Bristol Mural Collective – Page 3

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Erviti and Caro Maggs, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024

A quick sidestep back to the end of July and start of August when this magnificent collaborative mural was painted by Erviti and Caro Maggs on one of the few hot and sunny days we had this summer. Both were participating in the Bristol Mural Collective mini-festival organised by Rtiiika.

Erviti, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024

It is fascinating to see the take from two different artists painting the same subject using the same colour palette and seeing what they came up with. Ervitti has painted the vase and flower in what could be described as a fragmented style, and there is certainly something a little unusual going on with the portrait. It almost feels like a modern take on cubism – a really interesting piece.

Caro Maggs, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024

Adjacent to Ervitti’s piece is Caro Maggs’ take on the same subject, which is an altogether softer and more literal representation of the vase and flowers. While the vase appears to be a little rough around the edges, the flower, which looks like a peony, is absolutely beautiful, and definitely steals the show in my eyes. The combination of pieces offers something really special and fits the spot perfectly. Great work.

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Bethcub, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024

The mini street art festival in Muriel Alleyway at the end of July brought together artists from the Bristol Mural Collective and one or two others to decorate this back lane and its walls, garage doors and shutters. Bethcub (Beth Kirby) is a Bristol-based artist who discusses issues of the female body and the female experience through drawing, painting, murals and 3D mediums.

Bethcub, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, July 2024

I have featured her work at least once before on Natural Adventures, but it is pretty safe to say that she doesn’t paint street pieces all that often. You can see from the picture above that Bethcub has used a sketch of her piece and upscaled it hugely.

This is a really interesting piece, because there is a lot of ‘white space’ which is so unusual to see in street murals, where often every square inch of wall is decorated. What this does is focus the attention on the subject of the piece. The observant among you might notice that she has painted over a piece originally by Rtiiika. Lovely to see work from different artists coming out to play.

Beth Kirby, Elton Street, Bristol, February 2024

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Esme Lower, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024

The mini street art festival in Muriel Alleyway, organised by Rtiiika at the end of July was a triumph, giving exposure to artists whose work is rarely seen in some of the regular graffiti spots around town. Most of the artists present belong to the Bristol Mural Collective who primarily work in studios, so this event is a great opportunity for them to paint in a safe environment and for us to see their work.

This colourful shutter piece is by Esme Lower who has been doing some interesting street work this summer, not least her collaboration with Bloem a couple of weeks back. This is a bright and cheerful abstract piece with some character eyes breaking cover from the kind of flowery vista. I look forward to seeing where Esme Lower’s journey takes us.

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Ailish Beadle, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024

Painted on a sunny and warm day at Bristol’s smallest street art festival, this is a debut piece (in Bristol) by Ailish Beadle, who had only moved to Bristol a few days previously. It was great to be able to chat to her and welcome her to the city and its art scene.

Ailish Beadle was refreshing/reimagining a piece that had been painted here before by Rtiiika, but which had been tagged and abused. She was able to breathe new life into the great words in her own illustration style, which as it turns out is rather good and totally in keeping with the Bristol Mural Collective’s ‘look’.

A rather nice touch, and nod to the original piece, is the incorporation of the smiley face. The words in red in the centre are complemented perfectly with an array of designs and patterns in black and a sprinkling of dots, creating plenty of energy and movement. I very much look forward top seeing more from Ailish Beadle on the streets of Bristol.

Rtiiika, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, May 2021

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Tanith Gould, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024

Bristol’s smallest street art festival took place at the end of July, organised by Rtiiika, in Muriel Alleyway, Brislington. This is an alleyway which has a couple of dozen garages backed onto it as well as garden back walls, which make fabulous canvasses for street art and murals. The spot has has a few pieces painted along it in a fairly sporadic fashion, but this event ensured that many of the available well/garage spaces were painted. Most of the artists were part of the Bristol Mural Collective, including Tanith Gould, who has painted this exact wall previously.

I love Tanith Gould’s illustrative style, which includes, I guess, quite a lot of symbolism and meaning. She has virtually replicated the hands that were here before, but the surrounding decoration is rather different. There is something very calming about the piece, which I really like. Below is her earlier piece from July 2021, for comparison.

Tanith Gould, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, July 2021

5996. Cumberland Basin

Fishlock, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2024

This is a bright and fun piece from Katie Fishlock was painted at the Bristol Mural Collective paint jam back in April. I have featured her work a few times in Natural Adventures, and have several more of her pieces in my archives, but perhaps don’t ‘big her up’ as much as she deserves.

Her art studio creative designs translate very well onto walls, which provide a great showcase for her design work. If you’d like to know more about Katie Fishlock, her biography on her website is well worth a read. The portrait piece here plays on the confusion of double sets of eyes, which the brain quickly dismisses and accepts as a normal face, a device used a lot in street art. I rather like the bold statement and way it is presented. Note to self – dig out more of her work from the archive.

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Ejits, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2024

The tragedy of Bristol Mural Collective paint jams is that all too often the pieces go unsigned and so many of them fail to make it into the pages of Natural Adventures. Fortunately, this piece by Ejits was signed, but she is also an established street artist, and I recognised her work in any case.

This cheeky little character piece is cleanly painted onto a graffiti wall, with part of a Klashwhensober piece behind it. Technically, it might have been polite to paint out Klashwhensober’s piece rather than leave half of it, but I don’t think he is the kind of writer who minds all that much. The adorable character has, it would seem, dropped a fart of toxic gas as described by the skull and crossbones in the ‘speech’ bubble.

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Nina Raines, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2024

A piece by Nina Raines can only mean one thing, and that is a Bristol Mural Collective paint jam. There were several excellent pieces painted by artists of Bristol, unfortunately most unsigned, during the paint jam, and this one stood out. Nina Raines paints scenery for productions as a profession, and her skills have certainly come to the fore in this small piece.

One of the things I like about artists swapping a day in the studio for painting public walls is that they have a very different take from regular street/graffiti artists, not having any rules or conventions to follow, and often their work is incredibly creative. This piece is simple… a pair of arches, one with a cloudy scene and the other with something a little bit more cosmic, a nighttime sky, perhaps. I will try to post some other pieces from the paint jam, because the work of the Bristol Mural Collective definitely has loads of appeal.

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Lost_in_illustration, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2023

I believe that this piece was painted during a Bristol Mural Collective paint jam, and like so many pieces that are painted on these occasions is totally worthy of inclusion in Natural Adventures. It is always great to see artists who are more used to studio work painting walls, although I know that Genevieve Clapp (Lost_in_illustration) has painted walls in Bristol before. There is a freshness and originality that adds to the vast spectrum of subjects and styles we see in Bristol.

This mysterious piece with a kind of atmospheric/cosmic background features a hooded woman, painted in contrasting shades of blue, clutching a glowing sphere in true fantasy fashion. It is a lovely and rather different kind of piece, which sits comfortably alongside any other works on this wall. I hope to see more from Genevieve Clapp before too long.

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Sarah Trotter, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2023

Since the appearance of the Bristol Mural Collective, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of artistic murals by fine artists, illustrators and designers who have transferred their skills from the studio to the streets and the overall impact has been to broaden further the incredible diversity of street art we have in Bristol. This unusual piece by Sarah Trotter is a great example of the kind of work that has been unleashed.

The piece, Love like a Lobster, is very well described by the artist on her Instagram feed, and I recommend that you read what she has to say about the piece. The hand on the left is tenderly dancing with the lobster on the right, in a beautiful feast of colour and movement. I like the way that Sarah Trotter has really thought about the piece and the surroundings, including paying attention to the textures on the wall. There is a great more depth to the piece than first meets the eye. I’ll be looking out for more street art from Sarah Trotter.

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