Sparke Evans Park – Page 5 – Natural adventures

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Roma, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, November 2024

An emerging artist in Bristol that I am watching quite closely is Roma. I know nothing at all about Roma, and at this stage I have to be careful about assigning a gender to the artist, because I have made the unconscious bias mistake of assuming artists are male when in fact I have been quite wrong, most embarrassingly with T-Rex.

Roma has been painting some quite elementary letters, and you can see from the borders and highlight lines that can-control is a difficult skill to master, but Roma is making great progress in this area. The blended mixture of fill colours is effective, and I love the sprinkling of pink stars running horizontally through the piece. Definitely one to keep a close eye on.

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Figzzz, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, November 2024

The long wall at Sparke Evans Park always seems to have numerous really decent pieces, no matter when you go to visit. It is a little bit out of the way and rarely gets bombed with throw ups or tags. This piece by Figzzz was a vibrant and most memorable piece from my last visit to the park.

I have never encountered the artist’s work before and wonder if I am ever likely to again, but it has left an impression on me. The mushroomy theme has been superbly executed, with the pink fruiting bodies growing out of the letters spelling FIGZ in fat script writing. There are some nice decorations in the fill and a diagonal line running through the piece, creating more interest. Welcome to Bristol Figzzz.

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Nips, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, November 2024

Regular readers will know that I have a bit of a thing for Nips’ work. Her letters are uncomplicated and unpretentious and what sets her apart from other letter writers is her constantly evolving and creative fills.

Whether intentional or not, Nips has created a perfect autumnal piece. The blue background speaks of those wonderful high-pressure blue sky days (we have had a few of those lately) and the gold of the letter fills picks up the autumn leaves scattered at the base of the wall. The fills are a beautifully blended palette of four brown and yellow shades, and are further augmented with some complementary squiggles and dots. The tittle (dot on the i) is a little character face, something Nips does with most of her pieces. The whole thing is nicely finished with white highlights to help the letters pop. This is a fine piece of work from Nips.

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Grimes, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, November 2024

This is yet another colourful outburst of joy and movement from Grimes, and a piece to enjoy and savour. Grimes has been smashing it with every piece he paints, and Bristol spots are without a doubt more colourful places when one of his pieces is present.

The three dimensional effect that Grimes creates in his work is outstanding, and this whole thing has the appearance of bursting out from the wall towards the viewer. Such is the energy in the piece it almost feels like an animation. The ‘fruit salad’ colours are beautifully distributed throughout the writing (Spelling GRIMES), and are set on a watery blue background, which is also full of swirling movement. In my eyes, this is a masterpiece of wildstyle writing.

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Scrapyardspec, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, November 2024

I am seeing an awful lot more crazy character pieces by Scrapyardspec appearing on the streets of Bristol, which, as I said in a previous post, leads me to believe that he might have moved somewhere more local to the city. I am finding new piece almost on a weekly basis now.

This is quite a large specimen from Scrapyardspec on the long wall at Sparke Evans Park, squeezed in between writers. The monster character has all the features of a piece by the artist, that is to say, wibbly wobbly lines, crazy eyes, in this case three of them, and a tong hanging out from a goofy toothy mouth. More to come from Scrapyardspec soon.

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5kin, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, November 2024

One of the great benefits of having a very strong street art and graffiti culture in Bristol is that we receive a great many visiting artists who are drawn to the city to catch the vibe. This is great for me because I get to see the work of talented artists from all over the country and the world, without even needing to leave town.

I don’t know where 5kin (the Instagram tag, which I presume is skin) comes from, but this piece on the long brick wall at Sparke Evans Park is really welcome. The chrome letters, spelling SKIN, are wonderfully dynamic and further brought to life by the inclusion of the horizontal red stripe and blue bubble writing. Somehow the piece works really well with the bed of autumn leaves in front of the wall. I hope 5kin returns to drop more graffiti writing in the future.

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Kid Krishna, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, August 2024

I haven’t featured Kid Krishna’s very much over the last few months. That doesn’t mean to say he hasn’t been painting, he has, it just shows how difficult it is for me to keep up with the volume of wonderful artwork being produced in Bristol on a daily basis. I might have to do a catch-up collection of Kid Krishna’s work, just to put things right.

This is a striking and quite unusual combination piece by Kid Krishna with his graffiti writing (which might spell out CRIE – it usually does) and a muscular skeleton, who I think it is Skeletor from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise. The two parts of the piece are juxtaposed creating quite a special look. It feels good to get back on the Kid Krishna merry-go-round.

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Pl8o, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, August 2024

I haven’t seen an awful lot from Pl8o for quite a while, so it was really great to come across this recent piece in Sparke Evans Park. There is something rather different about Pl8o’s work that helps it to stand out from the crowd, and I think that can be attributed in part to the aesthetically pleasing letters P L 8 O… it just kind of works.

This is a bit of a cheeky one featuring a character who makes up the letter ‘P’ and who happens to be doing a fart. This is quite a common theme with street art characters and usually provokes a chuckle or two. The point about this piece is that Pl8o draws attention to to the gaseous emission with the text “is it art, or is it fart”. Great fun and skilfully done.

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Raid, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, June 2024

What a fine way to mark a century of posts from Sparke Evans Park, with this immaculate piece of graffiti writing from Raid. Since his arrival in Bristol, about 18 months ago, Raid has consistently turned out great pieces, with an emphasis on the intricate and colourful letter fills, and he has produced another cracker here.

In addition to the writing, which is set on a purple, diamond-shaped background and some flames, Raid has included a ‘Screw’ character from Vaughn Bode’s imagined universe. I am wondering if the character is an artefact of a piece that was there before (I should know this), and Raid has incorporated it into his work. The edges and sharpness are not consistent with his tight style. Another fine piece from Raid – I’ll have to update his gallery, as they just keep rolling in.

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Laic217, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, June 2024

If I were only allowed to keep my galleries of say ten street artists, Laic217 would be close to the top of the list. I feel like I have grown up (in terms of my interest in street/graffiti art) with him, and as he has improved and expanded his horizons, I have learned more and grown my expertise. We both have plenty of headroom, but our journeys have taken a parallel pathway, and that feels good.

This is a great piece on the long wall at Sparke Evans Park which reminds me a lot of the Hollywood horror film genre. I think it is the check shirt and baseball cap that do it along with the disfigured melting face, of course. This is what Laic217 does so well, and although the subject might not be to everyone’s taste, the technical skills must surely be admired. I loved stumbling across this one.

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	Suzette Benjamin on Thursday doors – 12 Marc…
	scooj on 7513. M32 Spot (216)

	restlessjo on Thursday doors – 12 Marc…
	Sheree on 7519. M32 roundabout J3 (…
	cjsmissionaryministe… on 7518. Sparke Evans Park (…
	Suzette Benjamin on Thursday doors – 12 Marc…
	scooj on 7513. M32 Spot (216)

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