Tag: King Square Avenue

7003. King Square Avenue

Bethcub, King Square Avenue, Bristol, June 2025
Bethcub, King Square Avenue, Bristol, June 2025

Following my last post featuring a couple of wheatpaste drawings by Bethcub recently, I had a nice Instagram message from the artist, who had read the post and told me a little bit more about these wheatpastes. Bethcub confirmed that they are one-off charcoal drawings from her life drawing class, which she fixes and pastes up straight after the class. It is always great to know a little bit more about the art on our streets.

Bethcub, King Square Avenue, Bristol, June 2025
Bethcub, King Square Avenue, Bristol, June 2025

In this sketch, the model is perching (rather awkwardly) on a stool as if in transition. Some lovely curves, and an unusual position, make this a fascinating study. Seeing things like this, make me excited about retirement and a pledge I have made to myself to start art lessons. Why wait? You might ask – not enough hours in the day, I might reply.

2030. King Square Avenue (4)

Somehow this Deamze piece passed me by. Probably because this spot always seems to have one of his pieces in it…he owns the space. It is not a street with much other street art, so trips there are infrequent and therefore any refresh of this wall can be easily missed.

Deamze, King Square Avenue, Bristol, August 2018
Deamze, King Square Avenue, Bristol, August 2018

The work is not unlike his previous one here (see below) in so much as it is in his sharp and jagged style and has a hog character. So crisp and clean, just another example of the brilliance of this artist. Although I took the picture in August last year, I have only just got round to posting it. Worth the wait.

Deamze, Kings Square Avenue, Bristol, April 2017
Deamze, Kings Square Avenue, Bristol, April 2017

652. King Square Avenue (3)

Such is the prolific nature of Laic217, I am having real difficulty keeping up with his work that just keeps popping up all over Bristol. It seems to be about one a week at the moment, which is kind of crazy.

Laic217, King Square Avenue, Bristol, February 2017
Laic217, King Square Avenue, Bristol, February 2017

This piece is in a quiet side road off Stokes Croft, a site frequented by Epok and Deamze, but this sits comfortably in their company. Laic217 gathers several of his regular themes into one with this piece, the acid house influence, the toking smilie, the bucket hat, the skull and the brick wall.

Laic217, King Square Avenue, Bristol, February 2017
Laic217, King Square Avenue, Bristol, February 2017

He posted his black book draft of this piece on his Instagram feed, and the only variation from the draft is the colour of the LCD display, which was lilac in the draft. Much better as green. More to come form the busy Laic217. I forgot to say how much I like this piece…there I’ve said it now.

249. King Square Avenue (2)

Just to make a point I guess, I thought I’d post another Deamze burner in exactly the same place as the one in the previous post. As mentioned, these pieces are all very similar in structure and style, but each time the colour selection seems to be faultless.

Deamze, King Square Avenue, Bristol, April 2016
Deamze, King Square Avenue, Bristol, April 2016

There are more of these in my backlog of Bristol street art, but I will give you a break for the time being.

248. King Square Avenue (1)

The master of wildstyle writing in Bristol is also known for his rather less elaborate burners, particularly in the Stokes Croft area. They all follow a similar structure and clearly show the ASK (After School Klub) tag. Another tag that these are often given is ‘oxygenthieves’ to which I must admit to knowing very little, although I think it has something to do with Soker, Epok and Old Hempsy – I would guess a crew, since they are all established Bristol writers.

Deamze, King Square Avenue, Bristol, February 2016
Deamze, King Square Avenue, Bristol, February 2016

I love these striking burners. They have such clear, crisp lines and colour contrasts that seem to work very well together. Stokes Croft wouldn’t be Stokes Croft without a DEAM loitering out there somewhere.

Deamze, King Square Avenue, Bristol, February 2016
Deamze, King Square Avenue, Bristol, February 2016