Cumberland Basin – Page 2 – Natural adventures

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Stivs, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2026

There is a lot of flesh in this combination piece by Stivs, an artist who is not afraid to push the boundaries when it comes to scantily clad characters. Whatever one’s views about such things, the artwork is striking and skilfully presented.

Cat woman as you might not have seen her, although DC Comics did portray her in very tight catsuits, often with little left to the imagination – Stivs has just taken things to the next level. Stivs has given Cat Woman a couple of playful tattoos saying BAD CAT, and he has corrupted the initials ACAB (All Cops are Bastards) to ACAT, just because he can. D and S in calligraffiti-style bookend this character. Great work from Stivs.Cumberland Basin

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Squire, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2026

There are a great many graffiti writers in Bristol who never make it into the pages of Natural Adventures, either because their work is not very good (in my view) or I don’t really know enough about them to feel confident enough to feature them.

Happily, although I don’t know anything about Squire, his work attracts me in some way. I think that the word he has chosen is a memorable one and lends itself to writing pretty well. These dark blue letters have been accentuated with a vibrant green/yellow surround and decorative thick blue border. An interesting piece of writing that catches the eye.

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Whos, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2026

I am absolutely sure that I have seen numerous pieces by Whos over the last year or two, but unable to make out the letters or be sure the writing is his. It is only when he writes clearly, like in this piece, that I can be sure enough to publish his work.

Although this piece is quite conventional, his writing would usually be described as anti-style due to an absence of pattern or form of the letters, where everything is a bit random and spontaneous. The white letters are decorated with some pink stars and a tribute line of “dorns 4 ever”. I certainly need to get better at hunting down and identifying his graffiti writing.

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Tera, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2026

Tera, like many other artists, has awoken from his winter ‘recess’ and is painting with energy and regularity this spring, which is so good to see. This is a wonderful piece painted alongside fellow tattoo artist Kid Crayon.

The combination piece has a demon as the focal point with lettering either side of it spelling TERA. The light conditions and the style of Tera’s painting makes it a little difficult to make out the demon clearly, so I have included a close up of the central part to show off his detailed artwork.

It is fairly clear and obvious that Tera is a Tattooist who has picked up street art and is upscaling his work, and his co-worker Kid Crayon is an artist/designer and street artist who has down scaled his work into the tattoo art form. The more, the merrier I say.

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Kid Crayon, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2026

Oh! My heart sings every time I see a new Kid Crayon piece. It is looking like 2026 is shaping up to be a productive one for the artist, and it seems like he has freed up a bit more time to paint than in recent years, which from my perspective is a good thing.

Kid Crayon has written his letters, each with a different colour and style, which makes for an interesting piece with plenty to look at and admire. SkyHigh is another artist who often adopts this approach. In this combination piece a character replaces the ‘O’ and floating just outside his mouth is the signature crayon – which is always good to see. More to come soon from one of my Bristol favourites.

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Taboo, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2026

I don’t tend to find as many new Taboo pieces as I used to, and that might be down to two factors. He might be painting less frequently, and/or maybe he isn’t painting the regular spots so often, and so I don’t come across his work as much. The upshot is that finding any pieces by the artist these days is a happy moment.

I have a feeling that this piece was painted as part of a birthday paint jam, I forget who for though. The red letters in anti-style form spell out TABOO in a combination of lettering and designs, with the second ‘O’ being formed of a jail window with eyes glaring from the dark space behind the bars. A fine piece from Taboo… I need to find more.

Poplar

Drifts of fluffy seeds

rolling in the gentle breeze

peregrine glides by

by Scooj

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2Face, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2026

It took me a little while to work out who this piece of graffiti writing was by. I got there in the end, but was slow to figure it out, because the artist, 2Face, doesn’t paint very often. The letters spell FACEY, and it is signed, but even so, difficult to pin down.

There is quite a lot going on in the orange fills in the lettering, ranging from white cracks at the top through ‘leopard spots’ to a fluid whitish stream of paint running horizontally through the letters. These are all the signs of an experienced artist. 2Face also decorates the piece with a blue plasma bolt, adding another layer to the textured piece. A nicely worked piece of graffiti writing.

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Sait Bare, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2026

Sait Bare is an artist I have yet to have the pleasure to meet, although we have exchanged the odd message on Instagram. He is painting reasonably regularly these days and is definitely preferring writing BARE these days, as opposed to SAIT, which he used to write more often a year or so back.

This is a rather dreamy piece of graffiti writing in which the slightly unruly letters appear to drift into one another as if they were clouds. The colours are beautifully selected, and the whole piece has a sense of relaxed slow movement – it is amazing really how these artists can portray different moods and tempos through their designs and colours. This is a lovely piece from Sait Bare.

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Minto, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2026

The better weather has definitely produced an uptick in activity in Bristol, and Minto, like so many other artists, has been making up for a quiet winter. This is a classic piece of Minto writing, full of intriguing details and stories.

The letters spell MINTO in a turquoise theme colour throughout. A little character with a hat and sunglasses is towards the left of the piece. Although there is so much going on in this busy piece, everything is in place and the finishing is first class. More to come from the fabulous Minto soon.

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