5997. M32 roundabout J3 (571)

Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2024
Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2024

A little while back, Logoe hit town again with another rash of wonderful script writing. This time, I wasn’t so quick to get all the pieces, and they tend not to last too long – perhaps a feature of the spots he chooses, but this one I did snap up, and it is a bit of a beauty.

Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2024
Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2024

Once again, Logoe has written his name in a script style, although this time the letters are a little plumper and kinder than usual. There is a bit of a drip thing going on, which is always good to see, and the colour transition from green to yellow is nicely worked. The piece is finished off with the customary sprinkling of oval spots running through the middle. An eye-catching piece of graffiti writing.

5974. St Werburghs tunnel (419)

Logoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2024
Logoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2024

Logoe has been visiting Bristol again recently, and that generally means that he painted several pieces over a weekend. Unfortunately this time I goofed up some of my photographs and on returning to the pieces they had already gone. Not to worry though, he is so prolific and this is the first of a few posts from his trip earlier in the month

Logoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2024
Logoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2024

This is a particularly fine example of his work; beautiful, clean script writing, spelling out LOGOE in turquoise, set on a grey-green background. He has painted a subtle patterned green drop shadow, that complements rather than dominates the writing. No contemporary Logoe piece is complete without a string of oval spots running through the middle of the writing. All great stuff.

5648. Horfield skate park (13)

Haka and Logoe, Horfield skate park, Bristol, November 2023
Haka and Logoe, Horfield skate park, Bristol, November 2023

I don’t tend to visit Horfield skate park all that often, even though it is one of the closer spots to where I live, mainly because the turnover there is disappointingly slow. On the upside, when I do make the trip, there are usually two or three new pieces to enjoy. This one is a rather nice little collaboration from Logoe and Haka.

Haka and Logoe, Horfield skate park, Bristol, November 2023
Haka and Logoe, Horfield skate park, Bristol, November 2023

The duck character on the left is by Haka, and for once I am stumped – I don’t know if the duck is from Haka’s imagination or is from a children’s picture book, either way he is rather fun. Logoe completes the collaboration with his straight-line script writing, great fills and oval spots. The background colour helps to lift the whole thing and adds vibrancy and joy to a rather dull concrete corner of the Horfield Leisure Centre.

5642. M32 roundabout J3 (523)

Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2023
Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2023

This is one of several pieces painted by Logoe a few weeks back during one of his blitz weekend visits. I got lucky and managed to catch up with him while he was painting this one, and we chatted for a while. Logoe is truly one of the gentlemen of Bristol graffiti writing, and although not a resident of the city, you would hardly know it.

Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2023
Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2023

This is a rather special piece with his writing superimposed on a hillside horizon, cutting the piece into two segments with two colours, black and pink, that contrast differently with the letters. The writing is in a straight-line joined up script style, spelling out the artist’s name. Of course there are a few oval dots thrown in for good measure. Nice work from Logoe.

5557. M32 roundabout J3 (516)

Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2023
Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2023

This lovely script writing piece by Logoe was one of nine painted during a frenzied 24 hour period of activity when he visited Bristol a few weeks back. I think I only managed to find five of them, and often these blitz pieces get painted over quite quickly, depending on where they are.

Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2023
Logoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2023

It would be inconsistent of me to say I like the colours used in this piece, because I have said repeatedly on Natural Adventures that brown colour palettes are probably my least favourite. What he has done here is great to see… just a shame it is brown.

5535. St Werburghs tunnel (386)

Logoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2023
Logoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2023

A couple of weekends ago I bumped into Logoe just as he was finishing off his 9th piece in 24 hours or so. What! His productivity when he visits Bristol is simply off the scale. He saves up his time and paint and then blitzes the streets when he can. It all sounds a little obsessive to me, but who am I to comment?

Logoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2023
Logoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2023

What is notable is that even when he is rushing through the pieces, the quality of the final outcome is consistently. While we were chatting the subject of the dots arose, and I said to him that the row of little dots or ovals were fairly unique to him. It turns out that he started introducing them to his pieces to cover up little mistakes, and then they became a feature. He admitted that they are still used to cover up mistakes sometimes.

Logoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2023
Logoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2023

Both of these pieces, one at each end of the tunnel, are written in a cartoony script style, with thin letters, and both spelling out LOGOE, each beautifully themed with great colours. Of course the dots are there playing their part.

Logoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2023
Logoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2023

I am away in Cornwall at the moment, but I have a feeling that he might have paid another visit to Bristol this weekend, and if so, I’d better make sure I have enough memory on my camera.

5211. M32 roundabout J2 (3)

Logoe, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, April 2023
Logoe, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, April 2023

As regular readers will know, Logoe is an artist who visits Bristol several times a year, and one who makes the most of each trip, typically painting about six pieces over a couple of days. On his last visit, Logoe favoured the area around the Junction 2 roundabout on the M32.

Logoe, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, April 2023
Logoe, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, April 2023

These two pieces were painted opposite each other in a foot tunnel under the roundabout. Painted in his customary script writing, both pieces incorporated a fair amount of gold and orange tones and a liberal smattering of accompanying spots and dots.

Logoe, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, April 2023
Logoe, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, April 2023

I can only guess that Logoe pretty much sprays these pieces in quick-time. I wonder if the phrase ‘always a little further’ relates in any way to his heroic efforts. In this second piece, the white border is a nice touch which lifts the piece a little. I guess we need to brace ourselves for another visit sometime, although I understand that his work is a little more busy in the warmer months.

5166. M32 roundabout J2 (2)

Logoe, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, April 2023
Logoe, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, April 2023

It would be fair to say that I am struggling to keep up with Logoe’s activity. He may only be a weekend visitor to Bristol, but he certainly crams in the pieces when he comes. I ventured up to the Junction 2 roundabout of the M32 recently, and found several recent pieces by Logoe, a couple of which are featured in this post.

Logoe, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, April 2023
Logoe, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, April 2023

I rather like the colours of this compressed green piece, written in a slightly fatter script than his usual scratchy letters. It would appear that Logoe can slap up his graffiti pieces in no time at all without compromising the quality of design or finishing.

Logoe, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, April 2023
Logoe, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, April 2023

The second piece is rather wider than the first, but picks up on the slightly fatter letters.  I am guessing that this was the last of a series painted during the day, because it has the message ‘bed time…’. I am guessing he was tired, because there is a distinct lack of horizontal oval spots – perhaps he had run out of paint. I think that Logoe represents the almost obsessive side of graffiti writing married up with the pure joy he would seem to get out of it. Lots more to come from this session.

5158. M32 Cycle path (210)

Logoe, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2023
Logoe, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2023

The more you look, the more you find is a saying that can definitely be applied to Logoe, as I found another five recent pieces by him last weekend. There was a time when Logoe was an occasional visitor back to Bristol, and he would write half a dozen pieces each trip. Now it seems that he is maintaining the volume while increasing the frequency. It’s a lot to keep up with.

Logoe, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2023
Logoe, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2023

This piece is definitely something of an outlier compared to most of his script writing, but in the same breath completely recognisable too. Of course, the LOGOE letters give it away, but the other signature feature is the horizontal scattering of oval dots. Fat letters in complementary browns, nicely presented, what’s not to like?

5146. M32 Spot (161)

 

Logoe, M32 Spot, Bristol, March 2023
Logoe, M32 Spot, Bristol, March 2023

It takes talent to paint on the sides of containers or on shutters, because of the uneven surface, but so many artists seem to master the problem with consummate ease, including Logoe with this piece under the M32. This container has been here for years, but I have absolutely no idea why or what it is for,  it is has provided a canvass for so many artists.

Logoe, M32 Spot, Bristol, March 2023
Logoe, M32 Spot, Bristol, March 2023

This is another in the series of pieces by Logoe from his most recent blitz, and what a fine piece it is too. Unusually there are no oval dots running horizontally through the piece, and so you get to see the raw script writing without any distractions. All good from Logoe.