7390. Brunel Way (348)

Foksymoron, Brunel Way, Bristol, December 2025
Foksymoron, Brunel Way, Bristol, December 2025

There is something rather urban and street wise about the fox character painted by Foksymoron, which I guess is no huge surprise. The character taps into the long relationship that Bristol has with the study of urban foxes, indeed, my old allotment was recorded as having the most densely populated distribution of foxes found anywhere, ever (at that time).

Foksymoron, Brunel Way, Bristol, December 2025
Foksymoron, Brunel Way, Bristol, December 2025

This column fox almost went unnoticed, as it is rather subtle, and the camouflage outfit actually works in breaking up the outline of the character. The cool fox wearing his trademark sunglasses is having a casual cigarette, while standing nonchalantly – perhaps he is watching the skaters and bikers that frequent this little area. Another great piece from Foksymoron.

Remember him

.

Sorting through boxes

the stench of cigarette smoke

I remember dad

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by Scooj

1073. Upfest 2017 (79)

There is a pretty strong and obvious message in this morbidly humorous piece by El.Viz. Smoking makes you sick. I used to smoke quite a lot, but it was imagery like this that helped me to kick the habit almost twenty years ago now. Good thing too.

El.Viz, Upfest, Bristol, July 2017
El.Viz, Upfest, Bristol, July 2017

El. Viz is an Irish artist working out of Dublin and is a studio artist as well as taking to the streets. I like the following line from his Upfest biography, because it tells you all you might want to know:

Heavily influenced by 80s cartoons and punk rock, he blends lowbrow culture with surreal pop art

And there you have it.

848. Raleigh Road, Vector (13)

It has been really interesting to see this ‘Bee-Boy’ come to life. He began as a sketch in Cheo’s black book which he posted on Instagram with the hashtags #cheo, #bee, #sketch and #fart. The sketches became more detailed until he finally sprayed the piece in Raleigh Road.

Cheo, Raleigh Road Bristol, June 2017
Cheo, Raleigh Road Bristol, June 2017

Cheo seems to have had a love-hate relationship with Bee-Boy and it has been interesting to see the development of the character. Even after he had completed the work, he went on to produce a full colour sketch, for which he apologised, and even after that he committed the ‘little twat’ to canvass.

Cheo, Raleigh Road Bristol, June 2017
Cheo, Raleigh Road Bristol, June 2017

Whatever cheo thinks of it, I and many, many others love this little character – edgy, mischievous and comical.