7555. Cumberland Basin

Kool Hand, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2026
Kool Hand, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2026

What a lovely tidy and fresh-looking piece this is from Kool Hand. I was lucky enough to catch up with the artist himself as he was painting this one, and, like nearly all the artists I meet on the streets, he is a really nice and engaging bloke… why wouldn’t he be?

Kool Hand, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2026
Kool Hand, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2026

I think it is the freshness of this piece that makes it so easy on the eye. Everything feels solid and strong, and even the white highlights that help the piece to pop, are bold and unambiguous. A piece like this works so very well on a buffed wall, and could look quite compromised if it had been painted directly over existing busy graffiti.

7022. St Werburghs tunnel (512)

Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2025
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2025

Kool Hand has been having a great 2025 so far, producing numerous characters and writing pieces all over the place, each contributing to a noticeable and steady improvement over time. This is a lovely piece that was painted in the tunnel as part of Wispa’s birthday paint jam.

Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2025
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2025

This KOOL writing is very well produced, although in my least favourite range of colours. He is experimenting with some interesting fill pattern, which all look rather nice, and his fat white highlights work quite well to give the letters some depth. This is a nice piece to add to Kool Hand’s ever-expanding portfolio.