7181. Greenbank (172)

Hire and Sait Bare, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2025
Hire and Sait Bare, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2025

I mentioned a couple of days back that Hire and Sait Bare have formed a collaborative partnership this summer which seems to be proving rather fruitful. This is a lovely colour-themed collaboration from the pair on the long hoarding on the Bristol to Bath cycle path.

Hire, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2025
Hire, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2025

Hire has written the most common of his letter forms HIRE, with some nice script letters in yellow that are far removed from his early pieces that were much more jagged and harsh. He has gone for an interesting interstitial fill within the boundary of the letters, which creates an interesting effect. The writing is painted on a background with a rather subtle pink cloud set on a grey buff.

Sait Bare, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2025
Sait Bare, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2025

Sait Bare has written BARE using the same yellow colour and background, which brings some synergy to the collaboration, but his letter style is quite different. There is a nice transition from solid green and bubbles through to solid yellow and some subtle green patterning. As a pair, these two are working well together and I look forward to more collaborations.

7176. M32 roundabout J3 (713)

Hire, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025
Hire, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

This is a wonderful piece of graffiti writing from Hire, that was painted alongside Sait Bare. Together they seem to have struck up a painting partnership and have collaborated a few times recently – I posted Sait Bare’s piece adjacent to this one a little while ago.

Hire, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025
Hire, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

Hire has painted his ODIAH letters, which he does from time to time, and they look absolutely splendid. This is a tight piece of writing with some great fills including  mid-line which offers depth to the letters as do the 3D drop shadows. The whole thing is painted on an interesting background of roughly rollered green on black – an interesting effect.

7126. M32 roundabout J3 (701)

Sait Bare, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025
Sait Bare, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

In Bristol we have so many different styles of graffiti writing, and a lot of these fit into certain defined categories such as wildstyle, anamorphic, calligraffiti, anti-style, script, bubble writing and so on, but with some artists, it is really difficult to stick them in a particular pigeonhole, and I think Sait bare is one of those,

Sait Bare, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025
Sait Bare, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

This is a nice piece painted alongside Hire, a pairing that seems to be increasingly common. There is a bilateral symmetry emerging in this piece, which is perhaps the key focal point, as the fills are quite plain. The drop shadow converging on a central vanishing point and the glowing green border highlights provide plenty of depth. Also, the eyes, which are common to both this piece and the adjacent one by Hire, definitely add interest.

7045. Dean Lane skate park (849)

Hire and Sait Bare, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2025
Hire, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2025

This piece from Hire had me raising my eyebrows, in a good way, because it is quite unlike anything I have seen from him before. I would normally associate his work with quite intricate, spiky, angular letters, but here he has gone for something altogether softer and more fluid – to be honest I hind it a little disorientating. (Update – I am being particularly dense, the writing is, of course, by Sait Bare, which is why it is so different in style. I couldn’t see the wood for the trees.

Hire, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2025
Hire, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2025

The combination of letters and two characters works well, with a face on the left and one of his trademark rabbits (see, it is spiky) to the right. The letters have a traditional 3D drop shadow with black and red stripes. This whole thing looks like Hire is experimenting a bit, departing from his customary style, and that has to be applauded.

6928. Brunel Way (314)

Sait Bare, Brunel Way, Bristol, May 2025
Sait Bare, Brunel Way, Bristol, May 2025

I have to be a little brief this morning. I am staying with family, and I think breakfast is ready…

I have noticed that Sait Bare likes to paint in this area by the river, and would guess that he probably lives nearby.

Sait Bare, Brunel Way, Bristol, May 2025
Sait Bare, Brunel Way, Bristol, May 2025

Perhaps the most notable thing about this lovely piece is the colour selection, which reminds me of a stick of rhubarb, and once seen that way, it can’t be unseen. The letters SAIT are nicely filled in the base colours and liberally decorated with colour- matched dots. The whole thing is nicely rounded off with a black and white stripy drop shadow. An attractive piece of graffiti writing.

6774. M32 roundabout J3 (659)

Sait Bare, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2025
Sait Bare, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2025

I believe that this piece by Sait Bare is another contribution to the World Wall Stylers Space Jam themed paint jam on the M3 roundabout. The piece is unusual in so much as Sait Bare usually writes SAIT, but in this piece he spells out BARE.

Sait Bare, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2025
Sait Bare, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2025

The most distinctive element of Sait Bare’s work is the background setting, which offers decorated cloudy plumes drifting off in all directions. The irregular letters are nicely decorated with the continuing theme of cloudy plumes, in the themed colours of pinks, purples and lilacs. A deep drop shadow lifts nicely the letters from the space background. I wonder if it is time for a Sait Bare gallery – watch this space.

6722. Cumberland Basin

Sait Bare, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, January 2025
Sait Bare, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, January 2025

Sait Bare is a wonderful graffiti writer who paints just often enough to get himself notices, and has a style of writing all of his own. He tends to present irregular letters that have an organic feel about them, as there were a live being in there somewhere.

Sait Bare, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, January 2025
Sait Bare, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, January 2025

This writing, which was painted alongside some Hire piece, has a wonderful deep, rich colour palette. The letters, spelling SAIT, merge with one another and it is the fills that drift through the piece that pick out the individual letters, but in an ephemeral way. Sait Bare’s work is really unusual and quite unlike anything else we see in Bristol.

6427. Cumberland Basin

Sait Bare and Zake, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2024
Sait Bare and Zake, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2024

I think that Zake is not only incredibly prolific, but is also one of those artists who is happy to collaborate with anyone. Some artists are quite particular about who they collaborate with, but Zake, it would seem, just loves to paint with other artists. In this piece he has teamed up, to great effect, with Sait Bare.

Sait Bare and Zake, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2024
Sait Bare and Zake, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2024

The writing, spelling SA(I)T, is by Sait Bare and is typical of his non-conformist letter shapes and cloudy fills, a style that takes a little getting used to, but which is really growing on me. The ‘i’ is supplied by painted by zake in the form of one of his distinctive cartoon portraits, whose body makes up the stem of the ‘i’ and whose head is the dot on top.  This is an unexpected and rather successful collaboration, and I suspect not the last from this pair.

6394. Cumberland Basin

Sait Bare, Cumberland Bain, Bristol, August 2024
Sait Bare, Cumberland Bain, Bristol, August 2024

Painted as part of the World Wall Stylers ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ paint jam, this is an absolute beauty by Sait Bare, and possibly the best piece I have seen from the artist yet. Although there is no character, Sait Bare has adhered to the colour scheme, and thrown himself into the collaborative effort.

Sait Bare, Cumberland Bain, Bristol, August 2024
Sait Bare, Cumberland Bain, Bristol, August 2024

The colours are expertly blended with beguiling patterning running through the letters which spell out SAIT. There is a smoky, ephemeral feel to the whole piece, all very atmospheric. There is a bit of a juxtaposition between the wispy fills and the solid 3D drop shadow, but I think it comes together nicely.

6343. Brunel Way (286)

Sait Bare, Brunel Way, Bristol, August 2024
Sait Bare, Brunel Way, Bristol, August 2024

Sait Bare appears to be painting more often, or maybe I am simply seeing his pieces more often, either way, it is great to find his work. This piece took a couple of trips to record, because the first time I saw it, it was incomplete, and I had to return a few days later to see the final rendition.

Sait Bare, Brunel Way, Bristol, August 2024
Sait Bare, Brunel Way, Bristol, August 2024

It is interesing to see, from the work in progress, the layering and sequencing that Sait Bare undertakes in producing his work. This is not the first time that Sait Bare has used this particular design idea of presenting two entirely different colour schemes mashed up together in sections, and thee final effect is stunning, if not a little confusing.

Sait Bare, Brunel Way, Bristol, August 2024
Sait Bare, Brunel Way, Bristol, August 2024

The letters spell SAIT, and while the font is consistent through the piece, the background and fills most definitely are not. So the overall appearance is that one piece has been painted over the other and then half of it ripped down. You need to ask yourself which one was painted over the other? An interesting illusion.