Another quick one from me, as my time is a little compressed. Zinso is becoming one of the most productive writers in Bristol at the moment, and turning out some impressively clean pieces, like this one.
There is so much to admire here, the colour selection, the fill patterns and the explosive yellow flashes surrounding the piece. First class work.
Doors 340 – Street art and graffiti doors
I am feeling a little decadent, because I am writing this post in a warm bath, soaking my tired muscles after a long skiing day (yesterday). I mentioned last week that I was going to be away this week, and will be repurposing some street art doors which were originally posted as street art/graffiti posts on Natural Adventures in May-July 2024. I hope you enjoy them.
I have taken a few liberties and a loose definition of doors in this post, but I hope you enjoy them anyway. Next time, when I am back in Old Blighty, I’ll resume the doors of York series. Until then byeee, and have a superb weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s weekly Thursday Doors post and his Sunday recap.
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Snowflakes tap,tap,tap
on my unfolded piste map
yellow-billed coughs sing
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by Scooj
I have been loving what Conrico has been doing lately. His portrait pieces are outstanding and so full of vibrant colour. This is a real beauty painted for Tera’s birthday a couple of weeks back.
The piece didn’t last too long before it was augmented by Zinso with a skull over the face. I am trying to work out if the portrait is of Tera, or whether it is a random person. Either way it is full of character and emotion. Love this piece.
Sled One hasn’t been painting so many pieces this year, but when he has got his cans out he has painted some pretty special stuff. This is a superb piece of writing spelling out SLED in beautifully designed letters of different shapes and sizes full of shading, depth and colour.
As I have mentioned recently I am currently on holiday in France skiing, and one of my friends took a look at this piece and said she liked the pink against the blue. I think she was being a little facetious. It told me two things… I am something of a specialist in these matters, and I am slightly geeky about it too. C’est la vie.
Turoe is one of the most reliable and consistent writers in Bristol, and it is a shame that he doesn’t write nearly as much these days as he has done in the past.
This is a fine price celebrating Shade One’s birthday, and spelling out SHADE. Some great letter shapes picked out with fine black lines are surrounded by pink and purple bubbly decorations. This birthday paint jam turned out some real gems, as is often the case with this group of artists.
Another wonderful piece by Sketch underneath the M32, and one which I saw him painting, from behind the railings up on Stapleton Road. I need to find out more about the artist, as I have so many questions to ask him.
This a rather unusual affair, like a series of splats and spots and an unusual piece of writing. A fine abstract combination piece. Some great colours, and once again strong modern art influences.
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Towering ancient
the highest point in Europe
an Alpine vista
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by Scooj
I am a bit fed up with the WordPress classic editor block. On my iPad I have to go into blocks, rather than simply being able to default to it. I have just lost an entire post because I failed to save my progress.
Desi, who writes both DESI and VEIL is another artist who had a fairly slow 2025, although her work has picked up in the winter months of 2025-26.
This is a superb combination piece that incorporates a rather fetching sheep. Her work has improved so much over the years, and she now has a tangible confidence. The fills are beautifully done, and the sharpness of the lines in the character skilfully presented. One from September retrieved from my archive.
Having had a wonderful first day of skiing yesterday, I decided to write today’s posts last night so that things weren’t quite so rushed in the morning. This is another banging piece by Pekoe from my archives too last September, another one that slipped through the cracks.
Pekoe and her RBF friends have has a quiet 2025, which I hope is just a blip, because I love their work, especially as they tend to paint together, bringing me lots of pieces to admire at once. This is a delightful portrait piece of a blue_faced lady with wonderful garlands in her hair. It feels like a bit of a throw-back to some of her older work and it is really beautiful. More please in 2026.
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