Tag: Brown

6945. Greenbank (160)

Logoe, Greenbank, Bristol, May 2025
Logoe, Greenbank, Bristol, May 2025

I hate to labour the point, but I am going to anyway. I don’t much care for brown paint, unless it is being used in context, for example to depict a chocolate bar or a tree trunk, but decorating graffiti writing using brown colours is, to my mind, such a waste of a good design.

Logoe, Greenbank, Bristol, May 2025
Logoe, Greenbank, Bristol, May 2025

I am going to suspend my prejudice in this instance though, because Logoe has somehow made the brown colours of this piece rather attractive. His script graffiti writing is filled with layer upon layer of brown shades, set on a dark brown background. The piece is a symphony of brown, and probably because it is Logoe, I rather like it. Three Hail Marys for me.

5557. M32 roundabout J3 (516)

Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2023
Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2023

This lovely script writing piece by Logoe was one of nine painted during a frenzied 24 hour period of activity when he visited Bristol a few weeks back. I think I only managed to find five of them, and often these blitz pieces get painted over quite quickly, depending on where they are.

Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2023
Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2023

It would be inconsistent of me to say I like the colours used in this piece, because I have said repeatedly on Natural Adventures that brown colour palettes are probably my least favourite. What he has done here is great to see… just a shame it is brown.

4157. Sparke Evans Park (25)

More from Mest, which is usually something to enjoy, and this is a great example of his versatile use of colours and fill shadings to switch up his letters a little bit. I have said it before, but I am not fond of the brown/orange combination, but I have to admit it works well in this piece, and although painted in the winter has an autumnal feel about it.

Mest, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, November 2021
Mest, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, November 2021

Sparke Evans Park is becoming more and more popular and I am definitely going to have to increase the frequency of my visits. The dog always likes walking down alongside the river, but it does take quite a long time to get down there, especially if there is heavy traffic. I have a whole ton more pieces to post from this particular visit back in November.

4105. Greenbank (20)

A few weeks ago Pl8o told me that he had a whole bunch of new designs ready to go, and since then I have figured that each new piece I have seen would have been part of this roll-out, including this beauty on the long wall at Greenbank.

Pl8o, Greenbank, Bristol, November 2021
Pl8o, Greenbank, Bristol, November 2021

If I am honest, I think that brown and orange are my least favourite street art colours, although if used to highlight or fill pieces they are not so bad. I suspect that this relates to a rather horrible pair of nylon pyjamas I had in the 1970s that were brown with an orange trim. Yuk.

I absolutely love the stylised letters that Pl8o has drawn up and the character is a very welcome addition, which I assume is by him too. All in all a very nice addition to his portfolio, just a pity about the colours (in my opinion).