Urban – Page 17 – Natural adventures

7216. Stapleton Road.

Real143, Zase and Mysobastarts, Stapleton Road, Bristol, August 2025

It has been great to see a small burst of activity from Zase in recent weeks. Zase is arguably Bristol’s best anamorphic graffiti writer and here he has collaborated with friends, Real143 and Mysobastarts.

Real143 and Zase, Stapleton Road, Bristol, August 2025

To the left Real143 and Zase have painted two extraordinary anamorphic pieces that are set on a red background, both with extraordinary detail and elements that deceive the eye into thinking the letters are popping from the wall. Both anamorphic, each in a different style.

Mysobastarts, Stapleton Road, Bristol, August 2025

To the right, Mysobastarts has written some flatter letters filled with three horizontal colour tones and decorated with magnificent splashes of red and blue colour, consistent with the other half of the collaboration. I am not certain what the letters spell, but it looks like ‘mic hag’. All in all, the whole collaboration is as tight as it is possible to be. Fabulous.

7215. M32 roundabout J3 (720)

Rusk, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

Another fabulous piece from the ‘high-end’ paint jam honouring Ulow’s birthday a little while back. This one is by Rusk, a graffiti writer whose work I love, but who has been rather quiet over the last couple of years. I expect he is bus6 in other areas of his life, but he still has the skill and patience to turnout superb pieces like this one.

The letters spell out Ulow, and are set on the grey-blue buffed wall, which was the same for all of the artists. This is a very special and technically brilliant piece in which the letters appear to be like a hollow framework, into which the colours have been ‘poured’. The two halves in different colours have been separated by a black horizon line, making a landscape effect. Shading on the letter edges provides depth. What an outstanding piece of graffiti writing. Bravo!

7214. M32 roundabout J3 (719)

Inkie and Mr Riks, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

I am a little weary. It is late, last night, and I have been fishing all afternoon, with some success. I will be fishing again tomorrow which means that I have had to write this post in advance. I was lucky enough to catch Inkie and Mr Riks as they were putting the finishing touches to this collaboration.

Inkie, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

Inkie has painted some classic letters in gold which pop out from the wall with the help of a deep 3D drop shadow. The colours work perfectly and the whole piece shows off the incredible skill of an artist at the top of his game.

Mr Riks, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

Alongside is a superb piece by Mr Riks which contains letters spelling RIKS, which diminish in size from left to right. The writing is probably best viewed from the right, bringing the letter sizes into some king of regularity. Using the same letter colours as Inkie, Mr Riks’ piece also stands out from the crowd. A wonderful collaboration from two awesome artists.

7213. Lucky Lane (12)

Amber Bardell, Lucky Lane, Bristol, September 2025

This is why I love the Bristol Mural Collective so much. This piece is unlike anything you are likely to see on the streets very often. It could belong on a sketchbook page and never be seen, but here it is in the middle of a quiet lane displayed as a piece of public art.

I haven’t seen any work by Amber Bardell before, and I’m not sure whether she has painted murals before, but this is a charming illustration mural of a bird pecking up four-leaf clovers, in keeping with the luck theme of the paint jam. There is a child-like quality and simplicity to the piece, which is nicely painted. A great contribution in Lucky Lane.

7212. Dean Lane skate park (872)

Asre, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2025

It would appear that the Asre comeback is complete. Although he is concentrating his efforts on his graffiti writing, Asre has also left us a couple of his character pieces to enjoy in recent weeks.

What I hadn’t realised from his last stint in Bristol, was that he is rather a talented writer. It is interesting that he keeps his writing and his character separate, and I’m not aware of any combination pieces from him. It might be that his large character faces simply don’t lend themselves very well to accompanying letters and are better left as standalone pieces. This writing, in pinks, purples and blues, is very neat and tidy, demonstrating great can control. The reversed-out stars and spots are nicely done. Lots more to come from Asre.

7211. Dean Lane skate park (871)

Klashwhensober, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2025

Klashwhensober has been missing in action for months, for very good reasons I am sure, and he has returned with a gentle flurry of pieces appearing all around the town, as if he was never absent.

This is a really nicely crafted piece of graffiti writing, and has a clarity and sense of purpose not always present in Klashwhensober’s work. The letters spell out Sober and contain an interesting selection of colours that shouldn’t really work well together but somehow do. Great to see him back.

7210. Brunel Way (336)

Creamylines, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2025

I like artists whose style is so unique, and their theme unwavering, that I derive a warm, comforting feeling when I see their work. Creamylines is the epitome of this. You know that you are going to get a landscape or scene with a rising or setting sun in the style of a stained-glass window, scattered with little treats and surprises along the way.

Creamylines has presented this landscape in a portrait format to fit onto the concrete column. The colour palette has stuck to blues, yellows, greens and purples and has quite a different appearance to some of his other pieces that include reds and oranges… more sombre, perhaps. Lots of hidden faces in this one and plenty of birds. There is a little clue to his approach to his art is at the bottom: ‘drawing everythings’.

7209. Frome Side (56)

Mesk, Frome Side, Bristol, September 2025

I don’t know if I am imagining things, but Mesk appears to have upped his game significantly in recent months, with each piece being classier than the last. Maybe he has always been this amazing and I just haven’t latched on to it, but I have now, and this one in Frome Side is a belter.

His letters are bounded with a strong yellow border which contains coloured fills running in horizontal strips in warm tones running from light to dark to light, creating an almost kaleidoscopic effect. Adding to the overall blast of visual excitement, Mesk has painted a vibrant blue stripy drop shadow, that creates a ‘blockiness’ to the whole piece. Very nice work indeed.

7208. Lucky Lane (11)

Daz Cat, Lucky Lane, Bristol, September 2025

Although I came across this garage shutter piece by Daz Cat when I went to photograph pieces from the Bristol Mural Collective paint jam in Lucky Lane, I have a feeling that it may have been painted some time earlier, but I am not really sure. Well, there you have it… I just checked his Instagram account, and it was indeed painted at the paint jam.

The unusual piece features a blue-faced cat-girl clutching a gold medal, having come first in the rat race. I expect that the smartly dressed appearance is a reference to that, and the rats relate to a more literal interpretation of the phrase. A fun piece from Daz Cat on a tricky surface.

7207. Cumberland Basin

Sled One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2025

It is, I think, entirely coincidental that Sled One painted this lucky cat (maneki-neko), around the same time that two of them appeared during a paint jam in Lucky Lane. This piece encapsulates Sled One’s skill at creating depth in his pieces through the subtle application of shading and light throughout the piece.

The gold disc contains Sled One’s signature, but there are tell-tale signs of his paw print here, in particular, for example, the floating eyebrows. There is mischief and movement in this cat, and Sled One doesn’t simply create a character, he animates it with emotions and attitudes. Outstanding work.

	scooj on Sentencing
	skat on Sentencing
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	scooj on 7360. St Werburghs tunnel…
	scooj on 14 years

	scooj on Sentencing
	skat on Sentencing
	scooj on 7367. Greenbank (176)
	scooj on 7360. St Werburghs tunnel…
	scooj on 14 years

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