Street art – Page 95 – Natural adventures

6500. Dean Lane skate park (744)

Astrea (HNH), Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2024

Astrea, formerly known as HNH, first came on to my radar at the Muriel Alleyway mini street art festival earlier this year where she decorated a garage shutter with her striking and unusual style. Astrea’s designs are intricate and hint at letters, although it is the overall effect that is king. In this piece, you can make out the letters HNH.

I am very much enjoying seeing her work popping up around the place, but sadly have missed the boat on two pieces, one under the M32 and the other in Peel Street Green, where I arrived a day too late, which was gutting. This modest black and white piece is painted on one of the skate ramps and makes a statement albeit quietly.

6499. M32 Cycle path (276)

Disfrutalafrutaaa, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, October 2024

This wonderful piece by Disfrutalafrutaaa, which is a first from the artist on Natural Adventures, was painted alongside Claro_que_sssnoh, and I am making the assumption that the artist is likely to be Spanish. Certainly the rather long and complicated moniker would point in that direction.

The piece itself is a beautifully presented blue script squiggle of letters which I can’t make out set on a red and orange spotty background that has a slightly psychedelic feel to it. The piece is really pleasing on the eye, but because I am unfamiliar with the artist, I can’t really say whether it is typical or not. It is always great to welcome new talent to Bristol.

6498. Dean Lane skate park (773)

What a wonderful surprise to find this modest piece behind the swimming pool railings in Dean Lane skate park. Blink and you might miss it. Bean has been absent from Bristol for a long period, away at university studying hard I expect.

This character piece is really interesting, because it looks like modern take on an old school archetype. Bean has synthesised this very well and he has an ease and competence about his work. I expect this was a quick one, and I didn’t see any others around the time this was painted. I am very much hoping to see more from him after he graduates.

6497. St Werburghs tunnel (455)

Hypo, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2024

My mood is low today with the news that it is looking likely Donald Trump has won the election in America. One wonders just how this can happen. From this side of the pond, it does not reflect well on the slim majority of Americans who favour a narcissistic bigot and his right wing policies (actually does he have any, or simply make it up as he goes along?). Having said that, we have made the same mistakes in the UK over the last 14 years, and by God are we paying for it now. I am reminded of this rather unpleasant piece of street art from several years ago in which a pair of narcissists kiss – little did we know (although we suspected it) how destructive this pair of liars would be.

Felix Braun, Donald and Boris, Stokes Croft, Bristol, 23 May 2016

I think that it is fair to say that Hypo appears to be smashing it every week at the moment, and I have to say I am enjoying the ride. All the time he is developing his style and adding new ideas, pushing the envelope constantly.

This is a clean piece, not as energetic as some of Hypo’s recent works, but it is nicely designed with simple colours and a solid fill. The deep 3D drop shadow drifts into a central vanishing point which works well. Hypo seems to be enjoying his ‘icicles’ at the moment, which adds a little extra interest to his border. Nice work.

Wispa

A gallery of outstanding graffiti writing and character combination pieces by Wispa.

Instagram: @willow_the_wispa

All photographs by Scooj

Wispa, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025

Wispa, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2024

Wispa, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2024

Wispa, Cheltenham Paint Festival, Cheltenham, July 2023

Wispa, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, February 2024

Wispa, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2023

Wispa, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, October 2023

Bnie and Wispa, Cheltenham Paint Festival, Cheltenham, July 2023

Wispa, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, October 2023

Wispa, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, July 2023

Wispa, Elton Street, Bristol, April 2023

Wispa, St Werburghs, Bristol, December 2022

6496. M32 roundabout J2 (7)

Lupa, M32 roundabout J2, Bristol, October 2024

I am a fan of Lupa’s work, and although it can be a little rough around the edges, it feels authentic, honest and unpretentious. As ever, with her work, there is a lot of joy and personality about the presentation of her letters, which are characterful and animated with simple faces. The bright colours are not blended, but simply blasted onto the wall, which adds to the genuine nature of Lupa’s work.

This piece is in one of the tunnels of the much underused Junction 2 roundabout, where turnover is far lower than one might expect. There is a lot of wall space here, which gives me comfort, because as the city becomes more and more gentrified, some of the ‘traditional’ walls and hoardings are rapidly disappearing. Lupa has used the space well.

6495. M32 roundabout J3 (634)

Stivs, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2024

I really goofed when I photographed this extraordinary character piece by Stivs, because it was accompanied by some writing on either side, but t the time I didn’t recognise the writing. It turns out that it was all one piece with Oust providing the writing, which I haven’t included here, because the character piece stands up in its own right.

There is no doubt about it, Stivs is an extremely talented artist and is equally comfortable painting portrait and character work as he is with graffiti writing. This Samurai character is superbly presented, with great use of contrasting colours to provide light and shade and therefore depth. You can deconstruct the piece by looking at the blocks of solid colour, which when you stitch it altogether has an incredible effect. Very nice piece from Stivs.

6494. M32 Cycle path (277)

Claro_que_sssnoh, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, October 2024

I was beginning to think that Claro_que_sssnoh had left Bristol altogether, as it seems like an age since his I last posted anything by him on Natural Adventures (April this year, in fact). This piece was painted recently in one of his favoured spots.

Claro_que_ssnoh’s writing is so distinctive, and is unlikely ever to be muddled up with any other artists. It is a style we don’t see too much of here in the UK – perhaps it is a Spanish thing. His letters, spelling HONS, provide an opportunity to paint straight and curvy lines together, creating some contrast and tension in his writing. The colour palette is carefully considered, and the blues work well with the red and orange background colours. It is so good to see the artist back on our streets after a long gap.

6493. Chatterton Square (10)

Sepr, Chatterton Square, Bristol, October 2024

Opposite the entrance road into Temple Meads station there is a little road that leads to Chatterton Square, which isn’t really a square at all, but a road running behind the Holiday Inn Express. There are some walls and a long hoarding that surrounds a plot of land where a disused petrol station languishes, providing a central spot for street art and graffiti.

This section of hoarding is adjacent to one of the buildings of the petrol station and together with RichT, Sepr did a great job of decorating it. This piece is a series of little sketches and I think it might be a ‘sampler’ for his tattoo work, because each of these little designs would make a wonderful tattoo. I particularly like the penguin charming the snake and the clockwork mouse. This is an unusual and striking piece from Sepr.

6492. L Dub (61)

Hot on the heals (pun intended) of yesterday’s post featuring a flame piece by Dibz is this outstanding burner from Fade which was painted adjacent to Dibz’. I wasn’t able to get both pieces in one shot so have presented them separately.

I think that both artists were on absolute top form on the day they painted these pieces, because they are pretty much flawless, and they may have taken their work to another level, if that is even a thing. Fade’s pieces tend to be slightly less busy than his friend’s and sometimes a little easier on the eye. This piece is tight as tight can be and the transitions of fill are to die for. The dog (who Fade is particularly fond of) says hello.

	Cethru Cellophane on 7412. BB Gallery (11)
	scooj on 7408. Greenbank (177)
	Cethru Cellophane on 7408. Greenbank (177)
	scooj on Thursday doors – 15 Janu…
	scooj on Thursday doors – 15 Janu…

	Cethru Cellophane on 7412. BB Gallery (11)
	scooj on 7408. Greenbank (177)
	Cethru Cellophane on 7408. Greenbank (177)
	scooj on Thursday doors – 15 Janu…
	scooj on Thursday doors – 15 Janu…

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