Asre now has a full head of steam having returned to the Bristol scene this summer. I am struggling to keep up with all his pieces, having photographed another three last weekend. This is a rather pretty beast in Dean Lane from last month.
Asre, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2025
The tried and tested combination of pink and blue work well in this piece. His letters are nicely designed and uncomplicated, with a solid blue fill and steady black border. The clouds are in two shades of pink which offset the letters beautifully. More to come soon from Asre.
There are some street artists who simply don’t appear to want to be followed, or at least that is how it seems, and it might be for a number of legitimate reasons. The first time I managed to pin down a name for this artist, he called himself j9449j on Instagram, followed by @Dr3amc0re94 and @all_4_n0thing, and now I can’t find him at all. My protocol for attributing artwork to artists who constantly change their names is to go with the first name I used for them, other examples include Slim Pickings (TES) and Biers (WD40).
J9449j, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2025
The design of this piece and the colour palette are exquisite, with the chrome and bronze working perfectly with the black, white and turquoise. The abstract design carries, as always, a reflection of natural elements, such as leaves and grass, a feature of j9449j’s work. An attractive piece that is easy on the eye.
Even though Lis painted this piece well in advance of Halloween, such is my huge backlog of photographs, I am still several days late posting it, and I have loads of other Halloween pieces that I might just clear by Christmas.
Lis, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2025
This piece reminds me of one she painted under the M32 as it is like an archway with a vortex into another world or domain. A couple of menacing crows holding weapons in their beaks add a bit of horror threat, and of course there are a couple of spider’s web decorations. A nicely painted piece as part of a mini paint jam with Rowzgraff and Ozuk.
This wonderful character by Veeez, or VZA, is another one I have pulled out of my archive from earlier this year, because it is simply too good not to post. There was a time when VZA first hit the walls of Bristol that it was difficult to not stumble across one of his characters of toadstools, however, of late his pieces have become a bit of a rarity.
VZA, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2025
This is a wonderful, bold and bright alien bug painted with strong fills in two shades and an incredibly precise thin black outline. Obviously the work of a very skilled artist and a superbly creative subject too. It is a pity he doesn’t paint all that often, although it is always worth waiting for.
Zinso’s return to painting walls in Bristol has been nothing short of heroic. His writing is always technically beautifully worked, with tight lines and well considered fills. He manages to present clean and crisp graffiti writing every time he ventures out.
Zinso, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2025
In this piece his letters ZINSO are painted with horizontal layers of colour fills, nicely blended, running from dark green to yellow. The thought that has gone into the background is as thorough as the letters themselves, and as a whole the presentation is excellent. Zinso is both productive and tidy.
Miso, Zase and Real143, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2025
For a short period in September, we were privileged to see a few pieces from Zase, a well known Bristol street artist, painting alongside what I assume were friends who were visiting. It would seem that it took the enthusiasm of these friends to encourage Zase to his some walls – good news indeed. This is a collaborative wall on the side of the swimming pool at Dean Lane by Miso, Zase and Real 143.
Miso, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2025
First up, and setting the tone with an unusual colour scheme, is this rather nice blocky piece by Miso. The piece cleverly plays with light and shade, giving the impression that the upper half is in shadow, which it isn’t. The effect is accentuated by darker shades on the upper half, and bright highlights glowing like lights. Playful stuff.
Zase, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2025
In the middle Zase has written out his name in his anamorphic style, playing tricks with the eyes, creating an extraordinary three-dimensional effect. Again, the use of light and shade helps to create this illusion.
Real143, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2025
To the right, and continuing the colour scheme, is another anamorphic piece, this time by Real143, and adopting a quite different overall style. This piece is much softer, with flowing rounded lines that together build an object with depth running deep into the wall. All three pieces play tricks with our eyes and this is a very special collaboration indeed.
It is not often that I post Halloween pieces in time for the festival, but fortunately this one by Rowzgraff was painted a little while ago and has made it through my pipeline process just in time. I am not familiar with the artist, who I believe was painting alongside Lis and Ozuk.s in a mini paint jam on the swimming pool wall in Dean Lane.
Rowzgraff, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2025
The Halloween piece is nicely worked with the letters ROWZ incorporating a happy pumpkin and a wizard’s hat. The whole piece is set on a starry night sky – just the thing to get you into the mood for tomorrow night. There will be more Halloween pieces to share, but they won’t feature here for a little while, such is the backlog.
This small piece by Pekoe marks the return of her ‘XXX hates fascists’, theme, which in this instance declares that is it Bristol that hates fascists, and one can be on fairly safe ground that it is indeed the case. It would look odd if somebody raised a hand and said “well, actually, I quite like fascists” – we know that they are out there though.
Pekoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2025
The piece was painted for Dean Lane Hardcore, I think. I feel that I haven’t seen enough of Pekoe’s work this year, and there has been a period of quiet from the regular drumbeat of RBF (Resting Bitch Face) paint jams this year – Family life seems to be a factor for some members. As ever, I look forward to more from Pekoe.
It feels like Asre’s comeback is complete. He is painting pretty frequently all over Bristol, although he has switched in the large part from his character portraits to his writing, and appears to be enjoying it.
Asre, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2025
This is a particularly neat piece from Asre, with some great colours, and precision throughout. The letters are beautifully filled reds and oranges decorated with reversed-out spots. The bold black border is thick and strong, helping the letters to stand out. The piece is set on blue ‘clouds’ which also have strong black outlines – a typical element of Asre’s work. Lots more to come from the artist.
Although this piece by Dai Luk has been dogged by some silly kid, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to post it here. There is a serenity and lightness of touch in this illustrative character piece that is quite out of the ordinary.
Dai Luk, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2025
This, I think, is the first piece I have seen by Dai Luk, who is a tattooist, like so many other street artists these days. A cross-legged figure sits in a meditative pose behind a large leaf, that might be symbolic of the body life, or at least that is what it says to me. I love the peace of the work and the soft colours. A fine mindful character piece.
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