Writer – Page 12 – Natural adventures

7368. Dean Lane skate park (890)

Hire and Ceus, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2025

I’m off to a football match this morning and will shortly be catching a train to London, so today’s posts are likely to be fairly swift. The next few posts are ones from earlier this year that somehow got left behind in my archives. This was a nice collaboration from Hire and Ceus back in February.

Some unusual writing, spelling out Odiah, one of the words Hire likes to use, and his trademark rabbit. All looking rather smooth in the winter sunshine.

Ceus appears to have left these shores now, and I think that this might have been amongst the last ones he painted in Bristol. A fine collaboration.

7367. Greenbank (176)

Esme Lower, Greenbank, Bristol, January 2025

Before Christmas, I had a little jaunt through my archives and managed to pull out a few wonderful pieces that I missed first time round. This is a gorgeously colourful and upbeat piece by Esme Lower from January this year.

The simple letters filled with great colours spell out MELO, the central letters of her name combined. The 3D drop shadows are unruly, drifting off in all sorts of directions, but it kind of works. I particularly like the white dot highlights, which are an unconventional take on creating depth to the piece. Nice, clean work from Esme Lower, and part of her exploration and improvement.

7365. Frome Side (65)

Mesk, Frome Side, Bristol, December 2025

I am sitting at the kitchen table listening to a Christmas mix, and have Slade ringing in my ears as I write. It has just transitioned to the Jackson 5 and Santa Clause is Coming to Town, and now on to Chris Rea (RIP) and Driving home for Christmas. I am definitely in the groove.

This is a nice piece of graffiti writing from Mesk on the north bank of the River Frome underneath the M32 motorway. The large letters spell out MESK in a white that could almost be mistaken for chrome (it can be difficult to tell sometimes, especially if there is a glare from the sun). There is a purple background that does enough to separate the writing from the adjacent graffiti. Sometimes less is more and that applies here in my view.

Happy Christmas 🎅🏼

7364. M32 Cycle path (301)

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.

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.

7363. Brunel Way (344)

Squire, Brunel Way, Bristol, December 2025

Squire is another artist who has had a good 2025. I know little of him, and I expect he might prefer to keep it that way. These days he tends to collaborate with another artist, but I don’t know who it is and can’t read the letters, so to date I haven’t posted any.

This is a decent chrome piece with a thin white and thick red border, set on a yellow backdrop. These are good, strong colours which help to draw the eye. Looking forward to more from the graffiti writer in 2026.

7361. M32 roundabout J3 (732)

Bags and Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2025

During the second half of 2025, there has been a definite uptick in the number of pieces painted by Bags and Biers, the latter of which appears to have rediscovered his mojo after a fallow period. These two have paired up numerous times in the past, and combine their styles nicely in this piece by adopting a shared colour scheme.

Bags, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2025

The No Frills pair have gone for chrome writing on a dark blue background, with Bags adding a bit more curvature to his letters than normal. He has included some nice apostrophe drops.

Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2025

Biers has written his heavily disguised WD40 letters and added several red inverted crosses for decoration. He too has included some tear-drop apostrophes, something that is quite a theme for the No Frills crew. All good stuff and a nice way to round off the year.

7359. Frome Side (64)

Solar, Frome Side, Bristol, December 2025

My last trip under the M32 alongside the canalised River Frome was a rather fruitful one, and this piece from Solar was one of the rewards for the marginally treacherous scramble down. Solar is an artist whose work has shown steady progression over the years, and he is turning out some superb writing that touches on anti-style.

Although it is difficult to provide a scale to this piece, I can tell you that it is very large. The height of it is about 7-8ft, so if you imagine the artist spraying the top at full stretch, you can get a sense of it. The irregular letters spell SOLAR and are painted on a grey background, which mimics the natural colour of the concrete. There is a fabulous two-tone orange fill, with the lighter colour running through the middle of the letters creating some depth. The piece is rounded off with a clean white border and some light blue spots for decoration. A classy piece from Solar.

7358. M32 Spot (211)

Alongside some of the ramps of the DIY skate park under the M32 are some low hoardings which play host to an array of graffiti, and every once in a while to something quite classy.

This is a piece by Werm, one of the most regular and prolific graffiti writers in Bristol. The letters have been reduced in height from his normal proportions, and are nicely designed to fit into this low space. |There is a winning colour combination of red and lime green going on here, with some nice darker green lines, adding perspective and seven starbursts to finish. Nice work from Werm.

7356. Peel Street Green (56)

After a couple of very busy days in London, and returning to Bristol late last night, we had a lie in thin morning, the likes of which we haven’t had for many years. What that means of course is that I have to write today’s posts in record time because we have a ton of pre-Christmas jobs to do today.

Seed, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025

Seed is working really hard to make his mark on the graffiti writing scene. He has hooked up with Asre and Zinso, who will be able to guide him and teach him a few tricks along the way. I have met him only once, but his ambition and desire to improve were clear. This is a rather nice piece with large overlapping letters in a combination of greens. The lower part, I think has incorporated the artwork of the previous occupant of the spot, which fortunately is in complementary greens. Keep your eyes peeled for more from Seed.

7355. Cumberland Basin

Mage, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, November 2025

More from Mage, this time his writing has a slightly softer feel to it. I have said before that the letters MAGE, in my view are a little unforgiving, although lots of straight lines and sharp edges. By incorporating a lower case ‘a’ and ‘e’ Mage has managed to smooth out some of the lines.

The two tone pink letters are bordered with a brown drop shadow, and you will know my feelings about brown by now, so possibly another colour would have been my preference. Mage has been a busy boy this autumn.

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