River Avon – Natural adventures

7637. River Avon (119)

Sometimes when a piece isn’t signed, it can be difficult to identify the artist, but it is usually possible to do a little detective work to establish their identity. For example this piece gives some clues: the letters spell SEAM, but there is no way this is a Seam piece; Seam belongs to a crew that includes Seed, Seam, Asre and Zinso.

Seed hasn’t reached these levels yet, so the piece must either be by Zinso or Asre. The giveaway is the bubble surround, and the letter shapes to a certain extent, both of which indicate that this is by Asre. A quick check on Instagram to confirm, and there we have it. I suspect this might have been a birthday tribute to Seam.

7631. River Avon (118)

I don’t see many pieces by Mysto and therefore conclude that the artist is not from these parts and visits from time to time or simply doesn’t paint often, which is quite unusual for a graffiti artist. One thing though is that Mysto’s writing style is quite easy to identify.

This is a fine piece on the River Avon footpath in which the letters MYSTO have been expertly filled with a blended sequence of purples and violets with some bubbles reversed out throughout. The ‘mulshed’ white wall helps the piece to stand out, and a blue design around the letters finishes the piece off nicely.

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Esme Lower, River Avon, Bristol, April 2026

It is generally regarded in graffiti circles to be bad form to partially paint over another artist’s work. Either paint over the whole thing or leave a space next to it. This is something that Seed, in his enthusiasm for knocking out pieces, needs to rein in a little as he has done it a few times recently. Unfortunately his encroachment is on this lovely piece by Esme Lower alongside the River Avon.

Esme Lower has a great eye for colours and a fresh approach to her work. Here, her jaunty white ‘MELO’ letters are simply filled with purple spots, and the piece is set on a lush, green, organic background. I’m not sure what the boot is all about, but I love it. A very nice piece indeed from Esme Lower.

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I took these photographs on one of those rare occasions that my wife joined me on a ‘street art’ dog walk. She doesn’t share my enthusiasm for paint chucked at walls, but to be fair, not many people do. On the upside I did manage to introduce my wife to a new route for her road runs, for which she was most grateful.

These letters from Seam spell out his name with a series of characters in monochrome colour. There is a lot to like about this line up of cartoon-style characters, which although quite crudely drawn, have something about them. I love this take on combination graffiti writing.

Oblivious

Rabbits, Bristol Avon, Bristol, April 2026

Close-cropped sandy bank

three nonchalant rabbits munch

the earth still spinning

by Scooj

7604. River Avon (115)

It has taken me a long time to figure out the letters in this writing, and I am not too sure I would have done so without Paul H’s recent posting of a piece by the artist. The letters spell VERMO, but you have to study them pretty hard to figure it out, as they are deliberately deceptive. Once you know them you can see them, but it is that first time of working it out that takes the time.

I have a lot of Vermo’s pieces to share from my archives, but I decided to start with this combination piece alongside the river. Unusually this piece of writing includes a character, where most of his pieces contain only the ‘floating’ letters that are made up of component shapes, for example, both the ‘E’ and the ‘M’ are composed of three ovals of increasing size in different orientations. I wouldn’t quite know how to classify Vermo’s writing, but it might fall into the category of abstract graffiti writing, a bit like Mr Klue, but quite different in appearance. Watch this space for more from Vermo.

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Werm, River Avon, Bristol, February 2026

Werm has been on fire this year, turning out a variety of tight pieces, each with a slightly different look. This piece brings us back to his favoured structural letter style with a solid bilateral symmetry.

What makes this one stand out for me is the superb colour selection and freshness of the piece. Everything is near perfect. The letters are beautifully proportioned. The turquoise fill with its contiguous pattern of blue circles joined with lines has a molecular model feel to it, and is simply amazing. The red border is regular and clean and the piece sits on a beige buffed wall with superb red bricks randomly distributed. A very classy piece from Werm.

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Fasho, River Avon, Bristol, November 2025

Recently I posted the first piece by Fasho on Natural Adventures, and I said that I’d dig out some of his pieces from my archive, and here I am staying true to my word. I haven’t met Fasho, but I think he? belongs to a group of graffiti artists who like to stay under the radar a little, so I will respect that until such time as I meet him.

I have many more photographs of his pieces in my archives, because I like the unconventional structure of his letters, and I will endeavour to dig more of them out. The letters spell FASHO, and have this curious rounded knobbly look to them, I guess a device to stand out from the crowd, which seems to work. The letters are filled with vertical purple and red stripes of varying width, and contained within a yellow, white and black triple border. Nice work.

7488. River Avon (112)

I’ll be in meetings in London today, so I wrote this post quickly last night. Kush has been appearing more frequently in the pages of Natural Adventures recently. Whether it is because he is painting more or I am seeing his pieces more is open to debate.

This is a rather nice straightforward piece on a new stretch of rather horrible white shiny hoarding around a new development alongside the river. The letters. KUSH, are nicely filled with grey and gold colours with reversed out bubbles and a touch of pink. A confident red border finished the piece well and separates it from the ghastly hoarding.

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Creamylines, River Avon, Bristol, September 2025

Going through my archive, I found this beauty by Creamylines, which I photographed last September. I don’t quite understand how this one slipped through the cracks, as I like to post every piece of his that I find… but it did, so I am posting it now.

The theme is what I’d expect to see; The sun, some clouds, a landscape, this time with mountains and a number of figures, faces and eyes scattered throughout the piece. There is joy and humour here, and a connection with our landscape that is most potent. Creamylines’ pieces are a wonderful distraction from the urban grind of everyday life. Thank you Creamylines.

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