7010. Sparke Evans Park (132)

Endz, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, April 2025
Endz, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, April 2025

It took me a while to work out who this piece was by, and it wasn’t until I saw another that I could see that it was by Endz. There are no strong clues to go with – the letters may or may not spell ENDZ, the pieces are not signed, and the style is vague enough to be really difficult to place. However, all of these attributes come together, ironically, to make identification a little easier, as there care only a few artists who meet these criteria.

Endz, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, April 2025
Endz, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, April 2025

The sketchy style, once you register it, is a feature of some (but not all) of the artist’s work. The letters spell ENDZ with the ‘N and D’ conflated in the middle. The soft cream tones work well against the blue and white background and the writing is beautifully finished with a scattering of green leaves, without which the piece wouldn’t be complete. Lovely and unusual writing.

7004. Sparke Evans Park (131)

Hire, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, June 2025
Hire, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, June 2025

2025 has been a dry year so far, and we have had an unusually sunny time of it, and although this is in part driven by a changing climate, it still feels good after the rather wet years we have had in the last decade or so. I mention this, because in these sunny conditions, photographing certain walls in Bristol has been a bit of a nightmare and this one was particularly challenging.

Hire, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, June 2025
Hire, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, June 2025

Despite the difficulties (you can just make out my arm in the top left trying to block out the glare), It was well worth the effort to capture this beauty from Hire. This piece is like some of his earlier spiky pieces, but with slightly softer edges. Some great autumnal colours and fabulous highlights surrounding the HIRE letters instead of a drop shadow give this piece a distinctive look that is a hallmark of the artist. A very nice piece of graffiti writing.

6988. Sparke Evans Park (130)

Zake, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, June 2025
Zake, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, June 2025

I don’t really need to dwell too much on haw Zake has been smashing it lately, his skill is matched by his creativity, and in this piece he has really gone to town. I also like the fact that Zake has returned us to the wonderful colour combination of pink and blue.

Zake, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, June 2025
Zake, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, June 2025

Zake has combined three faces into one, to create something that looks like a primitive deity or something like that. The expressions on the faces, running left to right are contentment via uncertainty to some kind of evil rage. An interesting piece with lots to enjoy about it.

6855. Sparke Evans Park (129)

Stivs, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025
Stivs, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025

Stivs has been painting some extraordinary portrait pieces recently, demonstrating that his talents extend far beyond his outstanding calligraffiti for which he is best known. This is a gritty and authentic portrait of his friend and fellow artist Badger Feral.

Stivs, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025
Stivs, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025

The piece is representative and beautifully painted, without the need to be photorealistic, which is the temptation for many portrait artists. I am full of admiration for the range and quality of work that Stivs achieves, and am always pleasantly surprised when I find new pieces by him. Long-live Dog Supremacy Crew (DSC).

6840. Sparke Evans Park (128)

Lezaxer, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025
Lezaxer, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025

I posted a piece by Lezaxer not so long ago, and said at the time that it was one of at least two painted by the artist on a trip to Bristol. It looks like he teamed up with Grimes on this wall, and the pair painted a colour explosion for all to enjoy.

Lezaxer, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025
Lezaxer, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025

I can’t be sure, but it looks like the intricate letters spell LAXER. The fills are exquisite, beautifully decorated in reds and purples. Contrasting with the letters is the deep green spotty 3D drop shadow, which gives enormous depth to the piece. The graffiti writing is beautifully finished with some stylised flame pockets dotted about the place. A banger of a piece.

6826. Sparke Evans Park (127)

Grimes, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025
Grimes, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025

Grimes has pretty much made it to the top of my list of Bristol graffiti writers at the moment, taking into account the frequency of his pieces and the outstanding quality of them. Unlike some graffiti writers, his style remains broadly the same, but he manages to squeeze out every square inch of space on the walls he paints and create the most amazing burst of energy and movement.

Grimes, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025
Grimes, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025

Colour and quality are two words I would use to open my description of this piece. Every element is in its place and finished perfectly. I particularly like the plasma ribbon running through the whole thing. This piece continues Grimes’ run of good form, which shown no signs of letting up.

6811. Sparke Evans Park (126)

Dirtygypo, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025
Dirtygypo, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025

Although he doesn’t appear to paint all that frequently, Dirtygypo has an instantly recognisable style. I have tried on several occasions to work out what his letters spell, and I have come to the conclusion that they say DIRTY, although I have little confidence in this. I guess I’ll just need to meet him while he is painting sometime.

Dirtygypo, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025
Dirtygypo, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025

The colour scheme adopted by Dirtygypo for this piece is elementary, but I have to say that the jade green background colour works very well indeed with the white letters. There are a couple of splashes of lime green and yellow around the edges that add some extra interest. The letters are in the standard format that Dirtygypo uses and includes a stylised face at the start. Really nice graffiti writing, with some mystery sill to solve.

6773. Sparke Evans Park (125)

Hire and Ceus, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, February 2025
Hire and Ceus, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, February 2025

It looks like Hire and Ceus have formed a partnership, with a couple of recent collaborations, and although their styles are very different, it somehow feels right that these two should team up. This piece in Spark Evans Park was painted as part of the Space Jam themed World Wall Stylers challenge for February.

Hire, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, February 2025
Hire, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, February 2025

To the left is one of the letter variants that Hire uses, ODIAH, which although carrying many of the artist’s characteristic elements, is softer than some of his writing of the past. Great colours, and a subtle outline glow, are augmented by a central section of characters and the Space Jam logo. I am not sure who painted the characters, but they are brilliantly done.

Ceus, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, February 2025
Ceus, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, February 2025

Ceus, whose style is altogether more ‘heavenly’, has created a fabulous piece of writing with some of the best fills I have seen from him. The CEUS letters are largely pink and lilac, but are complemented with some red and purple touches. The whole piece is a thing of beauty. I have a feeling that the characters might have been painted by Ceus, as the clouds are in the shape of wings, which is a trademark element used by him. A fine collaboration.

6764. Sparke Evans Park (124)

Lupa, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025
Lupa, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025

I have a feeling that this might be Lupa’s most sophisticated I have seen to date. Her familiar letters are given the solid fill treatment, with some decorative cracks. This is augmented with some circular patterns and accent lines placed in all the right places.

Lupa, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025
Lupa, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025

I have said it before that there is an authenticity to Lupa’s work that forgives the rough edges of her style. Big letters from a big personality, and something about her work that always makes me smile. Looking forward to loads more from Lupa in 2025.

6740. Sparke Evans Park (123)

Mr Two Gram and Desi, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025
Mr Two Gram and Desi, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025

Wherever you find a piece by Desi, you are likely to find a Mr Two Gram piece nearby. Like many partners (Ryder and T-Rex, Bloem and Sub), they paint alongside one another all over town, leaving their ‘household’ stamp.

Mr Two Gram, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025
Mr Two Gram, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025

I haven’t posted many pieces by Mr Two Gram, but have dozens in my archives, so I need to do a little better at posting them. His writing is distinctive, and depending on the size of the wall carries variants of his name. I suggested to him once that he might like to try character pieces, and although receptive to the idea, I haven’t seen anything in that direction.

Desi, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025
Desi, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025

This pairing was of course one part of a larger collaboration celebrating Desi and Even’s birthday and carried a theme of Studio Ghibli – a Japanese animation studio, hence the cartoon cat. Desi, who often writes VEIL, has painted a combination piece, which is quite unusual and something that would be great to see more of. Reflecting back to when I first started seeing Desi’s work, there has been a constant improvement, and this piece is truly one of her best, with tidy, clean letters and fabulously presented fills.