What a nice thing to see, another piece from Esme Lower, who appears to be getting a little more active on the streets of Bristol lately. Her letters MELO are, I am assuming, a conflation of the end of esME and the start of LOwer.
Esme Lower, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2025
Her artwork in this piece is beautifully thought out, with her merged letters decorated with some lovely daisies around the outside. Such is the fill running through that if you didn’t know it spelled MELO, you might have missed the letters altogether. A nice confident piece.
As mentioned in a recent post, Roo and SkyHigh visited Bristol recently, and left a memorable mark on the walls of Brunel Way. Rther sadly SkyHigh’s masterpiece didn’t last too long, but I am pleased to report that Roo’s pieces are still making an impact on anyone wandering around the area.
Roo, Brunel Way, Bristol, March 2024
Roo’s work is simple, with bold outlines and solid fills. Her cartoon style is beyond charming and her characters always have a sunny disposition. Although the pieces are simple, this doesn’t mean that they are easy to paint, in fact the opposite is true, great skill is needed to produce the crisp and sharp lines, which are exposed to deeper scrutiny than more complex and busy pieces.
Roo, Brunel Way, Bristol ,March 2024
Not content only with painting her daisy on this little wall, Roo also found time to decorate one of the columns under Brunel Way. She painted another piece too, not all that far away, which I will feature soon. Roo and SkyHigh are always welcome in Bristol, spicing things up a little.
Good morning all. A fine start to a brand new week, the sun is shining and in the blink of an eye it will be Friday and the beginning of another weekend. This amazing cartoon portrait piece by Zake was added on to an existing collaborative wall, and looks like it could almost be a part of the paint jam, but it was added a day or two later.
Zake, Brunel Way, Bristol, May 2023
Perhaps a little bit creepy, Zake’s face is less than happy, with large tears rolling down the cheeks and a rather snotty nose. The open mouth looks like an archetypal cartoon whale mouth, if you know what I mean. The face is sitting over a daisy and a bed of clouds. There may be some symbolism here, but I can’t quite fathom it out. I also don’t think the balance of the piece is quite right, and although I can’t put my finger on it, it leaves me a little uncomfortable.
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