St Werburghs – Natural adventures

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Mr Draws, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2026

I am so pleased to see that Mr Draws is getting out and painting more regularly once again. He is an artist who goes through peaks and troughs of activity, and it looks like he is approaching another peak. I have followed his work for 10 years, and he has always been great for a chat every time I have met him – his work always feels a bit special to me.

This is a colourful piece at the end of the tunnel in which he has switched up his letters to spell RAWSD. Mr Draws is often playful with his letters, but it is always easy to identify his work, because his style is so recognisable. This is a piece which has a lot of freedom, with colours seemingly randomly blending throughout to great effect. A happy piece from Mr Draws.

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I have mentioned in the past that much (not all) of Donz’ work is quite flat in terms of perspective, as you can see from this updated gallery of his work. But every once in a while he includes a 3D drop shadow, and this is the finest example of this that I have seen.

Painted as part of his own birthday paint jam in the tunnel, Donz has seriously stepped up to the plate and produced a classic. The clean colours, painted into nicely designed letters are lifted perfectly by the purple shaded shadow. The whole thing isn’t overworked, instead a clean and clear attractive piece. Happy Birthday.

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I love it when new artists come on stream, and I have found a couple of pieces by Patch recently, and I am hoping for more. The obvious first impression from this piece is that it is clean, crisp, unfussy and what you see is what you get.

Sometimes less is more, and that is the case here. The big clean background and cartoony fat script letters is all you are getting here. No fancy fills or frills, and I have to say I quite like it. The challenge for Patch will be how to switch it up a little without compromising the basic premise and identity created.

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Corupt, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2026

Street artists and graffiti writers tend to go through productive phases and less productive ones, often dictated not by inspiration or desire, but by life experience and circumstance. Corupt is having a particularly fruitful period and turning out some outstanding pieces.

This is a lovely chrome STICK piece in the tunnel which was painted alongside RBN One, a graffiti writer whom Corupt often paints alongside. The chrome letters, in Corupt’s characteristic font are filled with a combination of black spots and bars, all stock-in-trade elements used in graffiti writing. Nice work in the tunnel.

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Minto has been smashing it so far this year, and with this piece in St Werburghs, which I believe was part of a birthday paint jam for Donz, he has taken it all to a new level. This is probably my favourite Minto piece so far.

Everything about this piece feels perfect. The colour selection of pinks and reds set on the white background is outstanding. The overall design of the MINTO letters is in complete harmony with the colour scheme and space on the wall. Sometimes Minto’s work can be a bit busy, but here he has managed to present detail together with complete clarity and precision. A stunning piece of graffiti writing.

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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.

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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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