Street art – Natural adventures

7367. Greenbank (176)

Esme Lower, Greenbank, Bristol, January 2025

Before Christmas, I had a little jaunt through my archives and managed to pull out a few wonderful pieces that I missed first time round. This is a gorgeously colourful and upbeat piece by Esme Lower from January this year.

The simple letters filled with great colours spell out MELO, the central letters of her name combined. The 3D drop shadows are unruly, drifting off in all sorts of directions, but it kind of works. I particularly like the white dot highlights, which are an unconventional take on creating depth to the piece. Nice, clean work from Esme Lower, and part of her exploration and improvement.

7366. M32 Spot (212)

Object..., M32 Spot, Bristol, December 2025 — Object…, M32 Spot, Bristol, December 2025

Good morning and happy Boxing Day. Object… hasn’t been out on the streets much this year, which is a pity because his work is full of social commentary presented in a unique form.

This anti-establishment black and white collage piece mashed up with paint exclaims ‘don’t be their robot’. There are some other messages on the piece too. An ironic hoody with ‘Hug a Tory’ emblazoned on the front and a print of ‘Glad Colstons Gone’ – a reference to the toppling of the Colston statue in Bristol.

The centrepiece is a collage robot which is rather intimidating and appears to be armed to the teeth. References to oppression and AI are present in this nightmarish scene. Object… is so very good at this kind of stuff and his work is quite unique.

7365. Frome Side (65)

Mesk, Frome Side, Bristol, December 2025

I am sitting at the kitchen table listening to a Christmas mix, and have Slade ringing in my ears as I write. It has just transitioned to the Jackson 5 and Santa Clause is Coming to Town, and now on to Chris Rea (RIP) and Driving home for Christmas. I am definitely in the groove.

This is a nice piece of graffiti writing from Mesk on the north bank of the River Frome underneath the M32 motorway. The large letters spell out MESK in a white that could almost be mistaken for chrome (it can be difficult to tell sometimes, especially if there is a glare from the sun). There is a purple background that does enough to separate the writing from the adjacent graffiti. Sometimes less is more and that applies here in my view.

Happy Christmas 🎅🏼

7364. M32 Cycle path (301)

Desi, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, December 2025

Happy Christmas to one and all. It is a gorgeous cold crisp and sunny morning here in Bristol, the food is all prepped and ready to go for this afternoon and I have a moment to write a couple of posts. I am full of Christmas spirit and all is well. What better way to celebrate than to post this wonderful piece by Desi, a stalwart of Natural Adventures.

This upbeat piece which incorporates the winning combination of pink and blue, is a study in shades of grey, with five tones making up the fill in the letters VEIL. This is an attractive piece and the hearts have a feel-good factor about them. Wonderful.

7363. Brunel Way (344)

Squire, Brunel Way, Bristol, December 2025

Squire is another artist who has had a good 2025. I know little of him, and I expect he might prefer to keep it that way. These days he tends to collaborate with another artist, but I don’t know who it is and can’t read the letters, so to date I haven’t posted any.

This is a decent chrome piece with a thin white and thick red border, set on a yellow backdrop. These are good, strong colours which help to draw the eye. Looking forward to more from the graffiti writer in 2026.

7362. BB Gallery (8)

Creamylines, BB Gallery, Bristol, December 2025

It somehow feels right to be celebrating Christmas Eve with this uplifting piece from Creamylines. The artist has had a great year and finding this piece on a rare visit to the Bristol to Bath cycle path gallery felt right and proper.

The piece is larger and wider than most of his other pieces, but contains all the usual themes, ideas and style. The introduction of a character to the top right of the piece could indicate an additional direction for Creamylines, although his work is so unique, I don’t think it needs to change for the sake of it.

7361. M32 roundabout J3 (732)

Bags and Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2025

During the second half of 2025, there has been a definite uptick in the number of pieces painted by Bags and Biers, the latter of which appears to have rediscovered his mojo after a fallow period. These two have paired up numerous times in the past, and combine their styles nicely in this piece by adopting a shared colour scheme.

Bags, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2025

The No Frills pair have gone for chrome writing on a dark blue background, with Bags adding a bit more curvature to his letters than normal. He has included some nice apostrophe drops.

Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2025

Biers has written his heavily disguised WD40 letters and added several red inverted crosses for decoration. He too has included some tear-drop apostrophes, something that is quite a theme for the No Frills crew. All good stuff and a nice way to round off the year.

7360. St Werburghs tunnel (556)

Jenks, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025

Arguably, the most eye-catching piece from the Minto birthday paint jam was this extraordinary portrait by Jenks. The session coincided with Halloween, and this menacing horror piece certainly dined out on the spooky festival.

The technique used to generate the reflections in the mask is of the highest quality, incorporating loads of colour tones to create the effect. Furthermore, the distortions in the screaming girl figure and the scene around her create the illusion of a world we can’t see from this side of the mask.

It takes a great deal of skill and experience to produce a piece like this one, but the effort is worth it because of the impression it leaves behind. This is a wonderful piece from the visiting artist Jenks.

7359. Frome Side (64)

Solar, Frome Side, Bristol, December 2025

My last trip under the M32 alongside the canalised River Frome was a rather fruitful one, and this piece from Solar was one of the rewards for the marginally treacherous scramble down. Solar is an artist whose work has shown steady progression over the years, and he is turning out some superb writing that touches on anti-style.

Although it is difficult to provide a scale to this piece, I can tell you that it is very large. The height of it is about 7-8ft, so if you imagine the artist spraying the top at full stretch, you can get a sense of it. The irregular letters spell SOLAR and are painted on a grey background, which mimics the natural colour of the concrete. There is a fabulous two-tone orange fill, with the lighter colour running through the middle of the letters creating some depth. The piece is rounded off with a clean white border and some light blue spots for decoration. A classy piece from Solar.

7358. M32 Spot (211)

Alongside some of the ramps of the DIY skate park under the M32 are some low hoardings which play host to an array of graffiti, and every once in a while to something quite classy.

This is a piece by Werm, one of the most regular and prolific graffiti writers in Bristol. The letters have been reduced in height from his normal proportions, and are nicely designed to fit into this low space. |There is a winning colour combination of red and lime green going on here, with some nice darker green lines, adding perspective and seven starbursts to finish. Nice work from Werm.

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