Tag: Street art

5506. L Dub (47)

DJ Perks, L Dub, Bristol, August 2023
DJ Perks, L Dub, Bristol, August 2023

If you want to see any work by DJ Perks, then a trip to L Dub is an absolute must. There must be at least half a dozen of his pieces up there at any one time, and some in the darker reaches of the tunnel have been there for a very considerable time. I met DJ Perks the day I took this photograph, and he had been having a birthday paint alongside his friend Donz. I was to go on and bump into DJ Perks for the next two days, which just doesn’t happen.

DJ Perks, L Dub, Bristol, August 2023
DJ Perks, L Dub, Bristol, August 2023

This as tidy a piece as you are likely to see anywhere. It pops out from the wall, thanks to some superb but subtle white highlights, and the blue shading around the letter ‘R’ is outstanding.  The fills are beautifully painted and the whole thing is so tight it might burst. DJ Perks must be the most modest graffiti writer in Bristol, but he is fast becoming one of the best.

5505. Brunel Way (229)

Solar, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2023
Solar, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2023

I really enjoy the work of Solar, and his work feels all the more enigmatic because I have never met him and know practically nothing about him other than his artwork. His lettering verges on anti-style, without going the full hog, it touches on abstract, but not quite.

Solar, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2023
Solar, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2023

It is often the colour palette that first invites you to look closer at Solar’s pieces, and this scorching colour combination has an earthy, lava, fiery feel to it, tempered by the green fragments around the edges. The piece spells out Solar, and by chance the yellow patches reflect the sun splashed dapples of light to the bottom left of the wall. Great stuff from Solar.

5504. White Street (1)

Fink, White Street, Bristol, September 2023
Fink, White Street, Bristol, September 2023

I have been looking for this spot for a long time, my pride getting in the way of asking, but was assisted by Paul H when I asked him where the second Fink piece was. He told me it was just around the corner from Peel Street Green, and the rest as they say is history (sorry about the cliché). If only I had extended my walks by about 200 meters, I would have found the spot before.

Fink, White Street, Bristol, September 2023
Fink, White Street, Bristol, September 2023

Fink visited Bristol while he was over from Dubai painting at the Cheltenham Paint Festival, and left us with two superb portrait pieces in his stunning single continuous line style. This face is painted in beautiful blues, purples and pink, the colour combination of 2023, which work so well together. The central large face is accompanied by several smaller ones in the background fills. This is belter of a modern piece and would look good in any contemporary art gallery. What a treat his visit turned out to be.

5503. Cumberland Basin

DFC1848, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2023
DFC1848, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2023

This is a fun little extra piece painted by DFC1848 during Werm’s birthday paint jam, sprayed in addition to his rather splendid blue and pink wolf. DFC1848’s portfolio of characters has expanded massively over the last couple of years, and he has a confidence and ease in his work.

DFC1848, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2023
DFC1848, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2023

I stopped to talk with DFC1848 for a little while at the Cheltenham Paint Festival, and he was as affable as ever, and introduced me to a couple of other artists he was painting with at the time. He is an artist who fills me with inspiration, as he has worked hard at developing his style and technique from a fairly low base only 3 or 4 years ago, before that he was like me a street art photographer and archivist.

Oner

A gallery of graffiti writing from Oner, an artist who decorated the streets of Bristol for a short while in 2018 and 2019.

All photographs by Scooj

Oner, Lawrence Hill, Bristol, February 2019
Oner, Lawrence Hill, Bristol, February 2019
Oner, M32 roundabout, Bristol, January 2019
Oner, M32 roundabout, Bristol, January 2019
Oner, New Stadium Road, Bristol, January 2019
Oner, New Stadium Road, Bristol, January 2019
Tasha Bee, Oner, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2018
Tasha Bee, Oner, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2018
Oner, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2018
Oner, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2018
Oner, Moon Street, Bristol, June 2018
Oner, Moon Street, Bristol, June 2018
Oner, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2018
Oner, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2018
Oner, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2018
Oner, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2018
Oner, M32 cycle path, Bristol, May 2018
Oner, M32 cycle path, Bristol, May 2018
Oner, Horfield skate park, Bristol, March 2018
Oner, Horfield skate park, Bristol, March 2018
Oner, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2018
Oner, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2018
Oner, M32, Bristol, May 2018
Oner, M32, Bristol, May 2018

5502. M32 roundabout J3 (511)

Mr Crawls, M32 roundabout, Bristol, Agust 2023
Mr Crawls, M32 roundabout, Bristol, Agust 2023

Mr Crawls’ work is always a pleasure to find, but not only that, there is a sense of fun with each of his bird characters, and the effect his pieces have on me is similar to the sensation I get when I find anything by Mr Underbite. Their concepts, although with different characters, have many similarities, and both present their heroes with a certain amount of pathos.

Mr Crawls, M32 roundabout, Bristol, Agust 2023
Mr Crawls, M32 roundabout, Bristol, Agust 2023

I am a bit disappointed that I didn’t get to photograph this one a little sooner because it has been tagged a little and it looks like some posters were plastered over the top of it too. This character is a goose wearing a rather warm looking hat. I imagine that the goose is resting from a cold weather migration – he reminds me a little of a WWII pilot, if you know what I mean. Nicely conceived and painted – lots more from the artist in my archives.

5501. Greenbank (96)

Bbygwya (Flux), Greenbank, Bristol, August 2023
Bbygwya (Flux), Greenbank, Bristol, August 2023

More from the RBF Barbie extravaganza, this time from Barbie Bbygwya or Barbie Flux, both of which would make brilliant Barbies in my opinion. I can’t help thinking that Bbygwya probably had to work really hard with this piece, because it really isn’t representative of her style. What it does show, however, is that Bbygwya is very talented and versatile.

Bbygwya (Flux), Greenbank, Bristol, August 2023
Bbygwya (Flux), Greenbank, Bristol, August 2023

The letters are big, bold, and have a 3D drop shadow, and the writing really pops out from the wall. I love the words “this Barbie hates cops”, because it makes me laugh. The little egg is an artefact from an RBF Easter paint jam, which has been pimped with a pink flower and pink handbag, all in the Barbie spirit. I really rate this unusual piece from a lovely artist.

5500. M32 roundabout J3 (510)

Face 1st, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2023
Face 1st, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2023

As I said in the last post, today is a very busy day, so this is a short one. Face 1st for me is one of the most distinctive faces of Bristol street art. His style embodies the city, and is unlike anything I have seen in other parts of the country. I firmly believe that regions of the country have ‘house’ styles, as do different countries, and for me Face 1st is key to the Bristol style.

Face 1st, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2023
Face 1st, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2023

This fun piece takes the form of a laughing (toothy) girl with big hair spelling FACE, a meme that Face 1st paints a lot. Fabulous work from the tireless artist, as always.

5499. Dean Land skate park (637)

Jay Kaes, Inkie and Gabs, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2023
Jay Kaes, Inkie and Gabs, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2023

I am a little pressed for time this morning, so short posts only today. This is a fabulous graffiti writing masterclass collaboration from Inkie, and two visiting artists either side of his piece from Jay Kaes and Gabs, neither of whom I have come across before.

Jay Kaes, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2023
Jay Kaes, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2023

To the left Jay Kaes has written KAES beautifully, with a deep 3D effect. There is s nice little shout out to Bristol too which is a bit of a crowd-pleaser.

Inkie, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2023
Inkie, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2023

The middle piece will be much more familiar to readers of Natural Adventures, because it is by Bristol stalwart Inkie. There are some great colours in this classic wildstyle writing that is so typical of his work.

Gabs, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2023
Gabs, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2023

Finally to the right, and mimicking the colour palette of Jae Kaes piece, is another fine piece of writing by Gabs, spelling out, yep you guessed it, GABS. The piece came a little bit out of the blue, but when Inkie paints in Bristol it is usually to do something a bit special in collaboration with others.

5498. Cumberland Basin

The Mole, Cumberland Basin. Bristol, August 2023
The Mole, Cumberland Basin. Bristol, August 2023

Inca the Mole, paints from time to time in Bristol, usually with his LRS crew friends, which was the case with this pink and blue piece for Werm’s birthday paint jam. The pink and Blue colour scheme was enthusiastically embraced by all participants in the paint jam, which makes a collaborative wall more of a collaboration as there is a golden thread running through all the pieces.

The Mole, Cumberland Basin. Bristol, August 2023
The Mole, Cumberland Basin. Bristol, August 2023

Sometimes The Mole paints a mole, sometimes he writes Inca, and sometimes he does both. In this case it is the letters, complete with a sensational fill, which he varies with a different pink in the ‘C’, that are the subject of his efforts. The whole piece looks really rather nice and is nestled comfortably on a puffy white cloud. It is obvious that this was a hugely successful paint jam, and I am sure we’ll all be looking forward to something similar next year.