Peel Street Green – Page 2 – Natural adventures

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It really isn’t that long ago that Bloem was painting rather basic fingers, cellphones and devilled cherries in some of the less popular spots all around Bristol, but her accelerated progress means that her work is more than comfortable alongside some of the best writers in the city.

Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, July 2025

This is a wonderful and complex combination piece, with some amazing writing and a cartoon-style hand (long nails of course). The weave pattern used to fill her letters is beautifully worked, and very neat and tidy. Every element of the piece has been nicely thought out and has come together really well. This is one of those pieces that actually looks better in a photograph, than it does in situ, perhaps because of its complexity. What a talent.

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Serm, Peel Street Green, Bristol, June 2025

Serm is an artist who doesn’t paint all that often, but his distinctive pieces are always a welcome addition. This time, he has gone for something a little different and cryptic, hiding his letters in the design.

The green fills and yellow drop shadows work well together, although I’m not sure about the white background that makes the whole piece look a little washed-out, and doesn’t create enough contrast with the letters. The green fills is a subtle blend of at least three tones which come together perfectly. I hope the wait for the next one isn’t too long.

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Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, May 2025

There is an unwritten rule in street/graffiti art that suggests that you shouldn’t paint over a piece that is better than the one you are covering it with. Of course, this is unenforced (it is a jungle out there) and also is subjective. The logical conclusion is that you end up with every wall having high-end pieces that remain forever. This is where taggers and bombers come in – they have little regard for conventions and bring every wall back to square one. The ecosystem seems to work.

I mention this in passing, because I was surprised to see this Bloem piece appear on this particular wall only a matter of days after it had been painted by 3Dom. In the grand scheme of things, there are few better artists than 3Dom in Bristol, and seeing this Bloem piece certainly raised my eyebrow. Fortunately, I don’t think 3Dom is at all precious, and Bloem is rising up the ranks of Bristol artists with each new piece she paints.

To have replaced 3Dom’s piece with this superb flower character/design certainly softens the blow. Bloem has a keen eye for design and matches it up with superb technical ability. I have to remind myself that she really only started painting walls a couple of years ago and has progressed at an alarming rate. This is a real beauty, and she has perfected chrysanthemum petals to a tee.

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Mage, Peel Street Green, Bristol, May 2025

There are a few graffiti writers emerging in Bristol, some that may have been around a while, whose work is straightforward and down to earth, such as Short, Maes and in this instance Mage. While they haven’t yet reached the top division of writers, their presence is an important component of the graffiti scene in the city.

I only really became conscious of Mage’s work in the last six months or so, and this is the first piece I have listed on Natural Adventures. This is a nice tidy chrome piece with an attractive red drop shadow set on a white wall and blue backdrop. A lovely finishing touch of blue plasma rounds the piece off nicely.

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3Dom, Peel Street Green, Bristol, May 2025

Ordinarily, I would expect a 3Dom piece to stick around for a month or two at least, but this wonderful piece only lasted a couple of weeks, which is a shame, but at least it was painted over with a decent piece, and it wasn’t tagged or bombed.

There is always a great deal of symbolism in 3Dom’s work, and here is a large eye character bearing the heavy weight of a skull. There is so much more going on here than simply the idea. The colour selections, light cast, shadows and perspectives are all impeccably presented and sets a bar for character artists across the land. You might spot a yellow Mr Bloopy in the background too.

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Werm, Peel Street Green, Bristol, April 2025

I am chronically short on time for today’s post, indeed I was short of time when I wrote it yesterday. This is another intricate bilaterally symmetrical piece piece from Werm, to bolster his catalogue of such pieces. I feel that he might move on to another theme before too long, especially as he has been painting these types of pieces for a while now.

This set of letters spelling WERM are rather nicely filled with a white and off-white colour and a contiguous pattern that runs through the piece. A deep pink drop shadow is bordered with a blue line and the whole thing is set on a blue splash, also symmetrical. Nice work.

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Cort, Peel Street Green, Bristol, April 2024

Cort doesn’t paint as often these days as he has done in the past, however, what he does paint tends to be pretty good. This stunning piece from the quiet artist is quick to grab the eye, with some simple shapes and colours, reaffirming the maxim that sometimes ‘less is more’.

The orange C is quite distinct from the chrome ORT, and given different treatment, creating a juxtaposition within the writing. The splash of light blue behind the letters is a clever design intervention to break up the monotony of the darker blue background. This is a nicely conceived and executed piece by Cort.

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Hemper, Peel Street Green, Bristol, February 2025

Hemper continues with his odyssey through various styles and ideas, so much so that I am beginning to wonder whether some of his new pieces can possibly be by him, such as this curious combination piece in Peel Street Green.

It looks like there is a message here ‘open your mind’ and perhaps that is a mantra he is working with currently. The letters are in the style of the monster energy drink logo, and the character looks like he has been drinking a little too much of it. It is so refreshing to see Hemper pushing so many boundaries, not only creatively, but also energetically. A wonderful and weird piece.

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Werm, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2024

Werm has had a very good year in 2024, and tried out several new variants of his letters, sticking with some and abandoning others. This was a particular theme that saw him through most of the year, crafting the letters WERM into a bilaterally symmetrical pattern.

This one looks like it might have suffered a little at the hands of the weather, or the background wasn’t fully applied, which is a pity, because it distracts a little from the writing itself, demonstrating why backgrounds can be so important. It’ll be interesting to see if Werm moves on from this style in 2025.

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Sub, Peel Street Green, Bristol, October 2024

The wall at Peel Street Green is naturally broken into sections and each one is quite large, offering lots of space for artists to show off their work. I think that this presents SUB with a bit of a problem, because his letters, only three of them, end up being so large, and it becomes difficult to keep the fills interesting.

Sub writes with large letters that he typically fills with single or multiple horizontal fills. He is still developing his style, and is improving from piece to piece, but I think that to lift his work to the next level he might think about how he treats his fills, or perhaps varies his letter shapes. Having said that, I admire anyone with talent and determination getting out there and decorating walls, Sub included.

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