6431. Cumberland Basin

Mr Klue, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024
Mr Klue, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024

This is Mr Klue a little outside his comfort zone, painting at a location other than St Werburghs tunnel. It would seem that he was somehow persuaded to venture away from BS2 to join in the World Wall Stylers challenge ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’, and he has kept to the theme colours, although his writing isn’t especially on message.

Mr Klue, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024
Mr Klue, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024

Mr Klue’s writing can be difficult to read sometimes and you have to take it on trust that he usually writes KLUE, but in this piece it is much clearer and you can make out the letters quite easily. It is great to see that he has managed to get out into the sunlight before retreating to the comfort of his tunnel.

6394. Cumberland Basin

Sait Bare, Cumberland Bain, Bristol, August 2024
Sait Bare, Cumberland Bain, Bristol, August 2024

Painted as part of the World Wall Stylers ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ paint jam, this is an absolute beauty by Sait Bare, and possibly the best piece I have seen from the artist yet. Although there is no character, Sait Bare has adhered to the colour scheme, and thrown himself into the collaborative effort.

Sait Bare, Cumberland Bain, Bristol, August 2024
Sait Bare, Cumberland Bain, Bristol, August 2024

The colours are expertly blended with beguiling patterning running through the letters which spell out SAIT. There is a smoky, ephemeral feel to the whole piece, all very atmospheric. There is a bit of a juxtaposition between the wispy fills and the solid 3D drop shadow, but I think it comes together nicely.

6388. Cumberland Basin

Hire, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024
Hire, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024

It is quite unusual to find a Hire piece outside the Dean Lane skate park area, but here he is joining in the fun with the World Wall Stylers ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ paint jam, and although his piece isn’t as overtly on-topic as most of the pieces, it is nonetheless a part of the whole wall.

Hire, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024
Hire, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024

The wonderfully crafted letters spell out HIRE, but I was sorely tempted to fib and say they spelled RABBIT. A feature I haven’t noticed about his work before is the long shadows that have been cast from the tips of his letters, which seem to lift the piece a little. This is a nice reversion to his more spiky style that sets him apart from other writers.

6366. Cumberland Basin

Peanutsdeli, Cumberland Bassin, Bristol, August 2024
Peanutsdeli, Cumberland Bassin, Bristol, August 2024

Who Framed Roger Rabbit was the theme for Chapter 16 of World Wall Stylers, and the Bristol graffiti writing and street art community went to town (toon town). This is a remarkable piece by Peanutsdeli, who doesn’t live in Bristol, but visits often enough to be part of the gang.

Peanutsdeli, Cumberland Bassin, Bristol, August 2024
Peanutsdeli, Cumberland Bassin, Bristol, August 2024

Peanutsdeli’s work adopts the manga cartoon style, and here he fuses that with characters from Roger Rabbit, with the chief protagonist himself and a manga Baby Herman. Peanutsdeli sticks to the brief really well in terms of content and colour, contributing fabulously to this wall.

6362. Dean Lane skate park (749)

Fade and Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024
Fade and Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024

You might have seen several references in the past to World Wall Stylers, and wondered what it is all about. Essentially, it is a global street art collaboration event, organised through Instagram, setting a theme which artists can adopt, paint and photograph, tagging @worldwallstylers in their own Instagram feeds. It is a way of showing off your style to a large urban art community and observing other artist’s impressions on the same theme. This month is chapter 16 of World Wall Stylers and the theme is the film ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’.

Fade and Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024
Fade and Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024

Fade and Dibz have collaborated in this Roger Rabbit piece in what I would call a fusion collaboration where both artists will have contributed to all parts of the piece, in spite of the letters spelling out FADE. The character in this piece was called Smart Guy, one of five weasel characters belonging to the Toon Patrol. Brilliant work from the pair and a prompt to dig out the movie and re-watch it sometime.

6353. Cumberland Basin

Ceus, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August
Ceus, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August

This is the first of a series of outstanding pieces from a collaborative paint jam prompted by World Wall Stylers with the theme of the film ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’. Although this piece by Ceus isn’t immediately theme related, it is when seen in the context of the whole wall (watch this space).

Ceus, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August
Ceus, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August

I haven’t seen very much from Ceus lately, so coming across this was a very pleasant surprise. Ceus has a gift for creating visually very attractive writing and has excelled himself with this piece. The green colour scheme (themed) looks really great on the black buffed wall, and Ceus has worked it well into his letters with some great colour transitions. Lovely work.