7417. Dean Lane skate park (896)

Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2026
Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2026

This is a really wonderful, piece by Benjimagnetic tucked away behind the hedge alongside the swimming pool wall. He seems to have had a recent burst of energy this winter and painted a few pieces in quick succession.

Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2026
Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2026

The colours of the letters GRO (blue, Green and black) work perfectly against the hint of a red background. There are plenty of fine rectangular details in pink and green within the letters themselves, filling the space very nicely. Unusually for a Benjimagnetic piece, the letters are really easy to read, and rather more solid than many of his pieces. Nice work.

7403. Dean Lane skate park (894)

Benjimagnetic and Zake, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2026
Benjimagnetic and Zake, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2026

This is a rather unusual collaboration, and I can’t quite make up my mind whether it is a collaboration or two independent pieces that are sitting adjacent to each other I’ve not seen Benjimagnetic and Zake paint together before. My guess is that they both turned up at the same spot on the same day, and decided to paint alongside one another, which makes sense on this wall, because both artists tend to occupy squarish spaces, and this wall is a long rectangle.

Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2026
Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2026

To the left, Benjomagnetic has painted one of his customary GRO pieces in his distinctive cryptic style. The colours are a bit compromised because the wall was in shade with a bright sky behind. The shapes and colours that make up the whole are once again perfect.

Zake, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2026
Zake, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2026

The character by Zake is rather more elaborate than many of his pieces, and with more than a hint of Chinese dragon about it. There is a rather unsettling third eye in the forehead, and wispy smoke ‘bleeding’ from the main pair of eyes. Definitely curious and slightly odd, but very nicely painted. The long forked tongue rounds off things nicely. An unusual collaborative wall.

7224. M32 Cycle path (298)

Benjimagnetic, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, August 2025
Benjimagnetic, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, August 2025

I rather like this piece by Benjimagnetic on the cycle path, with its orange and green stripes for a background, it has something of a psychedelic look to it. The GRO letters are beautifully ‘sculpted’, with layers of geometrical shapes stacked one upon another.

Benjimagnetic, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, August 2025
Benjimagnetic, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, August 2025

The piece was painted alongside Hemper, and looking at this with hindsight I really ought to have posted them as a pair, as they shared a colour scheme. The piece is really neat and tidy, and the sharp lines are softened, ever so slightly, with the floating bubbles, a clever device. Great work from Benjimagnetic.

7148. Dean Lane skate park (864)

Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2025
Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2025

Benjimagnetic has had a rather strong late summer flourish with his nicely designed pieces dotted about the place. His letters GRO have superseded his preference for writing BEN in years gone by.

Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2025
Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2025

This is a rather nice chrome piece with the outlines and definition provided in a subtle lilac, which works remarkably well, with neither tone dominating the piece and indeed complementing each other rather well. Three little black patterns round off the piece nicely.

7141. Dean Lane skate park (863)

Awkward and Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2025
Awkward and Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2025

Awkward and Benjimagnetic have been having a bit of fun in Dean Lane recently, producing a couple of collaborations which are always worth photographing and reporting on.

Awkward and Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2025
Awkward and Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2025

Benjimagnetic’s GRO letters in the middle of this combination collaboration are book ended by two slightly creepy characters by Awkward. The ensemble works well as always with this pair. It is the eyes in Awkward’s characters that draw me to them, clever and impactful design.

7120. Dean Lane skate park (860)

Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2025
Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2025

Benjimagnetic I would describe very much as an occasional painter these days, but his pedigree is flawless and the works he turns out are unique and well presented. This is a recent one from the artist and spells out GRO, I think.

Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2025
Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2025

I have said many times about Benjimagnetic’s work that it is as much to do with the spaces between his lines as it is with the lines and shapes themselves. He is less about fills and more about geometry, although he manages to blend in some gently fills into parts of this piece. The small writing says “The izmz of iz and iznts” a new EP from the artist. An all-round artistic talent.

6793. St Werburghs tunnel (481)

Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2025
Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2025

I am well used to seeing outstanding pieces by Benjimagnetic, but I think that this recent one in the tunnel is the cream of the crop so far. The graffiti writing is so striking in form and colour, and it is difficult to walk past without stopping and admiring it.

Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2025
Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2025

When I look at the design elements, I am reminded of a kind of 1960s retro feel about it, bringing things like magazine racks and shelving units that were oh so modern when I was growing up. There were a few TV cartoons at that time that really picked up on this modern style. Perhaps I am imagining things, but that is what I see in this amazing work. I’m not entirely certain what the letters spell, but I have a good feeling that it spells GRO. Tight, colourful, beautifully designed and superbly presented. What more could a man want?

6674. St Werburghs Tunnel (471)

Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2025
Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2025

What a lovely clean and tidy piece this is from Benjimagnetic at the entrance to St Werburghs tunnel. Ordinarily, I would say that Benjimagnetic’s pieces spell out BEN, but I now know it says something different after Benjimagnetic corrected me the last time I mistakenly got it wrong.

Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2025
Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2025

What I like about Benjimagnetic’s work is the way he deconstructs and then reconstructs his writing, so that it is composed of loads of design elements that come together in a novel way. Another artist who uses a similar deconstruction technique is Minto. Great colours in this piece and overall a classy bit of writing.

6561. St Werburghs tunnel (459)

Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2024
Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2024

The stand-out element of this wonderful BEN piece by Benjimagnetic in the tunnel is, in my view, the outstanding colour selection. Rather cleverly, he has overwritten a piece by Mr Klue, which provides a rather nice backdrop in complementary colours.

Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2024
Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2024

Benjimagnetic pieces are carefully crafted and the style I would describe as being deconstructed writing. The letters are there, but it is more about what is missing rather than what is there, and there is an obscuring of the writing that is its attraction. The fills are made up of black and white writing, which I imagine is extremely difficult to do with spray paint, requiring great can control. An attractive piece.

6410. St Werburghs tunnel (448)

Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2024
Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2024

Benjimagnetic has been dropping pieces at about the rate of one a month or so for the whole year, many of them in St Werburghs tunnel, which leads me to think that he must live pretty locally to the spot.

Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2024
Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2024

This is a classic piece of deconstructive graffiti writing that Benjimagnetic specialises in. The letters spell out BEN, but without knowing that, you wouldn’t really be able to guess. The colourful piece is made up of so many independent components that all come together in a coherent abstract writing piece that makes a whole lot of sense. Very nice work from Benjimagnetic.