact, I was at school with Zak Starkey (only for a short overlap, and he wasn’t in my year), Ringo Starr’s son. More Beatles related street art in my next post.

6843. M32 roundabout J3 (671)

Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2025
Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2025

By the time this post publishes, I will be on the way to my last Arsenal football match of the season, which will feel like a bit of an anticlimax after beating Real Madrid 3-0 last Tuesday. I have had to write this piece last night, to make sure I am not too rushed in the morning. This is, of course, a wonderful piece generated from the complicated and brilliant mind of Kid Krishna.

Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2025
Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2025

The whole combination piece (there is a character on the left) looks like an assimilation of the character into the highly disguised and intricate letters. There are so many discrete components to the piece, it is difficult to know where to start really, and I think it is one of those pieces when you can use the maxim that ‘the whole is greater than the sum of the parts’. The graffiti writing is technically brilliant, and worthy of a long look  – and the character with the helmet… what is that all about?