There is a thing at this time of year in the street/graffiti art world and that is to do a Halloween piece. I haven’t seen too many this year, although I have just been out to walk the dog and photographed a whole bunch more. This one is by Biers, who I am pleased to report is writing Biers again having spent the last year or two writing OhYeah.
Biers, M32 cycle path, Bristol, October 2020
This piece is a classic writing/character combination with a rather friendly looking grim reaper popping up to the right hand side of the writing. Biers has been reasonably dormant this year, so it is great to see him getting out and about.
It has been a very, very long time since I last saw a piece from Object… and at this time of political turmoil I have missed his interjections and commentary defending the less well off and downcast members of our society.
Object…, M32 Spot, Bristol, October 2020
Another rather grotesque imagining of a hand being eaten by hungry mouths… a piece with a lot of pain anguish and rage. The whole scene is rather unpleasant and uncomfortable, but I think that is the point, this is a challenging and political piece. The slogan ‘Eat the Rich’ accompanies th work as in so much of Object…’s art. A provocative and compelling piece.
With this modest piece hidden away in Cumberland Basin I bring you another artist new to Natural Adventures… drum roll… 3F fino. The wall is in a little tunnel that can easily be missed while admiring the main long wall of this spot, and 3F fino has used the space really well.
3F Fino, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2020
There is a North African Feel to this piece but I might be making some unconscious bias assumptions based on the headgear and could be quite wrong. What I particularly like about this wall is the background. The white wash has been applied in a way that has left the brick mortar lines, the result being what looks like a ceramic tile wall. An interesting debut to this blog.
A recent epic collaborative piece on an ‘Upfest’ wall appeared without warning or fanfare a couple of weeks ago that brought together some fine atists, namely: Smak, Sled One, Ments and Curtis Hylton. What an utterly pleasant surprise and something of an improvement on the piece that adorned this wall before it.
Smak, Clift House Road, Bristol, October 2020
On the left is a crazy but exquisite scene depicting venus flytraps feasting on various flying insects. In the middle is what looks a bit like an old microphone, although I’m not too sure if that is what it is. The story here… your guess is as good as mine.
Curtis Hylton, Ments and Sled One, Clift House Road, Bristol, October 2020
Sled One has pulled together an equally bizarre piece that sems to be of a king cobra dressed as a policeman complete with truncheon and whistlewith an iced ring doughnut round its neck. The policeman woud appear to be in pursuit of a graffiti spraying mouse or two. Could this be a reference to some heavy handed policing which let to the prosecution of a street artist in St Werburghs tunnel recently?
Curtis Hylton, Ments and Sled One, Clift House Road, Bristol, October 2020
To the right is a beautiful Hornbill by Curtis Hylton whose work usually involves a blend of stunning creatures composed of flowers, and he has worked miracles with this style here. Curtis Hylton has also embraced the colour scheme used by Sled One so that the two pieces merge into a true collaboration.
Ments, Clift House Road, Bristol, October 2020
Dotted around the whole piece are a dozen or so ‘liquid’ spheres painted by Ments. It has been clear from recent pieces by Ments that he is working hard to create these solid/liquid forms and judging from his contribution to this collaboration this direction he is moving in is going really well. The whole collaboration is a celebration of bright creative ideas and utterly worth seeking out, although parking nearby is a bit of a challenge.
Smak, Curtis Hylton, Ments and Sled One, Clift House Road, Bristol, October 2020
Classy. It is something of an overused word on Natural Adventures, but in this case it is simply the best word I can think of to describe this amazing piece of graffiti writing by Claro_que_sssnoh. To make things a little easier I am going to call the artist Claro, that should save me about five minutes in typing time.
Claro_que_sssnoh, M32 cycle path, Bristol, October 2020
The letters spell out SNOH, but it is the superb way Claro has layered colours onto the chrome structure, with really interesting letter shapes that stands out in this piece. It is clean, creative, complex and he has even thrown in a little character for good measure. It is great to see a quality piece like a this on this wall.
Discovering new artists about the place is definitely part of the fun of seeking out street art, and meeting Mudra and subsequently finding several of his pieces in quick succession has been very rewarding. Although he has not been in Bristol long, he is certainly making his mark.
Mudra, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2020
This piece is on the long Cumberland Basin wall and incorporates his soft pastel colours into the letters MUDRA. The writing is really clever with the letters being concealed through the piece – can you find them? In the centre is one of Mudra’s pink faced characters wearing a cap. This is a fine piece of work which stitches in all sorts of ideas and techniques. Lots more to come…
I didn’t find as many Halloween pieces this year as I usually find, but that might be as a result of the terrible wet weather we have had over the last week or so. I did however manage to capture this piece under Brunel Way by Pl8o and although not overtly Halloween, I think this collaborative wall was to celebrate the festival.
Pl8o, Brunel Way, Bristol, October 2020
This piece is painted out entirely in greyscale which is rather nicely done. The owl in a darker grey stands out and adds interest to the piece overall. The bags in front of the piece actually belong to Varo who was painting the word ‘Conspiracy’ just to the right of this piece. Pl8o continues to go from strength to strength.
From the time I saw my first wall by Nightwayss in Dean Lane a few years ago I have been captivated by his monkeys and their antics. Coming across this one was a bit of a nice extra surprise because it is next to a big wall that I had specifically come to photograph, but hadn’t known about this one.
Nightwayss, Clift House Road, Bristol, October 2020
There is a tenderness in this Piece which I find really rather touching. The large monkey has managed to catch his fingers in a mousetrap and is confused about it illustrated by the hamster wheel in his head. Another monkey is leaning in wondering what is going on. The second monkey has a implied caution, concern and curiosity about what is happening and seems to be well observed from how real monkeys might behave in such a situation.
Nightwayss, Clift House Road, Bristol, October 2020
The simple style of this illustration matches the wonderful ink drawings that Nightwayss has been producing for ‘Inktober’ and posting on his Instagram account. If you can, I strongly recommend you take a look at it. I love this piece.
A gallery of street art containing quite a lot of orangutans and other animals from Bristol artist Kool Hand.
Instagram: @koolhand_briz
All photographs by Scooj
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2026Kool Hand, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2026Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2025Kool Hand, Purdown, Bristol, November 2025Kool Hand, Horfield Skate Park, Bristol, October 2025
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2025
Kool Hand, Brunel Way, Bristol, May 2025
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2025
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025
Kool Hand, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2025
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2025Kool Hand, Greenbank, Bristol, January 2025Kool Hand, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025Kool Hand and Scrapyardspec, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2024Kool Hand, L Dub, Bristol, October 2024Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2024Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2024Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2024Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2023Kool Hand, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2023Kool Hand, Brunel Way, Bristol, July 2023Kool Hand, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, June 2023Kool Hand, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2023Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2023
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2023
Kool Hand, Purdown, Bristol, January 2023
Kool Hand, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2022
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2022
Kool Hand and Daz Cat, Brunel Way, Bristol, October 2022
Kool Hand and Daz Cat, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2022
Ryder, T-Rex, Conrico and Kool hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2022
Kool Hand, M32 cycle path, Bristol, August 2022
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2022
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2022
Kool Hand, Greenbank, Bristol, February 2022
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, December 2021
Daz Cat and Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2021
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2021
Kool Hand, Brunel Way, Bristol, February 2021
Kool Hand and Daz Cat, St Werburghs, Bristol January 2021
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2020CD.TC, Daz Cat and Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2020Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2020Kool Hand, Purdown Battery, Bristol, July 2020Kool Hand, Brunel Way, Bristol, July 2020Kool Hand, M32 cycle path, Bristol, June 2020Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol. June 2020Kool Hand, M32 Spot, Bristol, July 2018Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2020Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2020Kool Hand, M32 cycle path, Bristol, December 2019Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2019Kool Hand and Daz Cat, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2019Kool Hand, M32 Roundabout, Bristol, July 2019Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2019Kool Hand, M32 Spot, Bristol, May 2018Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2018Kool Hand, M32 cycle path, Bristol, August 2018Kool Hand, St Werburghs tunnel, Bristol, May 2018Kool Hand, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2018
This rather sweet little collaboration first appeared a couple of weeks ago in mid-October and brings together the talents of CD-TC, Daz Cat and Kool Hand. I’m not too sure if these artists paint under a particular crew name, but they certainly seem to hang out together quite a lot.
CD.TC, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2020
On the left is a rather stlised and weird-looking monster-faced character smoking a cigarette, with the white smoke wisping about the place. It is obvious that CD-TC is a talented artist/deigner from the way he has drawn and filled the arm of his character in orange, black and grey – some great shading and highlighting technique there. CD-TC’s characters are appearing more frequently about the place, which can only be a good thing.
Daz Cat, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2020
In the middle is a wonderful scene painted by Daz Cat of a female (hurrah) cat playing an old gramophone record player. She is winding the handle and the indication of motion is done really well – plenty of movement there. The cat is showing off some fine hair accessories that appear to be coming from her ear and add decorative interest to the piece.
Kool Hand, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2020
The final part of he collaborative wall is a rather small Orangutan face wearing a cap that we have seen quite a lot of in recent months from Kool Hand. This is, I suppose, a king of mega-tag that Kool Hand is using to hone his skills, but a great framework that just rolls off the spraycan easily.
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