Zake and Face 1st, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2026
A super quick post today, written last night because I’ll be running a workshop all day today. What a brilliant thing to see PWA faithfuls Zake and Face 1st meeting in Bristol together and creating this collaboration, especially as both have moved away from the city.
Zake, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2026
Chill doing what Chill does with some superb colours. Although, had I looked a little more closely I would have seen that it is a piece by Zake in the style of Chill. So cool.
Face 1st, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2026
Face 1st with one of his classic laughing girls with big hair spelling out his name. A superb and quite unexpected collaboration.
Wow, this is a superb on-message piece by Daz Cat painted to celebrate Tera’s birthday. As we know, Tera is rather fond of his scary horror pieces and so Daz Cat has leapt straight in there with a cat horror piece of his own.
Daz Cat, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2026
Daz Cat has managed to capture a menacing look in this cat portrait piece, that has a tortured face. The cat creature appears to be emerging from a flower stem, and the two orange ‘hands’ are cat-like flower heads. This is a curious and imaginative piece by Daz Cat and a thoughtful contribution to the celebratory paint jam.
I am not enjoying the upgrade that WordPress have made to the block editor. I do wish they’d leave things as they are. I use the Classic version to write these posts, but now it forces me into a classic editor screen, which is pants really. Old dog new tricks…
Cool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2026
This is a rather joyful piece of writing from Kool Hand in the tunnel to celebrate Tera’s birthday. Simple in its design, the two-tone letters in yellow and lime green are bordered with a pink outline. There is a ragged edge to the letters, something that Kool Hand seems to be enjoying at the moment. A fun birthday piece.
It was Tera’s birthday recently, and to celebrate, he gathered a few friends together for a paint jam. This was his celebration piece and it is difficult to believe that he has only been painting for about eight months or so.
Tera, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2026
Tera does like his satanic work, and it probably plays into his professional tattoo work themes. This is a superb combination piece of letters and a menacing horror skull character, surrounded by some beautifully worked scrolling. A nice present to self.
I have been loving what Conrico has been doing lately. His portrait pieces are outstanding and so full of vibrant colour. This is a real beauty painted for Tera’s birthday a couple of weeks back.
Conrico, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2026
The piece didn’t last too long before it was augmented by Zinso with a skull over the face. I am trying to work out if the portrait is of Tera, or whether it is a random person. Either way it is full of character and emotion. Love this piece.
It was Minto’s birthday paint jam in the tunnel a little while back, and this was the second of two pieces that he painted during the celebrations. I know it was the second, because when I first photographed it, it was unfinished, and I had to return, as did Minto a few days later.
Minto, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025
The piece features a portrait of a man wearing a hard hat with the words ‘Dylan, Floris and Minto’, in front of which is a rather worse for wear looking rabbit. I am not sure what any of this is all about, but it must mean something to the birthday boy.
Minto, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025
The paint jam was probably the best attended in 2025 and a great gesture from all the artists who turned up to celebrate. It was also a great source of material for Natural Adventures, for which I thank each and every participant. Looking forward to something equally impressive in November 2026
It is a jungle out there, and I have said it many times on Natural Adventures, and it can be hard to follow the protocols and conventions at times. Dirtygypo has painted this small piece over a birthday tribute piece for Minto. During the same visit (I assume) he tagged a piece at the entrance of the tunnel by Logoe and Mamil, who had previously painted over a tribute piece to Dorns under Brunel Way. It is a pity that there is quite a lot of strife around these things, as most artists are good and simply want to paint walls. The ‘rules’ such as they are tend to be interpreted in the interests of those who adopt or ignore them. In my view the rules are ‘there are no rules’.
Dirtygypo, St Werburghs, Bristol, December 2025
I really like Dirtygypo’s writing, and am slowly beginning to get to grips with his letters. The artist gives us a clue with this writing with the word QUICHE in the bottom right. Look carefully at his graffiti writing and you can make out each of the letters. The Q and U are separated by a yellow lightening bolt. The I is a very slender light blue line, the C and E in dark blue sandwich a very slim H. It is all there, but beautifully disguised. A cracking small piece from Dirtygypo.
Normal service is resumed in the tunnel. After a spate of birthday paint jams, Mr Klue has reclaimed one of his favourite spots at the entrance of St Werburghs tunnel, with a trademark ephemeral piece of graffiti writing.
Mr Klue, St Werburghs, Bristol, December 2025
The letters spell KLUE, I think, although I can equally make out WONE, the other half of Mr Klue’s name – it is most likely the former. This piece is a little more solid than some of his work, and has an anamorphic appearance, created by the clever use of light and shade, and tops and bottoms of surfaces. An accomplished piece by a writer who just loves painting in the tunnel.
I am particularly fond of graffiti writers who present clean, clear letters conforming to a rough ‘house style’ where the differences from one piece to the next is in the creativity of the fills. None more so than Nips, whose excellence in this genre just keeps on improving.
Nips, St Werburghs, Bristol, December 2025
The letters lend themselves rather well to graffiti writing, with perhaps the exception of the ‘N’ which can be a bit clunky. Nips has provided a nice clean red ‘canvass’ on which to present her letters, which are filled with some delightful blended pastel colours and a few decorative squiggles and spots. Nips has had a very strong end of 2025, and unlike other artists hasn’t been put off too much by the inclement weather. Great work.
Logoe and Mamil, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2025
A recent visit to Bristol by Logoe and Mamil has caused a bit of a stir. The artists are not residents of Bristol, and are not so very much in touch with the wall protocols. Unfortunately, they painted over a tribute wall to Dorns under Brunel Way, and the piece was immediately tagged as being disrespectful. Another of their collaborations in St Werburghs was given the same treatment. It can be a jungle out there, and it is often advisable not to paint over a tribute piece, or anything that you might believe is a tribute.
Logoe and Mamil, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2025
I am familiar with the blitz visits of Logoe over recent years, but Mamil is new to me, and it looks like Logoe has found a kindred spirit script graffiti writer. This is a proper collaboration with a shared house sty;e in terms of colours and background. Both artists have adopted a script style, but Mamil’s is, in this example, finer than Logoe’s, and is in the form of a bicycle. Clever stuff. More to come from this pair, and their tagged pieces are shown below.
Logoe, Brunel Way, Bristol, December 2025
Mamil, Brunel Way, Bristol, December 2025
Logoe and Mamil, St Werburghs, Bristol, December 2025
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