Shutter – Page 2 – Natural adventures

7033. Hannover Place.

Ejits, Hannover Place, Bristol, June 2025

Hannover Place is probably most famous for the Banksy ‘girl with a pierced eardrum’ piece, which is still there, albeit with some paint damage. Just opposite is this shutter piece by Ejits, that absolutely made a lunchtime walk I took around the Harbourside a couple of weeks back.

I rarely walk around this area, so I’m not too sure how long the piece has been here, but it still looks in pretty good condition, so is probably months rather than years old. Ejits has a wonderful cartoon style that works so well on large or small walls. I am not too sure what is going on in this story piece, but it looks like there are many hands manipulating the central character. This might be a reference to the stop-frame animation technique used by Aardman animation studios, which is around the corner from this building. It is always great to find work by Ejits.

Banksy, Honover Place, Bristol, August 2015

6876. Kitchen Street, Liverpool

Coloquix, Kitchen Street, Liverpool, March 2025

Although I have only posted one other piece by Coloquix before, I am familiar with the artist’s work, and have been following their Instagram feed for years. I was surprised to find this painted shutter piece, because More often I am used to seeing wheatpastes by Coloquix.

The stylised character is the trademark of the artist, and here she nestles in a quarter moon with a friendly face. The horizontal bars of colour run across the piece nicely and overall it is a happy soulful piece and a good find during my stroll in Liverpool.

6556. Newfoundland Road (6)

Zase, Newfoundland Road, Bristol, November 2024

This is a curious shutter piece painted on a new Kashmiri restaurant in St Pauls. It is a little off the beaten track, but on one of my dog-walking circuits. The piece is signed by Zase, but it is quite unlike most of his work, and is most likely painted to a commission brief.

The piece is a stunning mountainous landscape, with a river running through rolling hills and a cherry blossom dangling across the piece in the foreground. The piece is unusual, because you simply don’t see this kind of thing very often in Bristol. It is beautiful.

On the other side of the restaurant entrance is a flag-map of Kashmir. I am not certain that Zase is the artist, because it is so utterly different from his normal style, and it isn’t quite finished to the sharp quality I would expect. The whole thing though is a refreshing change from the usual fare I see every single day.

6456. Muriel Alleyway (16)

HNH, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024

This piece was painted back at the end of July at the Muriel Alleyway mini paint festival organised by Rtiiika by an artist I have not encountered before called HNH. This is the first piece I am aware of that she has painted in Bristol, and I am really looking forward to watching her development. She has already dropped a few more pieces about the place and I think she brings something very different to the graffiti writing scene.

Shutter pieces are never easy to paint, but HNH has had a bloody good go with this one, and although the piece may seem a little rough around the edges, this is a great start. If I could use a parallel, what she does with graffiti writing reminds me of what the Cocteau Twins did with music and lyrics, if that makes any sense at all. Watch this space for more from HNH.

6339. Muriel Alleyway (12)

Esme Lower, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024

The mini street art festival in Muriel Alleyway, organised by Rtiiika at the end of July was a triumph, giving exposure to artists whose work is rarely seen in some of the regular graffiti spots around town. Most of the artists present belong to the Bristol Mural Collective who primarily work in studios, so this event is a great opportunity for them to paint in a safe environment and for us to see their work.

This colourful shutter piece is by Esme Lower who has been doing some interesting street work this summer, not least her collaboration with Bloem a couple of weeks back. This is a bright and cheerful abstract piece with some character eyes breaking cover from the kind of flowery vista. I look forward to seeing where Esme Lower’s journey takes us.

6312. Muriel Alleyway (10)

Billy, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024

Bristol’s smallest street art festival in Muriel Alleyway was a joyous occasion where some twenty or so artists gathered together to decorate a row of garage doors and garden back doors, bathed in glorious sunshine. This was Billy’s contribution to the event, and completely in keeping with the positive energy generated during the day.

I think that Billy had to paint some of this over an extended period, because she and Merny were swapping parenting duties while attempting to complete their respective works. This is pure Billy, with here naïve style front and centre in the form of a portrait of a girl. Painted in bright and happy colours, this is a great example of her uplifting work.

6304. Muriel Alleyway (8)

Mind 49, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August, 2024

This was a bit of a red-letter day… not only was it gorgeous weather, but I got to meet Mind 49 for the first time, having been following his work for a number of years. He was painting alongside the Bristol Mural Collective at Bristol’s smallest street art festival at the end of July.

Mind 49, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, July, 2024

This is the first shutter piece that I have seen Mind 49 paint, and although the portrait is magnificent, I’m not convinced that the uneven surface lends itself well to his style, or at least in a narrow lane, where you can’t stand back to get the overall impression of the piece.

This is one of the first times that I have seen a full face portrait piece by Mind 49, as he usually likes to paint heads from all sorts of different angles, or with obstacles hiding parts of the face, creating a sense of mystery. A very nice piece indeed from a lovely artist.

5646. Nottingham

A short while ago, I had a team meeting in Nottingham and decided that It would be wise to travel up the evening before, because it is a bit of a schlep from Bristol and I would have been late for the start of the meeting if I travelled up on the day. I have only been to Nottingham twice before, and remember little of both trips. On the day of the meeting, I got up early and took an aimless walk to see if I could find any street/graffiti art and some doors for Thursday doors. It was a very productive walk on both counts.

I found this outstanding shutter piece by Kid30 near Sneinton Market (I think) and although I haven’t seen much of his work, I am familiar with him thanks to a couple of visits he made to Upfest in Bristol. Kid30 specialises in deconstructing cartoon characters, and then stitching them back together again in a random assembly. In this fabulous piece I can find Top Cat, Krusty the clown, Bender from Futurama, Pluto and the Pink Panther. Not a bad collection in one piece really. Look out for more from this lightening visit to Nottingham.

5528. Trinity Street (2)

Merny, Trinity Street, Bristol, September 2023

On a recent drive around Bristol getting from one spot to another, I managed to stumble across a few Merny pieces that I hadn’t been aware of or hadn’t been able to locate. This one is on a shutter in Trinity Street next to a Taboo Pink Panther piece a little bit away from the beaten track. Shutters are tricky, because most of the time they are up and you don’t get to see the artwork.

This philosophical piece features three passers-by and the words; “The earth spins on its axis, one man struggles while another relaxes”. I like that. The characters are painted in Merny’s naïve style and reflect everyday people. Naturally there are little identification numbers and lines dotted about the place, consistent with most of Merny’s recent works.

5467. East Street

Andy Council, East Street, Bristol, August 2023

A rare foray into a part of Bedminster last week, looking for something that wasn’t there, led me to East Street, long after the shops had shut, which meant only one thing, a glimpse at closed shutter artwork that I hadn’t even been aware of before and which might have been there for some time. Among the discoveries was this gem from Andy Council.

From the signature, it looks like Andy Council painted this composite dinosaur piece in 2022, so it is possible that it was painted as an extra piece for Upfest, but more likely it might have been a permitted or commissioned piece from the shop store owners. As with much of Andy Council’s work, the whole monster character is made up of different components, including buildings and mechanical joints. He has thrown in a few toadstools for good measure too. I was most happy to come across this, especially as the things I was looking for didn’t even seem to exist.

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