Daz Cat, Horfield skate park, Bristol, October 2025
I don’t visit Horfield skate park all that often, maybe two or three times a year, as turnover tends to be very slow there, but there can sometimes be one or two surprises, and amongst them on my last visit was this beauty from Daz Cat.
Daz Cat, Horfield skate park, Bristol, October 2025
This double portrait piece featuring a fusion of Daz Cat’s cat and human forms is a feast for the eyes. The female on the left is more human (in spite of the blue skin) and the male on the right, more cat-like. Together they make a nice pair and demonstrate Daz Cat’s continual improvement.
Daz Cat is a brilliant character artist, and continues to develop his style, which is becoming increasingly sophisticated and detailed, as you can see if you scroll back in this updated gallery of his work. This piece is painted on a bridge column alongside the River Avon (it is mid-low tide when this picture was taken)
Daz Cat, River Avon, Bristol, September 2025
In this clever piece, a cat person is holding/cuddling a pet cat – where does that leave us? There is a load of personality and in both characters, and the pet cat doesn’t look overjoyed with the way it is being held. Some great colours in the piece too.
I managed to catch up with Daz Cat a week or so ago in St Werburghs tunnel where he was painting a superb piece for Kool Hand’s birthday celebration paint jam – Unfortunately, when I returned four days later, his piece had been painted over by Sled One and Oust, which is a real pity.
This door, at the back of a light industrial estate alongside the River Avon, has to be one of the most decorated in Bristol, although most of the time the quality of work is fairly poor. This superb cat by Daz Cat is an exception, and just shows what a good piece of artwork can do to a scruffy door.
Daz Cat, River Avon, Bristol, September 2025
Daz Cat has filled the space expertly with a blue faced cat wearing a white-collared orange top. Although the piece looks like it might have been painted quickly, the detail in the face of the cat is neat and tidy. There is lots of depth and contours on this three-quarter profile portrait… great work.
Although I came across this garage shutter piece by Daz Cat when I went to photograph pieces from the Bristol Mural Collective paint jam in Lucky Lane, I have a feeling that it may have been painted some time earlier, but I am not really sure. Well, there you have it… I just checked his Instagram account, and it was indeed painted at the paint jam.
Daz Cat, Lucky Lane, Bristol, September 2025
The unusual piece features a blue-faced cat-girl clutching a gold medal, having come first in the rat race. I expect that the smartly dressed appearance is a reference to that, and the rats relate to a more literal interpretation of the phrase. A fun piece from Daz Cat on a tricky surface.
Doors 327 – Doors of Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025 (Part VII)
This week’s selection of door photographs continues on from last week’s solo doorscursion which I managed to squeeze in on one of the mornings of our trip, accompanied on the way by a little light rain.
One of the things that is notable about doors in Marrakesh is that it would seem that the occupants are extremely proud of their doors and door surroundings. Even though the streets are a little untidy with exposed wires and power lines, everywhere and an abundance of dust and rubble, much of it probably after effects of the destructive earthquake in September 2023, great care is taken to present a good-looking entrance to homes and businesses. Enjoy the doors:
Gateway to the traditional arts area, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Keyhole gateway, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Trash, cat, door, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Door within an industrial gate, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Stunning green panelled door and wall decorations to match, Trik Tikhizrit, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Fine studded door, with red surround, Trik Tikhizrit, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Studded patterned door and beautiful decorative tiles, Trik Tikhizrit, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Studded metal door within a door (for little people), Derb Bougaldone, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Old brick gateway, Derb Bougaldone, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Classic wooden door with large bolt and keyhole doorway, Rue Douar Graoua, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
As a note to myself, I will probably do a post of the Marrakesh cats (and a door or two) and some other street scenes at some point, to give more of a taste of the place. I hope you have a great weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s weekly Thursday Doors post.
One of the great things about the paint jam in Lucky Lane, organised by the Bristol Mural Collective, is that it has introduced me to several talented artists whose work I have never seen before. Paper Walls (Hannah) is a sign designer/painter based in Bristol, whose work has a wonderful sense of nostalgia about it, and is of the highest quality.
Paper Walls, Lucky Lane, Bristol, September 2025
This Japanese Maneki-neko lucky cat (or beckoning cat) was one of two painted in the lane, during the paint jam, aligning with the luck theme. It is beautifully painted on the challenging surface of a shutter. I love the INDEPENDENTS sign to the top right, but that is what she does, I guess. A wonderful piece and I hope the first of many to be painted with the Collective.
Butch and Solar, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2025
Thinking back, it is quite unusual to see any work from the PLB (Placebo) crew in St Werburghs tunnel, but here, breaking the trend, is a two-piece collaboration from Butch and Solar. I suspect that there is a third artist involved in this piece in the form of the cat character in the middle, but it is unsigned, so I can’t be sure.
Butch, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2025
To the left is a really lovely piece of writing by Butch. I love his choice of letters, they really work for me, and the way he lays them out in a higgledy-piggledy fashion appeals. The letter fills in red are good and bounded by a strong orange line, all neatly placed on a white cloud background.
Solar, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2025
To the right, Solar has painted his customary slightly wibbly letters in striking red, with black decorations and an uplifting yellow drop shadow. The whole thing is vibrant and eye-catching and, from my perspective, shows great development and improvement/confidence from both artists. Who did paint the cat?
This is one of my favourite spots in Bristol, and is the perfect place for a double (and sometimes triple) collaboration. This time, Mesk has combined his talents with ES3 (an artist I don’t know), set on a sharp yellow background.
Mesk, M32 Spot, Bristol, June 2025
Mesk has kept things simple, which is incredibly effective in this case. His overlapping letters cascade from left to right in a slightly decreasing height. The tidy fill in four wavy horizontal bands is all that is needed here, and the solid border/drop shadow does some of the ‘heavy lifting’. A phenomenal piece.
ES3, M32 Spot, Bristol, June 2025
To the right, ES3, who I assume was visiting Bristol, and whose work I am not familiar with, has painted a fun combination piece. A cat character with crazy eyes is painted alongside the letters ES3, which mirrors the fill style of the adjacent Mesk piece, but in red colours. The piece is rounded off with a drop shadow and blue border. Definitely a gratifying find.
What a strange piece from Daz Cat. A cat and a character, but what brings these two together? I can’t figure out the story at all. I think this is the first cartoon-style figure I have seen of a person like this from Daz Cat.
Daz Cat, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2025
The character reminds me of Cletus Spuckler from The Simpsons, he has that kind of hillbilly look about him. I love the way that Daz Cat is always pushing his own boundaries, and loves to tell a good story through his art.
In recent weeks I have been enjoying a new walk route with the dog, up at a little nature reserve called Narroways which rises high above St Werburghs is nestled in between railway tracks and crosses over St Werburghs tunnel. There are a couple of railway bridges along the pathway, and this piece by Dazcat was on a wall alongside one of them.
Daz Cat, Narroways, Bristol, August 2025
A cat with two heads, possibly Siamese twin cats, stare out from the wall at passers-by. As Daz Cat pieces go, I imagine he painted this quite quickly, and it has the simple charm of his earlier works, no complex story underpinning the portraits, just a couple of cats. A nice find.