Tag: Cumberland Basin

5628. Cumberland Basin

Lokey, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2023
Lokey, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2023

There are some artists who pause for a long time between pieces, and it reaches the stage where they become out of sight… out of mind. I had quite forgotten about Lokey and his outstanding anamorphic writing, so it was an extra special surprise to find this piece. The day was a good one with the thoroughly enjoyable company of Paul H who was able to get out for a few snaps.

Lokey, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2023
Lokey, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2023

Purple and orange always make great bedfellows in street art, and Lokey has woven the colours in the most incredible way to create the 3D depth that appears to lift the letters several inches off the wall. Such clever and skilled work. I would love to see more of Lokey’s work, but I suspect his pieces will continue to be a bit of a rarity.

5607. Cumberland Basin

Sled One, Cumberland Bain, Bristol, October 2023
Sled One, Cumberland Bain, Bristol, October 2023

I have known about and photographed this piece by Sled One for quite a long while, but have had to wait until now to get anything worth posting. The problem is that it is painted on a wall in a yard that is used to store building materials including large wooden cable bobbins that were placed in front of it obscuring the view of the artwork. On my most recent visit, I was able to move the bobbins a little bit out of the way, and get the best pictures I am likely to get.

Sled One, Cumberland Bain, Bristol, October 2023
Sled One, Cumberland Bain, Bristol, October 2023

The piece reminds me a little bit of The Luck Dragon in the film NeverEnding Story. It is a typically creative and imaginative character piece by Sled One, but painted in a place I wouldn’t ordinarily expect to find a Sled One piece to be. Beautifully painted and finished, the piece is one of Bristol’s hidden gems.

5598. Cumberland Basin

Lost_in_illustration, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2023
Lost_in_illustration, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2023

I believe that this piece was painted during a Bristol Mural Collective paint jam, and like so many pieces that are painted on these occasions is totally worthy of inclusion in Natural Adventures. It is always great to see artists who are more used to studio work painting walls, although I know that Genevieve Clapp (Lost_in_illustration) has painted walls in Bristol before. There is a freshness and originality that adds to the vast spectrum of subjects and styles we see in Bristol.

Lost_in_illustration, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2023
Lost_in_illustration, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2023

This mysterious piece with a kind of atmospheric/cosmic background features a hooded woman, painted in contrasting shades of blue, clutching a glowing sphere in true fantasy fashion. It is a lovely and rather different kind of piece, which sits comfortably alongside any other works on this wall. I hope to see more from Genevieve Clapp before too long.

5582. Cumberland Basin

Maes, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2023
Maes, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2023

Maes is a writer who I have featured a couple of times on Natural Adventures, and whose work peppers my archive. He is rather underrepresented in this blog, and I will need to find a way to feature his work more often. He is on the early stages of a steep learning curve, and is out there a lot, seeking to try new things out and improve. I fully expect to be writing about his improvement in a year’s time and, given his productivity, a gallery of his work.

Maes, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2023
Maes, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2023

Maes’ work is getting tidier and his fills more imaginative, although his can control is perhaps still developing, and that will come with practice and confidence. The letter design is interesting and colour selection eye-catching. He is working on his details and has created an interesting piece. Could we be witnessing a diamond in the rough? Time will tell.

5577. Cumberland Basin

Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2023
Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2023

This is the third piece of graffiti writing that I have posted today. I do make efforts to try and mix up writing with street art and character pieces in my posts, because I completely get it that graffiti writing isn’t everyone’s cup of tea and is definitely an acquired taste. However, there are a lot of writers out there and sometimes there is just a lot to publish.

Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2023
Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2023

Werm is quite slow to change his basic designs, preferring to lock on to a particular idea and bash out dozens of quite similar pieces, before moving on to a slightly different design concept, and I think that this piece is a bit of a new transition. The yellow and purple colours are a good combination, and are actually ‘opposite’ colours, and the green glowing background accompanies them well. The letters spell WERM and are much bigger than of late, without quite so much expansion and fuss. It will be interesting to see where this transition takes us.

5558. Cumberland Basin

Kid Krishna, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023
Kid Krishna, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023

Earlier on this year, perhaps the most productive and creative street artist in Bristol for a while was arguably Kid Krishna. He was smashing it all over the place with his writing/character mash-ups and then, all of a sudden, nothing until about three weeks ago. I know that he had some other projects on the go and perhaps he was working on those.

Kid Krishna, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023
Kid Krishna, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023

This piece, on his return, is much softer and rounded than what I am used to seeing, but still characteristically a Kid Krishna piece. The letters spell CRIE, not that you’d be able to guess just by looking at it. I would describe this piece as more ‘mainstream’ than some of his work, but he has since painted something a little bit more ‘scratchy’ in St Werburghs. I hope that we will be seeing more of his street work over the remainder of the year.

5555. Cumberland Basin

Morag, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023
Morag, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023

When I first saw this piece I wasn’t immediately sure who it was by, and the penny didn’t drop for several days, mainly because the central elements used by Morag are there, but the fruit somehow completely threw me off the scent.

Morag, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023
Morag, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023

Most of the Morag pieces I have seen to date have been individual faces, usually painted on columns. This piece is telling a bit of a story, and from a fruit perspective, perhaps a rather sinister story, the suggestion being that the large bully orange is extracting juice from a grape much to the consternation of the apple. The face drawing using a single line technique is the trademark style that gives the artist away. It has been a while so it was great to find this piece a few weeks back.

5539. Cumberland Basin

The Last One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023
The Last One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023

This character/writing combination is by The Last One, and is the second piece by the artist to appear on Natural Adventures… it won’t be the last. The artist has a very strong style with writing that is quite unique. I can’t quite make out the letters. At first I thought it might be ZFG, but looking at it and other pieces on Instagram, it might be LAST.

The Last One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023
The Last One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023

The character, beautifully painted, is Speedy Gonzales from Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies cartoons. The Last One has a fabulous touch for recreating these characters, remaining faithful to the original while adding a little extra depth. I’m not sure where The Last One is based, but trips to Bristol appear to be quite regular, which is great news.

5534. Cumberland Basin

Mr Crawls, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023
Mr Crawls, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023

Demonstrating that he is not a one-trick pony, Mr Crawls has painted this ‘stripped back’ version of one of his bird characters. Painted on a pink background, the chrome and black piece is quite unlike his other work, and shows the artist playing around with his characters.

Mr Crawls, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023
Mr Crawls, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2023

I am very much enjoying Mr Crawls birds cropping up all over the city, and likening the way that he is switching things up from time to time. It is interesting to see that he has started signing his work, and I wonder if that is something to do with his level of confidence, or maybe even starting to market his brans a little. Unusual and enjoyable.

5520. Cumberland Basin

Hiccup (Bloem), Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2023
Hiccup (Bloem), Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2023

Hiccup, or Bloem as she is signing herself, is fast becoming a favourite of mine. Not only is she developing her technique at lightening speed, she hasn’t been painting walls for all that long, but she has a wonderfully creative mind, and her work is exciting and varied. This ’tile’ piece is a great example of her versatility.

Hiccup (Bloem), Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2023
Hiccup (Bloem), Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2023

There is a little bit of the Willow Pattern in this tile piece, which adopts the colours of Delftware, or Spode. What Hiccup has done here is quite original, and certainly different from anything I have seen in Bristol before. There is a softness of touch in the piece, and an ease with itself, which I can’t properly articulate. The patterns and the letters are beautifully painted, and the flashes through the letters gives the tile a shiny look. Beautiful work from Hiccup. I would love to meet the artist, to be able to complement her on her great work.