7398. Peel Street Green (59)

Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025
Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025

I can think of few artists I would rather post on my birthday than Bloem. I have enjoyed her emergence and development so much over the last couple of years and I genuinely can’t think of a much better birthday present.

Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025
Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025

This is a stunning mural piece, beautifully crafted, full of all the things you’d expect from Bloem… hands with long nails, chains and flowers. I suspect there is loads of conscious or unconscious symbolism here, but I’ll not attempt to analyse it. The split between the two colour schemes of pink and blue is expertly worked. All in all this is a stunner. Bravo!

7391. Peel Street Green (58)

Sub, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025
Sub, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025

This is what I have been waiting for from Sub – a wonderful fusion of his extra-large letters and a creative fill. In my mind’s eye, this piece and the one from underneath the M32 mark a new level in his work, and is a culmination of tons of practice and development during 2025.

Sub, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025
Sub, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025

His SUB letters give the impression of being hollow and having the appearance of a pastry cutter, which is a clever effect. The void is filled with pink and blue ephemeral hexagons that appear to float in the space. Some green blobs distract the eye and round off the work – I can’t make up my mind whether they add to or detract from the piece. I hope that Sub will be able to kick-on from this fabulous end to the year in 2026 – I’ll be watching.

7380. Peel Street Green (57)

Bbygwya, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025
Bbygwya, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025

The Peel Street Green spot is a funny one. Sometimes it can go for weeks without any refreshes, and other times it can change every few days. It is one of those places that I need to visit regularly just in case, it is also quite a nice walk with the dog alongside the River Frome.

Bbygwya, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025
Bbygwya, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025

This piece by Bbygwya (AKA – Lux, Luxe, Flux) was part of a birthday paint jam for Roma I think. The letters LUXIE are nicely presented, with some great fading in her fill work of pinks and greys. Her letters are given a lift with some white highlights and white corner spots. Altogether a nice piece of graffiti writing from Lux.

7356. Peel Street Green (56)

After a couple of very busy days in London, and returning to Bristol late last night, we had a lie in thin morning, the likes of which we haven’t had for many years. What that means of course is that I have to write today’s posts in record time because we have a ton of pre-Christmas jobs to do today.

Seed, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025
Seed, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025

Seed is working really hard to make his mark on the graffiti writing scene. He has hooked up with Asre and Zinso, who will be able to guide him and teach him a few tricks along the way. I have met him only once, but his ambition and desire to improve were clear. This is a rather nice piece with large overlapping letters in a combination of greens. The lower part, I think has incorporated the artwork of the previous occupant of the spot, which fortunately is in complementary greens. Keep your eyes peeled for more from Seed.

7329. Peel Street Green (54)

Butch, Peel Street Green, Bristol, November 2025
Butch, Peel Street Green, Bristol, November 2025

This is a rather small but pleasing piece by Butch at the end of the long wall at Peel Street Green. I have made no effort to hide the fact that I really like Butch’s writing, perhaps, because the letters are interesting, and the way he arranges them appeals to me.

Butch, Peel Street Green, Bristol, November 2025
Butch, Peel Street Green, Bristol, November 2025

The red letters are bordered with a light blue line, and the combination works surprisingly well. The way that the letters are irregularly presented, although with a consistent overlap, is part of Butch’s USP and to my eye really attractive. There are some subtle drips and spots in the fills to add interest and some yellow spots to finish. This piece somehow feels really representative of the Bristol graffiti scene.

7271. Peel Street Green (53)

Avem808, Peel Street Green, Bristol, October 2025
Avem808, Peel Street Green, Bristol, October 2025

It is always most satisfying to be able to put a name to a piece of artwork. Much of what I do is detective work, trying to work out or find out who a particular piece might be, using my own knowledge of the Bristol scene, the Interweb and Instagram in particular, and conversations with artists when I meet them. This one took me a little while, but I figured out that it is by Avem808 (it is signed) who I think might be a friend of Esme Lower.

Avem808, Peel Street Green, Bristol, October 2025
Avem808, Peel Street Green, Bristol, October 2025

This is a superb piece of graffiti writing, with a flat surface to the letters filled with an interesting blue cosmic-style scene. The letters pop a little due to the magnificent yellow (gold) 3D drop shadow with a central vanishing point. Blue and yellow work exceptionally in this piece, and the dark blue background with large bubbles also lifts the letters. An accomplished piece which triggered my memory that I had previously seen another piece by Avem808 (see tomorrow).

7256. Peel Street Green (52)

3Dom, Peel Street Green, Bristol, September 2025
3Dom, Peel Street Green, Bristol, September 2025

Is it really November already? It is all happening too fast for my liking. Over the years, this wall has been dominated by wonderful pieces by 3Dom, and this is another one in a top class series. It is a real ‘statement’ wall which is rarely tagged or spoilt in any way, and most pieces that appear here tend to remain for quite a while, although unusually 3Dom’s last piece here was very short-lived.

3Dom, Peel Street Green, Bristol, September 2025
3Dom, Peel Street Green, Bristol, September 2025

In pretty much all of 3Dom’s work, there are two notable things going on, firstly, his outstanding surreal artwork and secondly a strong story or message underpinning the piece. The skull is decorated with so many interesting features and details, such as the change of colour within the pink circle, the independently patterned eyes, and the floating lower jawbone. The messages ‘unity is power’ and ‘resistance is fertile’ (an amusing corruption of the Borg’s resistance is futile from Star Trek) speak of activism and speaking truth to power. More strength to 3Dom. A fine piece of street art.

7236. Peel Street Green (51)

Klashwhensober, Peel Street Green, Bristol, September 2025
Klashwhensober, Peel Street Green, Bristol, September 2025

I think, that at times, life has been quite unkind to Klashwhensober, and I know he has had his demons to battle with, so it is great to see him back on the streets again. It also looks like he has a little more clarity and concentration in his work.

Klashwhensober, Peel Street Green, Bristol, September 2025
Klashwhensober, Peel Street Green, Bristol, September 2025

This combination piece has some nice 3D letters spelling SOBER, which are accompanied by a rather sinister little character in green to the right. There is a contrast between his well crafted letters and fills and his rather less precise characters that epitomise his overall style. His work has been worth waiting for, and I hope that he has a settled and stable period going forward.

7178. Peel Street Green (50)

Mr Crawls and Mote, Peel Street Green, Bristol, September 2025
Mr Crawls and Mote, Peel Street Green, Bristol, September 2025

The ‘dynamic duo’, Mote and Mr Crawls, are back in a spot that they have painted together before in Peel Street Green. It is a smaller bit of wall at the right-hand end of the spot, and is the prefect size and shape for one of their collaborations. The pair of birds are painted in their own unique styles, but there are some obvious ideas that read-across both artists.

Mr Crawls and Mote, Peel Street Green, Bristol, September 2025
Mr Crawls and Mote, Peel Street Green, Bristol, September 2025

Mr Crawls has been developing his pigeon character and here he is in all his resplendent glory. The colours of pigeon plumage lend themselves to street art (note to self: do a pigeon special gallery) and are present here – I wonder if he will start to work in more of the iridescent greens and purples in future pieces. Mote presents a rather weird looking bird monster, which those of you with a natural history interest will appreciate can’t possibly be a bird due to the presence of nipples, a mammalian characteristic. In Mote’s defence, it is a monster and from his imagination so it can be whatever he wants it to be – that is the joy of character pieces. Great to see these two collaborating again.

7174. Peel Street Green (49)

Werm, Peel Street Green, Bristol, August 2025

Werm has not only had a great year, but actually several great years. He has been turning out his graffiti writing pieces with regularity and consistently high quality. This large piece in Peel Street Green is an absolute belter for many reasons.

Werm, Peel Street Green, Bristol, August 2025
Werm, Peel Street Green, Bristol, August 2025

First off, he has buffed the wall with a brick-red colour, taking the wall back to its original appearance. The wonderful writing itself in blended shades of blue are given a wonderful 3D appearance augmented by the drop shadow with its central vanishing point and some carefully crafted thin white highlight lines. The writing is bordered with a solid red line and the whole piece is beautifully neat and tidy. In my view, this is an outstanding piece from Werm.