7235. M32 roundabout J3 (722)

Hemper, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2025
Hemper, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2025

Hemper is one of the great experimenters and innovators of wildstyle graffiti writing in Bristol and no two pieces are the same, and the styles and letter fonts he uses vary considerably from piece to piece. This way he gets to express his creative ideas to the maximum, not constrained by familiar patterns or shapes. It takes extreme talent and confidence to do what he does.

Hemper, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2025
Hemper, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2025

This HEMS piece is really very unusual and has a kind of mirage effect created by the wobbly yellow interventions, working with the purple and blue letters, that manage to both clarify and at the same time disguise the word. This is very clever stuff. Writing like this is definitely not something you will see every day. Love it.

7068. Dean Lane skate park (853)

Scrapyardspec, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2025
Scrapyardspec, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2025

I get the feeling that Scrapyardspec might have moved to or near Bristol, or he is visiting more often these days, because barely a week goes by when I don’t discover a new piece by him.

Scrapyardspec, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2025
Scrapyardspec, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2025

This googly-eyed character is nestled neatly on the side of one of the ramps in the Dean Lane skate park, known locally as The Deaner. Perhaps the most notable thing about this piece is the green wibbly tongue, which I would estimate appears in about half of all his character pieces.

6514. Brunel Way (300)

Scrapyardspec, Brunel Way, Bristol, October 2024
Scrapyardspec, Brunel Way, Bristol, October 2024

Technically speaking, this wall, the remains of a derelict utility building, is not beneath Brunel Way, but it is as near as damn it, and it can be observed from the road looking upstream towards the south bank of the river. I am rather fond of this little spot, and there have been some wonderful small pieces painted here over the years.

Scrapyardspec, Brunel Way, Bristol, October 2024
Scrapyardspec, Brunel Way, Bristol, October 2024

Scrapyardspec seems to be visiting Bristol rather a lot these days, and I am beginning to wonder is he is a little bit more local than I had originally thought, perhaps living somewhere between Bristol and the South East. The wall lends itself very well to Scrapyardspec’s quirky characters, and this one is another in a series painted in Bristol recently. The wobbly portrait with psychedelic eyes and green tongue is quite distinct and unique, and becoming something of a regular presence in the city.