6891. St Werburghs tunnel (490)

DFC1848, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025
DFC1848, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025

It is always a pleasure when DFC1848 comes to visit, and sometimes I even manage to catch up with him, but unfortunately not on his most recent visit, during which he dropped a few pieces about the place, including these ones.

DFC1848, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025
DFC1848, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025

He has become an accomplished character painter, coming up with a raft of different cartoon-style creatures for us to enjoy. I’m not sure what this little fellow is, a beaver? A meerkat? It doesn’t really matter. The animal is holding up a placard which simply reads ‘smile’. Unfortunately, yellow text on a white background is a real  ‘no no’ in the world of communications, as for many people it is difficult to pick out the writing.

DFC1848, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025
DFC1848, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025

Not content with his first creature, DFC1848 also painted a ‘sticker’ character a few yards away, for good measure. Decent fun stuff.

6890. Cumberland Basin

Minto, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2025
Minto, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2025

Minto has a very distinctive style, and his writing tends to be a vehicle for combining a collage of characters and icons, bringing together an eclectic selection of thoughts and ideas into a single piece.

Minto, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2025
Minto, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2025

In this piece, Minto has gone for some solid fills, a different colour for each letter, and has used the parallel horizontal lines on the wall to proportion everything. His character looks a little sinister to me, as if he is up to no good. This is a well-presented piece from a very accomplished graffiti writer.

Prediction

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Prolonged dry weather

laying foundations for drought

build those reservoirs.

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by Scooj

6889. Greenbank (155)

Sepr and Pekoe, Greenbank, Bristol, April 2025
Sepr and Pekoe, Greenbank, Bristol, April 2025

I’m not sure why, but I am always surprised (and thrilled) when I see collaborations between Pekoe and Sepr. Somehow in my head I don’t see them as natural collaborators, but how wrong I am. This delightfully witty piece on the long hoarding at Greenbank took me several attempts to get decent pictures. The fine weather we have been experiencing has a downside which is that full sun causes shadows to be cast everywhere. Eventually I took advantage of an overcast day and made my way to the spot.

Sepr, Greenbank, Bristol, April 2025
Sepr, Greenbank, Bristol, April 2025

The combination tells a story of a headless chicken, and in the left hand side, Sepr has created one of his superb cartoon characters, in this case a ‘one chicken band’. Obviously the festive bird wasn’t to everyone’s taste and the decapitated body marches on as the head complete with party hat watches on.

Pekoe, Greenbank, Bristol, April 2025
Pekoe, Greenbank, Bristol, April 2025

The perpetrator of the violent crime is a rather charming young woman wielding an axe, which makes one feel a little uncomfortable. Pekoe has done a great job here and unusually has painted more of a full character than her more usual head portrait. I have noticed that recently she has also been painting traffic cones in her pieces, like a little signature. The collaboration is witty, gruesome and really well painted. It would be great to see more of these story pieces from these great artists.

6888. Dean Lane skate park (826)

Conrico, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2025
Conrico, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2025

Every day, pretty much, I see graffiti and street art and every once in a while I see something by an artist I know and I think to myself ‘this is special, this is really classy’. This clever piece of combined writing and a portrait by Conrico left me feeling that this was special, definitely a ‘keeper’.

Conrico, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2025
Conrico, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2025

Conrico has painted his name, but instead of a solid or patterned fill, there is a portrait of a girl behind, as if you are peering through the letters to see her. The piece is expertly executed, but at the same time incredibly modest. No fanfare, no showing off, just a really great fusion piece.

Conrico, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2025
Conrico, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2025

Conrico has been turning out some great pieces recently, and this one expands and continues the series. As ever, I look forward to more.

Pura Decadencia

A gallery of fabulous graffiti writing and a selection of vampire teeth from Bristol/Spanish artist and tattooist, Pura Decadencia.

Instagram: puratattoos

All photographs by Scooj

Pura Decadencia, Greenbank, Bristol, February 2025
Pura Decadencia, Greenbank, Bristol, February 2025

Pura Decadencia, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, December 2024
Pura Decadencia, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, December 2024

Pura Decadencia, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024
Pura Decadencia, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024

Pura Decadencia, Brunel Way, Bristol, May 2024
Pura Decadencia, Brunel Way, Bristol, May 2024

Pura Decadencia, Brunel Way, Bristol, April 2024
Pura Decadencia, Brunel Way, Bristol, April 2024

Pura Decadencia, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, February 2024
Pura Decadencia, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, February 2024

Pura Decadencia, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2020
Pura Decadencia, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2020

Pura Decadencia, Brunel Way, Bristol, June 2023
Pura Decadencia, Brunel Way, Bristol, June 2023

Pura Decadencia, Brunel Way, Bristol, October 2020
Pura Decadencia, Brunel Way, Bristol, October 2020

Pura Decadencia, East Street, Bristol, September 2021
Pura Decadencia, East Street, Bristol, September 2021

Pura Decadencia, Redcliffe subway, Bristol, March 2021
Pura Decadencia, Redcliffe subway, Bristol, March 2021

Pura Decadencia, River Avon, Bristol, November 2020
Pura Decadencia, River Avon, Bristol, November 2020

Pura Decadencia, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2021
Pura Decadencia, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2021

Pura Decadencia, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2021
Pura Decadencia, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2021

6884. Purdown (88)

Daz Cat, Purdown, Bristol, April 2025
Daz Cat, Purdown, Bristol, April 2025

It would seem that Daz Cat is rather partial to the concrete blocks up at Purdown, and whyever not? The spot is a wonderful oasis away from the bustle of the streets and has some stunning views over the north and east of Bristol, the dog particularly likes it up there, perhaps it is the lure of the stinky goats.

Daz Cat, Purdown, Bristol, April 2025
Daz Cat, Purdown, Bristol, April 2025

Daz Cat has switched things up a bit by painting this cat portrait upside down, which would completely goof me up, but I am not an artist, and maybe it is concepts like this that separate out the ways artists and non-artists see the world. The purple cat has a fine gold nose ring and a vapour trail from eyes to ears, which must be symbolic of something, and is an idea Daz Cat has used before. This is a fun piece from the cat supremo.

Story updated

Three little pigs, St Werburghs City Farm, Bristol, April 2025
Three little pigs, St Werburghs City Farm, Bristol, April 2025

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Three little piggies

curious to find out more

the dog sniffs the air…

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by Scooj

  • we have no wolves.

6883. Dean Lane skate park (825)

Werm and Zake, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2025
Werm and Zake, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2025

Tucked away behind the iron fence of the swimming pool at Dean Lane is this fabulous collaboration combination piece from Werm and Zake. Werm, more than adequately providing the symmetrical letters, and Zake offering a couple of different cheeky characters peering over the top of them.

Werm and Zake, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2025
Werm and Zake, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2025

The horizontal band colour scheme, painted on an off-white background, works really well, and Zake has cleverly incorporated the band of colour into his characters. I’m not quite sure what it is about it, but this feels like a really classy piece to me, and I really like it.

6882. Cumberland Basin

Totosoapcity, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2025
Totosoapcity, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2025

I have seen quite a few pieces by Totosoapcity in Bristol before, but hadn’t known who the artist was, so haven’t posted them. This could mark the opening of a little floodgate for when I do some digging in my archives, which I like to do from time to time. I’m not sure that Totosoapcity is from Bristol, but must be reasonably local I would think, because we see visits every few months.

Totosoapcity, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2025
Totosoapcity, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2025

This piece is part of a large collaboration from a group of artists I am not too familiar with, but who have done a great job on this wall, selecting a themed colour approach to all their writing. I think the letters here spell ARS(Z)A, and have a pleasing symmetry to them. The red, pink, black, brown, yellow and orange colours are not my favourite combinations, but work reasonably well – not sure about the pink. They do, however, contrast perfectly with the themed grey banner background, which is consistent through the entire collaboration.