7900. Elton Street (34)

Guimeujoven, Elton Street, Bristol, August 2026
Guimeujoven, Elton Street, Bristol, August 2026

Ooh! this is a gorgeous piece by Guimeujoven, an occasional visitor to Bristol and an artist who painted a large piece at this year’s Upfest (coming soon). This is a very special piece which in its presentation looks fairly simple, bur is in fact technically excellent and complex.

Guimeujoven, Elton Street, Bristol, August 2026
Guimeujoven, Elton Street, Bristol, August 2026

Starting with the background wall, which is irregular and has real character, like an old wall might. The main character holding a spray can in depicted in solid fill shades. Where the technical brilliance comes in is within the red circle, where the shadings are continued through the piece but in red tones instead of Khaki and greys. Just brilliant and really good to look at.

7373. Brunel Way (345)

Guimeujoven, Brunel Way, Bristol, July 2025
Guimeujoven, Brunel Way, Bristol, July 2025

I am very fond of this little wall beside the river. It is all that remains of a small disused pump house or something, linked to the water company pumping station nearby. This piece, by Guimeujoven, has remained in my archive since July, because I couldn’t identify the artist. Thanks to Paul H, who did the detective work on this one, I now know the artist and am free to post the piece.

Guimeujoven, Brunel Way, Bristol, July 2025
Guimeujoven, Brunel Way, Bristol, July 2025

This is a really nice character piece worked up in four autumnal colours and so different from the kind of character pieces we are used to seeing in Bristol. The Brazilian artist is based in Exeter and I am somewhat surprised that we haven’t seen more of his work here, and a little saddened, because it is absolutely amazing… a quick glance at his Instagram feed is highly recommended. A mystery solved.