St Werburghs – Natural adventures

7733. St Werburghs tunnel (584)

There was a rather nice little birthday paint jam for Donz in the tunnel a few weeks back, and this is the contribution from Hypo. This was good to see, as he has dropped his frequency of painting lately.

The HYPO letters are replaced with DONZ, proving Hypo can apply his magical style to any letters. The fresh piece is immaculately presented, with some superb colour matching, and great definition of letters provided by the slim white border. The piece is decorated with triplets of small spheres dotted bout the place and adding movement and interest to the whole. Nice work from Hypo.

7704. St Werburghs tunnel (583)

Logoe has been turning out some wonderful pieces lately, but this one, for sheer boldness and vibrancy has to be my favourite from this particular visit to Bristol. The overriding red colours are captivating.

His script writing, filled with red and orange, is decorated with a scattering of blue and yellow oval spots, so characteristic of his style, and he has added the words ‘hanging on by a thread’, which probably means more to Logoe than it does to me. Fabulous piece of graffiti writing.

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Mr Riks, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2026

Although Mr Riks doesn’t paint all that often, it is always good to see his characteristic letter shapes appearing unannounced from spot to spot. This modest grey piece at the end of the tunnel almost passed me by, because I was chatting with Corupt on the opposite side of the tunnel.

It is quite difficult to make out from these pictures whether the piece is painted in chrome or grey or a combination of the two. It looks like two grey tones to me. The letters are nicely presented, and given a little bit of a lift with the application of some yellow edging with red spots.

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Zinso, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2026

I can’t seem to say it often enough at the moment, but Zinso is absolutely smashing it with his graffiti writing this spring. He has an interesting style at the heart of which is his clean lines and fills – everything is really neat and tidy, offering a beautiful polished finish to all of his work.

The colour selection here is interesting, I wouldn’t have thought that a combination of orange and green (ok so far) with blue and black would work, the blue jarring a bit with the other colours, but, by jingo, Zinso has carried it off in style. Another head-turner from the artist who is enjoying a fine purple patch.

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Mr Crawls, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2026

I enjoy the way Mr Crawls reinvents himself/his artwork on a reasonably regular basis. His latest thematic approach appears to be ‘going large’ with a roller. Although simple in design, roller pieces are difficult to execute, and he has done very well with this one.

The large bird head, which is reminiscent of his pieces from a few years ago, is at the farm-end entrance to the tunnel. This is a classic case of less is more, and the piece captures the imagination and is definitely a bit of a head-turner. I returned a day or two ago, and only the top bit still remains, but even half a piece still has an impact.

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Minto, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2026

This wall is not the easiest to photograph when there is a piece that stretches the length of it on account of a lamppost slap bang in the middle of it. This is an awesome piece by Minto that draws the eye into several focal points running across the piece.

Although a little difficult to make out, the letters MINTO form the spine of the piece. In the middle we see a capped character that blends into an array of stars and lines, and on the right, what looks like a train on tracks bursting out of the dazzling spectacle. There is a lot going on here, and it would be good to understand a little bit more about what lies behind it.

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Silent Hobo, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2026

I think I have said it before that one of the great joys of patrolling the streets in the search of street art is that there are so many unexpected surprises, and each one fills me with a warm feeling inside. This newt/amphibian piece by Silent Hobo at the entrance to St Werburghs tunnel is one such surprise.

I’ve not seen a piece like this by Silent Hobo before, but it is unmistakably his work. The amphibian has some human qualities, for example it is standing upright and has human arms, but the head feet and tail are truly newt-like. It would be interesting to know what the story here is, but I think it was simply something that had been on Silent Hobo’s mind for a little while.

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Mr Klue, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2026

Mr Klue has returned and taken up one of his favourite spots at the entrance to St Werburghs tunnel. To me, this one looks a little different from many of his recent pieces. The letters KLUE look much more chunky and slightly compressed.

The familiar scrolls are larger than usual and feature strongly in this piece of abstract writing. Towards the top of the piece it looks like there are vapours rising skywards. Some tiny bursts of orange hint at something going on in the piece, almost as if it is about to burst into flames. Nice work from Mr Klue, king of the tunnel.

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Logoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2026

On his most recent visit to Bristol, it would seem that Logoe had enough time to play with his letter forms and designs. The outcome was some really excellent pieces, like this one at the entrance to the tunnel.

His script letters, filled with colour-matched vertical stripes, are accompanied by a delicious pink drop shadow, bordered with a thin white line. A purple spotty background and oval spots through the letters round it off nicely. The words ‘ontological whirlwind’ have been added to it – you must make of that what you will. Very easy on the eye.

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Stivs, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2026

The letters DSC give away the fact that this epic chrome monster is by Stivs. I guess, from time to time, if you are going to go big, you might as well do it loud and proud. To give you some sense of scale, these letters are probably about 11 or 12 feet tall – that is a lot of chrome paint!

I apologise for the poor photography – my iPhone doesn’t seem to like this section of tunnel and often turns out blurry images (note to self – sort it out). Stiv’s enormous letters are written in a calligraffiti style, but being so large are a little less sophisticated than some of his normal-sized pieces. A big bit of fun in the tunnel.

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