Character – Page 2 – Natural adventures

7412. BB Gallery (11)

Conrico, BB Gallery, Bristol, December 2025

Conrico turns out some incredible work, and has done so, in his unique style, for some years now. Recently he has been going through a purple patch, with an increased vibrancy and storytelling element to his work.

The combination piece, tucked away on the Bristol to Bath cycle path, features a female street-wise character and some writing set on an urban skyline. There is a wonderful contrast between the bright colourful foreground, and the grey foreboding backdrop. Everything appears to have been painted with brushstrokes, but that is Conrico’s style, and I really like it. I am not sure what the GYS stands for (I believe it to be a crew that includes Daz Cat and others), but I will find out soon enough. Beautiful work from Conrico.

7405. M32 roundabout J3 (736)

Scrapy and Daz Cat, M32 roundabout, Bristol, January 2026

I have said before on Natural Adventures that there are several different kinds of collaborations, ranging from light-touch painting together to hardcore total assimilation of two or more artists into a single piece. This collaboration by Scrapyardspec (who prefers to be referred to as Scrapy) and Daz Cat sits somewhere in the middle of the spectrum. Their styles are distinct, but the colour scheme is common, and the outcome is a single piece.

The fusion, has a Scrapy character with googly eyes nestled atop a Daz Cat cat. Although the styles are so different, the collaboration works well, and from a viewers perspective it is always great to see artists adapting and working together. By the time I got to the piece, some idiot had tried to slap a poster or two over it, but these had been ripped off, leaving a bit of a mess in the middle. Nice combination.

7403. Dean Lane skate park (894)

Benjimagnetic and Zake, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2026

This is a rather unusual collaboration, and I can’t quite make up my mind whether it is a collaboration or two independent pieces that are sitting adjacent to each other I’ve not seen Benjimagnetic and Zake paint together before. My guess is that they both turned up at the same spot on the same day, and decided to paint alongside one another, which makes sense on this wall, because both artists tend to occupy squarish spaces, and this wall is a long rectangle.

Benjimagnetic, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2026

To the left, Benjomagnetic has painted one of his customary GRO pieces in his distinctive cryptic style. The colours are a bit compromised because the wall was in shade with a bright sky behind. The shapes and colours that make up the whole are once again perfect.

The character by Zake is rather more elaborate than many of his pieces, and with more than a hint of Chinese dragon about it. There is a rather unsettling third eye in the forehead, and wispy smoke ‘bleeding’ from the main pair of eyes. Definitely curious and slightly odd, but very nicely painted. The long forked tongue rounds off things nicely. An unusual collaborative wall.

7395. Cumberland Basin

Even, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, December 2025

There was a dearth of Christmas street art this year, perhaps we live in a time when there is not too much to be cheerful about, or maybe it is a bit of a cliché that artists steer clear of. It was good, therefore, to stumble across this Christmas paint jam from the RBF crew. Doubly satisfying as the crew have been very quiet in 2025.

Even has been painting these cheeky buttocks for a little while now, but she has added a fabulous festive tone in this piece. Her wit comes through with the words ‘X-mas rated’ and ‘Hoe Hoe Hoe…’. I hope that this late collaboration indicates an appetite for RBF to have a more active 2026… please.

7394. Lower Gay Street

Weas, Lower Gay Street, Bristol, December 2025

There are some taggers in Bristol who are at the higher end of tagging and have a little bit more about them. I would class Weas or Weasel as one of those, and I know that he is capable of much more, but seems to enjoy tagging his character in as many places as possible.

Here, Weas has painted two separate mega tags, probably on different occasions. A pair of alien characters on the doors, and another smoking a spliff on the wall to the right. As tags go, you can really see that they are transitional towards something a little more substantial. I think that it wouldn’t take too much to move up a level, but that might not be in Weasel’s plan.

7388. Brunel Way (347)

Rowdy, Brunel Way, Bristol, December 2025

Turnover underneath the Brunel Way flyover has been relatively slow in recent months, and I have reduced my visits slightly to reflect this. The last time I passed by though, I was delighted to find these three distinctive bats on separate columns by Rowdy.

If there was one artist in Bristol who represents the beating heart of the city’s street art scene, it would, in my view, be Rowdy. His crudely painted animal characters can be found all over the city, and some have been around for years.

These three bats are full of mischief and character, and so utterly unmistakable as the work of Rowdy. Rowdy is an artist I haven’t yet met, which is a pity, but perhaps I’ll get lucky sometime and find myself in the right place at the right time.

7379. BB Gallery (10)

Daz Cat, BB Gallery, Bristol, December 2025

Having seen an Instagram post by Conrico, I knew that there was some new work in the BB Gallery a week or two back, so I immediately hot-footed it over there to take a look. I was doubly rewarded, not only to find the Conrico piece (coming soon) but also to find this superb character cat by Daz Cat.

The bright cat person is wonderfully illustrated with lots of colour and detail, I particularly like the peace sign made with her right hand. There is an optimism and joy about the piece which I hope is a signal for a great year to come for Daz Cat and for us all.

7378. Cheltenham Road

Ryder, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, December 2025

Happy New Year. I have a feeling that 2026 is going to be a better year, I hope I am right. I was walking to my favourite Italian delicatessen a couple of weeks back and bumped into Ryder, who had just completed a window painting to celebrate the birthday of Dom Majors Studio.

The retro cartoon style cat is eye-catching and although painted for the celebration party, is still proudly displayed in the window. I have a feeling that Ryder also sprayed some paint on the bench outside, and was a little concerned that people might be sitting on it before the paint was dry. A different kind of piece from Ryder, who I always enjoy chatting to.

7373. Brunel Way (345)

Guimeujoven, Brunel Way, Bristol, July 2025

I am very fond of this little wall beside the river. It is all that remains of a small disused pump house or something, linked to the water company pumping station nearby. This piece, by Guimeujoven, has remained in my archive since July, because I couldn’t identify the artist. Thanks to Paul H, who did the detective work on this one, I now know the artist and am free to post the piece.

This is a really nice character piece worked up in four autumnal colours and so different from the kind of character pieces we are used to seeing in Bristol. The Brazilian artist is based in Exeter and I am somewhat surprised that we haven’t seen more of his work here, and a little saddened, because it is absolutely amazing… a quick glance at his Instagram feed is highly recommended. A mystery solved.

7362. BB Gallery (8)

Creamylines, BB Gallery, Bristol, December 2025

It somehow feels right to be celebrating Christmas Eve with this uplifting piece from Creamylines. The artist has had a great year and finding this piece on a rare visit to the Bristol to Bath cycle path gallery felt right and proper.

The piece is larger and wider than most of his other pieces, but contains all the usual themes, ideas and style. The introduction of a character to the top right of the piece could indicate an additional direction for Creamylines, although his work is so unique, I don’t think it needs to change for the sake of it.

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