Mage – Natural adventures

8016. Sparke Evans Park (163)

Mage, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, October 2026

There is little doubt about it… Mage has recently stepped up a level. He has been turning out pieces on an incredibly regular basis and playing with his creative fills. All that hard work and practice is paying off, and his work is becoming more sophisticated, lifting up the ranks of Bristol writers.

These letters in Sparke Evans Park are quite sensational. The simple spotty effect is so clever and creates a uniformity and vibrancy in the piece. Combined with a beautifully worked drop shadow, this piece pops perfectly and stands out from the crowd. One of his best pieces yet IMO.

8004. M32 roundabout J3 (806)

Mage, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2026

It has been a delight to witness Mage’s creativity over the last couple of years. An artist who stays true to his letters and letter form, means that it is his fills which represent his ideas and expression. Of course technically he is always improving, but it is the fills that interest most.

This is a nice piece on the roundabout with tidy letters, drip shadow and yellow border. The fill is made up of patches of two different greens with some yellow crooked horizontal bars disrupting the calm. Mage has also put more thought and time into the background which looks like a raft of grey pixels, an improvement on his more usual diamond-shaped backdrop. Nicely thought and well presented – Mage is on fire at the moment, and watch this space for more.

7989. Peel Street Green (74)

Mage, Peel Street Green, Bristol, October 2026

In using contrasting colours to the orange painted wall, Mage has managed to make his letters stand out on this wall formerly occupied by 210. It has to be said that Mage is painting like a man possessed, and not only in the quantity of pieces he is turning out, but also in their quality and creativity.

Mage is a graffiti writer completely at ease with his letter shapes, which remain reasonably consistent from piece to piece. It is the fills where his creativity comes in to play, and here he has painted a dazzling fill design with blended colours and soft lines, looking like a pile of boulders. The orange patterns add to the appearance, although it would have probably looked just as good without them. A seriously great piece of writing.

7888. M32 Cycle path (322)

Mage, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, August 2026

About 20 years ago I bought a Nike sweatshirt which didn’t have the tick logo, just the word Nike, and it was the exact same colours as the letter fills in this piece by Mage. This piece reminds me of that top, which I was very fond of, and I can’t unsee it in this piece.

Sometimes Mage’s execution can look a little rushed, but not in this piece, everything is absolutely on-point. The clean dynamic two-colour fill is attraxctively presented, and supported with a whuite drop shadow and fine black border. Some greeny-yellow dusting creates an interface between the letters and the former occupant of this spot. I am not too sure about the colour selection of this, but I am splitting hairs a bit. A very nice tidy piece of writing from Mage.

7860. M32 roundabout J3 (788)

Mage, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2026

If I posted all the Mage pieces I find, thern I woulkd struggle to make space for much else. I accept that this is a bit of an exaggeration, but I do have a lot of his pieces that haven’t made it out of the archives…yet. I think that I would categorise Mage as a bit of a classy bomber. He likes to just show up and over-paint existing work, and rarely, if ever, buffs the wall first, leaving behind the remnants of the piece before it, which in this instance was by Bloem.

I really like this piece, which is nicely thought out and crisply painted. The deep red letter fill is broken up with brighter red plasma lines and decorated with some characterful yellow circles. The contrasting turquoise drop shadow has some nice block decorations. The only thing I am a little unsure about is the black decorations around the perimeter which I think add nothing to the piece. More to come, always.

7557. Greenbank (185)

Mage has been busy painting on the streets for a while now, and previously under a different name. He likes to throw up his letters pretty much everywhere, but his pieces are far from ‘throw ups’. Not one for backgrounds or buffing walls, it is important that his fills work hard to make his work distinctive and stand out from messy walls.

In this piece Mage’s fill is exquisite. It almost looks like his letters and gorgeous drop shadow have been painted over an existing grey piece of artwork. Clever stuff. In this instance Mage has added some black border decorations and some orange partial background. A very nice piece of graffiti writing.

7448. M32 Cycle path (306)

Mage, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, January 2026

I am really pleased to see this piece from Mage, because it is almost as if he has read some of my posts where I have repeatedly said that his letter choice lends itself to sharp-edged and quite clunky writing. Here he proves me wrong with the same letters written in a softer, almost bubble-like font.

All the components are there, good letter design, a thought out fill pattern, great red drop shadow, and a little bit of decoration to distinguish the piece from the underlying graffiti. All in all a very nice piece of graffiti writing from Mage, who has surpassed the challenge of his letter choice.

7399. M32 roundabout J3 (735)

Mage, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2025

Mage has, as I said a few days ago, been incredibly productive this year, turning out quick and dirty pieces as well as some rather classy pieces along the way, of which this is one.

I still think that the letters MAGE are quite clunky, but he manages to turn out some great pieces with these tricky letters. The greyscale pixelated pattern works brilliantly inside the pink drop shadow, an amazing colour combination. The lines are crisp and tight, suggesting some care and time were spent on this piece. I have noticed that Mage likes to set his pieces on a kind of diamond-shaped background, and have to remember to include it in the frame for the photographs I take of his work. Greta stuff from Mage.

7384. M32 roundabout J3 (734)

Really quick ones today. I am unexpectedly dropping my son and a friend off at Heathrow this morning after a last minute change of plans, so am very short of time to write posts. This is a rather nice one from Mage on the roundabout.

Mage has had an incredible 2025, and his work can be seen absolutely everywhere in Bristol. It seems as if he is on a mission. The quality of his work is variable, but his energy and enthusiasm unmatched. This is a bit of a beauty, with his angular letter shapes, but those fills are to die for. Excellent stuff.

7355. Cumberland Basin

Mage, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, November 2025

More from Mage, this time his writing has a slightly softer feel to it. I have said before that the letters MAGE, in my view are a little unforgiving, although lots of straight lines and sharp edges. By incorporating a lower case ‘a’ and ‘e’ Mage has managed to smooth out some of the lines.

The two tone pink letters are bordered with a brown drop shadow, and you will know my feelings about brown by now, so possibly another colour would have been my preference. Mage has been a busy boy this autumn.

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	hitandrun1964 on 8025. Lucky Lane (28)

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