Urban – Page 95 – Natural adventures

6541. Nine Tree Hill (7)

Rory Paints, Nine Tree Hill, Bristol, November 2024

I have a feeling I should have clocked this wonderful stencil piece by Rory Paints some time ago, and maybe I had, but I never got round to posting it. It is obvious that it has been around for a while, because rather unfortunately a bench has been attached to the wall in front of it.

The charming black and white stencil features a little boy in a stripy top holding his hand up, perhaps holding something, but it is a little obscured. I love this kind of street art that just gets absorbed into its environment and becomes part of the furniture. I don’t know the artist, and don’t believe I have seen any of his work before, although I may be mistaken. Great piece.

6540. M32 roundabout J3 (640)

Werm, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2024

I find myself sitting on a Great Western train on my way to London to get to a football match between the mighty Arsenal and Nottingham Forest. The journey has provided me with the gift of time that I don’t get too much of these days, and I am enjoying every second. I am even pushing the boat out with the third street art post of the day, something I am finding increasingly difficult to do.

This wonderfully symmetrical piece by Werm is typical of his style at the moment, and one in which I think he is hitting his best form. The letters in a script-like pattern spell WERM and are filled with two shades of orange. The drop shadow is dark blue and the border green. I feel instinctively that these colours shouldn’t really work well together, but somehow they do. In true graffiti writing style, Werm has included plenty of shout outs around the perimeter of the piece.

6539. Frome Side (40)

Omie, Frome side, Bristol, November 2024

In the short time that I have been aware of the artist, Omie’s work simply gets better and better. Omie is one of those artists who uses completely different styles for each piece, with only the letters OMIE remaining constant, so you never quite know what you are going to get next, and I love that versatility and element of surprise.

This piece was painted in a large collaboration as part of Chapter 17 of the World Wall Stylers challenge, with a ‘Ninja Scroll’ theme, a 1990s Japanese animation. Omie has stuck to the theme colours really well and created something quite beautiful in pink and grey shades, bordered with a blood-red line and drips. The background is a subtly worked bamboo forest, which on its own is worthy of great praise. A fine piece from Omie.

6538. Cumberland Basin

I was aware that Abbie Laura Smith had pasted up some new artwork recently because she told me via Instagram messenger, so of course, I had to get out and try and find them. I managed to find three, of which this is the first. I expect there are more that I didn’t locate.

Abbie Laura Smith, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, November 2024

This wheatpaste was looking a little forlorn as the top half had become unstuck in the damp weather and folded over itself. I had to try and replace it and quickly photograph it before it peeled down… it took me several attempts. The style and content of the piece fits snugly into Abbie Laura Smith’s repertoire with a black and white portrait of a woman with words woven into her hair.

If I spent a little longer, I could probably pick out all the words, but I think it is a sorrowful piece, as I can see the words ‘grief’ and ‘the loss’. More to come from our resident paste up specialist soon.

6537. Sparke Evans Park (104)

Nips, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, November 2024

Regular readers will know that I have a bit of a thing for Nips’ work. Her letters are uncomplicated and unpretentious and what sets her apart from other letter writers is her constantly evolving and creative fills.

Whether intentional or not, Nips has created a perfect autumnal piece. The blue background speaks of those wonderful high-pressure blue sky days (we have had a few of those lately) and the gold of the letter fills picks up the autumn leaves scattered at the base of the wall. The fills are a beautifully blended palette of four brown and yellow shades, and are further augmented with some complementary squiggles and dots. The tittle (dot on the i) is a little character face, something Nips does with most of her pieces. The whole thing is nicely finished with white highlights to help the letters pop. This is a fine piece of work from Nips.

6536. Purdown (81)

Jest Soubriquet, Purdown, Bristol, November 2024

This is something a little different from Jest Soubriquet up at Purdown. Obviously this was a Halloween piece featuring Frankenstein’s monster, accompanied by some creepy landscapes, including a church, crows and a pumpkin hanging from a tree.

If this piece hadn’t been signed (Likes) I don’t think that I would have had a chance of identifying the artist as it is so different from his regular style. By chance, the telecommunications tower behind this wall looks a little bit like an extra bolt emerging from the monster’s head. A nice festival piece.

6535. Frome Side (39)

Quale, Frome side, Bristol, November 2024

At first glance I was fooled into thinking that this piece was by Conrico, mainly based on the subject matter, but also a little o the style, but it didn’t quite feel right. It turns out it is by visiting artist Quale, as part of a chapter 17 World Wall Stylers paint jam challenge with the theme Ninja Scroll. Ninja Scroll is a 1993 Japanese animated jidaigeki–chanbara film written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri – who knew?

This piece (sorry about the glare, this wall is difficult to photograph) is stunning. It is so full of movement, and little pastiches from the film. I don’t know anything about Quale, but hope to see more in Bristol in the future.

6534. Ikea Wall of Fame (1)

Zaki Dee, Nicer, Fade and BG183, Ikea wall of fame, Bristol, October 2024

Something big happened in Bristol over 17-20 October in the Ikea car park, just off junction 2 of the M32. Goldie, a British music producer and DJ who is also an accomplished graffiti writer and whose work has appeared in Natural Adventures several times, organised an international paint jam to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his record label Metalheadz. In doing so, he invited artists from the New York-based Tats Cru to join a selection of Bristol artists, and some others from the UK and beyond.

The challenge was to paint a themed collaboration – the yellow brick road from The Wizard of Oz (more on this another time) on this enormous wall. In doing so a new wall of fame was created, and one which I hope will host further such productions. This is the first in a series of photographs from the wall, starting at the left-hand end.

In this first section, The writing is from Fade, who is no stranger to Natural Adventures, and he is accompanied by the rather gory witch character by Nicer, some floral decoration, running through the entire production, by Zaki Dee and a section of New York skyline by BG183.

I will be posting more from this incredible paint jam in due course, and hope to provide some sense of scale of the production.

6533. Cumberland Basin

Neddy Ned Neddy, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2024

Neddy Ned Neddy is one of those artists who paints from time to time in Bristol, but never enough to grace the pages of Natural Adventures all that often. It is always a pleasure to include his work, though, because his writing style is quite special and beautifully executed.

In most of his pieces, the vanishing point for his drop shadow is located centrally behind the letters, which gives the illusion that they are hurtling towards you from the background. The flaming colour selection works well against the blue, and this is an all-round stonking burner.

6532. Dean Lane skate park (779)

This post is written in haste. By the time I publish it, I will be in the Derbyshire countryside looking at a beaver release scheme. The reintroduction of beavers in the right places is a huge asset for local communities. The dams create wetlands, slowing the effects of flooding downstream, and during droughts the water retention where beavers live create oases where all around has dried up and withered, and for the nature lovers, who doesn’t love having beavers back in the English countryside?

This outstanding piece, by Stivs, is another of his epic character pieces. I don’t know who the character is, and a Google search has thrown up nothing. The character is painted in beautiful colours and has come together perfectly, with some sideways on perspective too. Alongside the robot (is it a robot?) are the words ‘Kill all humans’ which isn’t very friendly. The piece has survived pretty well, on a wall with a high turnover, and was still there when I last checked a couple of days ago. Great work from Stivs.

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