7158. M32 roundabout J3 (708)

Minto, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025
Minto, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

Without doubt, the paint jam celebrating Ulow’s birthday was the best I have seen this year, fending off some very stiff competition. The whole wall on the western side of the roundabout was colour themed and coherent and each contributing artist absolutely nailed it.

Minto, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025
Minto, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

Starting at the right hand side of the wall, the collaboration begins with this superb car piece by Minto. The old Citroen vehicle has been brought to life as an animation full of character. The van is one of those converted for street food, selling Mexican food… I love the sombrero on the roof. The words read ‘Ulow, Me, High, Tacos’, which obviously makes some kind of sense to Minto.

Minto, Sled One, Cheo, Hypo, Ulow, Dibz, Soker, Rusk, Shade One and Turoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025
Minto, Sled One, Cheo, Hypo, Ulow, Dibz, Soker, Rusk, Shade One and Turoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

I managed to get a wide-angle shot of the whole wall, which I will share at the end of each post from this paint jam. A real humdinger.

6977. St Werburghs tunnel (505)

Neddy Ned Neddy, St Werburghs, Bristol, May 2025
Neddy Ned Neddy, St Werburghs, Bristol, May 2025

I feel like I ought to have posted far more pieces by Neddy Ned Neddy than I actually have, and I can’t really be too sure why that is. Anyhow, this is a superb piece painted in his unique style as part of the very well-attended birthday paint jam for Wispa.

Neddy Ned Neddy, St Werburghs, Bristol, May 2025
Neddy Ned Neddy, St Werburghs, Bristol, May 2025

Rather confusingly, Neddy Ned Neddy writes WISKA, which is coincidental to it being a celebration for Wispa, some of the other artists involved in the paint jam have altered their letters to read Wispa, but not the most obvious candidate, and I think he probably missed a trick here. This is a wonderfully worked piece with a sumptuous blended fill, looking like a kind of swirly marbling. A distinctive and really cool piece of graffiti writing.