Tag: Veil

7364. M32 Cycle path (301)

Desi, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, December 2025
Desi, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, December 2025

Happy Christmas to one and all. It is a gorgeous cold crisp and sunny morning here in Bristol, the food is all prepped and ready to go for this afternoon and I have a moment to write a couple of posts. I am full of Christmas spirit and all is well. What better way to celebrate than to post this wonderful piece by Desi, a stalwart of Natural Adventures.

Desi, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, December 2025
Desi, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, December 2025

This upbeat piece which incorporates the winning combination of pink and blue, is a study in shades of grey, with five tones making up the fill in the letters VEIL. This is an attractive piece and the hearts have a feel-good factor about them. Wonderful.

7026. M32 Spot (203)

Desi and Mr Two Gram, M32 Spot, Bristol, June 2025
Desi and Mr Two Gram, M32 Spot, Bristol, June 2025

Unfortunately, I don’t get to post every piece by every artist, and even the artists I am more partial to don’t get fully represented here. There is so much artwork out there that only a fraction ever makes it onto these pages. Although I have posted a lot of Desi pieces, the same cannot be said for her partner, Mr Two Gram. Here they combine well on one of my favourite walls.

Desi, M32 Spot, Bristol, June 2025
Desi, M32 Spot, Bristol, June 2025

On the left Desi has painted a combination piece with her VEIL letters and a Chinese lucky waving cat (why are these such a thing? I never saw them when I was a kid). The piece is really nicely finished, and such a marked improvement on her early works, there is so much more sophistication and technique in her work these days.

Mr Two Gram, M32 Spot, Bristol, June 2025
Mr Two Gram, M32 Spot, Bristol, June 2025

Mr Two Gram tends to paint pieces that are reasonably consistent from one to the next, perhaps with a colour change or letter change from time to time. He likes to stick with his 2GRAM lettering (or TWOGRAM) often in Chrome, but not always. I would class Mr Two Gram as a graffiti writer’s graffiti writer, if that makes sense – one for the purists. This is a cool collaboration.

6803. Greenway Bush Lane (7)

Desi, Greenway Bush Lane, Bristol, February 2025
Desi, Greenway Bush Lane, Bristol, February 2025

Desi has been as busy so far this year as at any time I can remember, which is great news. This piece was painted in Greenway Bush Lane, which is fast becoming a graffiti hotspot, alongside Pekoe and Pura Decadencia.

Desi, Greenway Bush Lane, Bristol, February 2025
Desi, Greenway Bush Lane, Bristol, February 2025

The orange colours are nicely blended through the VEIL letters, although the paint is a little thin (often the case with oranges and yellows in particular), and there are some nicely reversed out spots for decoration. Desi has added some subtle star bursts, which almost make the piece look slightly out of focus, an interesting effect. Long may this productive streak last!

6780. Greenbank (152)

Desi, Greenbank, Bristol, February 2025
Desi, Greenbank, Bristol, February 2025

It took me three attempts to photograph this wonderful piece of writing by Desi, the first two were ruined with the shadows of trees cast across it, rendering the pictures useless. I should know better, this spot should only be visited on an overcast day, a bit like Sparke Evans Park, if you are after decent pictures.

Desi, Greenbank, Bristol, February 2025
Desi, Greenbank, Bristol, February 2025

Desi is a constant and talented member of the RBF crew whose work has been steadily improving over the years. Recently she has stepped up a level, and this VEIL piece is beautifully painted, and decorated with a couple of flowers, cheering up a dull day. The letters are well presented, and the fills nicely worked to run through all the letters in a coherent way. There is a nice shout-out to Mr Two Gram too in this fine piece.

6740. Sparke Evans Park (123)

Mr Two Gram and Desi, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025
Mr Two Gram and Desi, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025

Wherever you find a piece by Desi, you are likely to find a Mr Two Gram piece nearby. Like many partners (Ryder and T-Rex, Bloem and Sub), they paint alongside one another all over town, leaving their ‘household’ stamp.

Mr Two Gram, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025
Mr Two Gram, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025

I haven’t posted many pieces by Mr Two Gram, but have dozens in my archives, so I need to do a little better at posting them. His writing is distinctive, and depending on the size of the wall carries variants of his name. I suggested to him once that he might like to try character pieces, and although receptive to the idea, I haven’t seen anything in that direction.

Desi, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025
Desi, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025

This pairing was of course one part of a larger collaboration celebrating Desi and Even’s birthday and carried a theme of Studio Ghibli – a Japanese animation studio, hence the cartoon cat. Desi, who often writes VEIL, has painted a combination piece, which is quite unusual and something that would be great to see more of. Reflecting back to when I first started seeing Desi’s work, there has been a constant improvement, and this piece is truly one of her best, with tidy, clean letters and fabulously presented fills.

6547. Dean Lane skate park (781)

Pura Decadencia and Desi, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024
Pura Decadencia and Desi, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024

This collaboration between Pura Decadencia and Desi is a sight for sore eyes, especially as neither artist seems to be painting very frequently at the moment. The glistening silver (chrome) and gold appearance is especially dazzling in the bright light of an autumn afternoon.

Pura Decadencia, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024
Pura Decadencia, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024

Pura Decadencia is a Spanish artist who appears to have settled in Bristol, along with so many of her contemporaries, which is great news for us. Her typically rounded letters are well presented, and no Pura Decadencia piece is complete without  big lips and vampire fangs drawing blood somewhere on the piece.

Desi, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024
Desi, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2024

Desi, who more commonly writes VEIL these days, has had quite a quiet year, but she is making up for it with this piece. Both artists have not only adopted the same colour scheme, but also used the same black patterning at the base of their letters. The shares bubble background rounds off the collaboration nicely.

5791. M32 Spot (181)

Desi and Mr Two Gram, M32 Spot, Bristol, January 2023
Desi and Mr Two Gram, M32 Spot, Bristol, January 2023

Desi (Veil) and Mr Two Gram paint together a lot, although I have posted far more of the former’s pieces than I have the latter. I think the reason, and it is a rather feeble one is that I keep forgetting Mr Two Gram’s name. I don’t think that this will happen too much more now, and I will need to draw out loads of his pieces from my archive.

Desi, M32 Spot, Bristol, January 2023
Desi, M32 Spot, Bristol, January 2023

This is a lovely fresh piece from Desi, with a nice colour palette and very organised fills. She has also included the incorporation of some background pink in between letters, which is a difficult thing to do. She did miss a little bit, between the ‘V’ and the ‘e’, but I am being picky.

Mr Two Gram, M32 Spot, Bristol, January 2023
Mr Two Gram, M32 Spot, Bristol, January 2023

To Desi’s right is a great piece of graffiti writing from Mr Two Gram, whose letters I still struggle to read. The grey ‘O’ or is it a ‘G’? always looks like an ampersand to me. Lovely letters and some superb fills round off this very nice collaboration perfectly.

ps. Some superb skiing yesterday… a good day 1.

5711. Frome Side (26)

Desi, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2023
Desi, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2023

This is another piece that was painted during the RBF paint jam to celebrate Bnie’s birthday and Vozie’s new baby with a Rugrats theme. It is of course by Desi, who more often writes Veil these days.

Desi, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2023
Desi, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2023

This must be one of Desi’s best pieces to date, with every element of the work coming together nicely. I believe that the character was painted by her and if it was, it is the first time I have seen her include a character, and it is brilliant. Her lines are sharp and her fills varied and interesting and one is left with an overall great piece of writing, that sits comfortably with all her RBF friends. Fabulous stuff.

5458. M32 Cycle path (225)

Desi, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, August 2023
Desi, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, August 2023

Ooh! I love this recent piece from Desi, whose work just gets better and better. This time she is writing VEIL, one of her two variants, but with joined up script writing, which is a new and exciting development that works rather well.

Desi, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, August 2023
Desi, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, August 2023

I have often been quite critical of artists who don’t buff walls before they paint, because the underlying graffiti can often be distracting, but Desi, whether by design or luck, has managed to pull it off with this piece. The background somehow complements her writing and helps it to stand out. Beautiful curvy letter shapes are accompanied by great blue and pink fills (that B/P combo again), perfectly blended. I think that this might just be my favourite piece from Desi yet.

5293. Louisa Street (2)

Veil, Louisa Street, Bristol, May 2023
Veil, Louisa Street, Bristol, May 2023

When I accidentally discovered the hoardings around Louisa Street recently, it was a great surprise, and I guess I was a little annoyed that I hadn’t found it sooner. I don’t think that the hoardings can have been there for too long, or at least if they have, they have only recently been painted. I say this because as far as I can see there hasn’t been too much overpainting, and there is a lot of the blue board still visible.

Veil, Louisa Street, Bristol, May 2023
Veil, Louisa Street, Bristol, May 2023

Desi has produced this wonderful VEIL piece in pinks and blues and is showing great progress particularly in the complexity and design of her fills. The 3D drop shadow and border are nice and tight, and overall this piece demonstrates the strides she is making. I am looking forward to a summer of Veils and Desis.