Tag: Writer

4990. New Stadium Road (46)

Claro_que_sssnoh, New Stadium Road, Bristol. January 2023
Claro_que_sssnoh, New Stadium Road, Bristol. January 2023

This spot has become rather challenging to photograph in recent months. It is adjacent to the Shah Jalal Jame Mosque, and cars park in every conceivable space at prayer times, including in this tight underpass. If you get the timing wrong (which I seem to with alarming regularity) then it is almost impossible to photograph the street/graffiti art without cars, but such are the risks with pieces being overpainted, that it is better to get whatever pictures you can, whenever you can.

Claro_que_sssnoh, New Stadium Road, Bristol. January 2023
Claro_que_sssnoh, New Stadium Road, Bristol. January 2023

This is yet another wonderful piece from Claro_que_sssnoh, who for a little while I thought might have departed these shores due to a long gap in any new work from him. Set on yellow, his HONS letters in his unique style are beautifully filled and finished. Although this style isn’t necessarily to everyone’s liking, there is no denying that it is technically well worked. Looking forward to more from Claro_que_sssnoh in 2023

4989. St Werburghs tunnel (346)

Mr Klue and Hana, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2022
Mr Klue and Hana, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2022

It looks like Mr Klue has a new painting partner, which is great to see. This small collaboration appeared in the tunnel a couple of weeks ago and has colour coordinated pieces by Mr Klue and Hana (an artist I have not encountered before).

Mr Klue and Hana, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2022
Mr Klue and Hana, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2022

To the left is a characteristic wispy KLUE (I think), ephemeral as ever and looking like it might evaporate at any moment, and to the right, pulling the colours across, is a beautiful floral design piece by Hana. It would seem that ‘Floral’ is ‘in’ at the moment, and I am fully in favour of it. I know that these two have paired up again since this piece was painted, but I can’t recall where – I’ll need to investigate.

4988. Purdown (52)

Mr Sleven, Purdown, Bristol, January 2023
Mr Sleven, Purdown, Bristol, January 2023

It is a rare thing indeed to find a Mr Steven piece these days, so it was extra pleasing to see this small burner up at Purdown. Although only a small piece, it is really nicely  finished, and stands out from the crowd in this unusual Bristol spot.

Mr Sleven, Purdown, Bristol, January 2023
Mr Sleven, Purdown, Bristol, January 2023

The letters ‘Slev’ are delineated by the lovely green 3D drop shadow, with a pink trim border. The fills are rather lovely, with three horizontal colour layers and an array of complementary spots. This is a lovely ‘quick one’ from Mr Sleven, and I hope to see more from him soon.

4987. St Werburghs tunnel (345)

3F fino, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023
3F fino, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023

The turnover in St Werburghs tunnel is always high in Winter, but this winter it has gone off the scale. New pieces emerge daily, and there have been a plethora of paint jams involving several artists painting together. I hope to get down there today, having been away for a week, and expect to find quite a lot of new work.

3F fino, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023
3F fino, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023

This lovely piece by 3f Fino is slightly haunting, with a yellow-coated character hanging, phantom-like, over the green and purple FINO letters. The folds in the clothing have been worked really well, with some great shading and highlight work. Overall something a little bit different and also rather good from the LRS artist.

4984. St George skate park (561)

Conrico, St George skate park, Bristol, January 2023
Conrico, St George skate park, Bristol, January 2023

Conrico is an artist who sees to keep himself very busy either with commissions or his street art. Either way, there always seems to be something new by him to go out and find. This is a lovely piece on the back of a skate ramp in St George skate park, where the turnover of artwork tends to be rather slow.

Conrico, St George skate park, Bristol, January 2023
Conrico, St George skate park, Bristol, January 2023

In this piece Conrico has written his name in chrome on an oriental scene, a recurring theme for Conrico. The house on the left has beautiful architecture from, I would guess, China. A night time sky with a full moon leads across to a fox appearing from a wisp of smoke. As with most of Conrico’s work, there is a story here – I guess it is up the viewer to fill in the gaps. Lovely work, photographed on a very cold icy day.

4983. St Werburghs tunnel (343)

DJ Perks, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023
DJ Perks, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023

I always enjoy seeing DJ Perk’s work. He has to be one of the most modest street artists in Bristol, although a great many others are too, to be fair. This is a particularly vibrant piece in the tunnel, which has been painted with precision and care.

DJ Perks, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023
DJ Perks, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023

The letters PERKS are in quotation marks and have several horizontal colour fractions, which seem to battle it out between the grey and white layers i9n thee middle. The border is very neat, and the 3D drop shadow is nice and clean. With every new piece, DJ Perks is improving and is worthy of rubbing shoulders with any of the longer established writers in Bristol. I love this piece.

4982. M32 roundabout J3 (446)

Mommynature and Nugmoose, M32 roundabout, Bristol, January 2023
Mommynature and Nugmoose, M32 roundabout, Bristol, January 2023

What a whole ton of fun in this collaboration from Frog and Nugmoose. At this point, I feel I need to update my blog, because I gave Frog her name a little while back, on account of her preference for painting frogs. It turns out that her Instagram name is Mommynature, and so that is what I shall be calling her from now on. (I might need to go back into my archive and change the name in previous posts).

Mommynature and Nugmoose, M32 roundabout, Bristol, January 2023
Mommynature and Nugmoose, M32 roundabout, Bristol, January 2023

To the left, Mommynature has painted a fabulous banana, a fruit you don’t see enough of in street art (IMO). The banana is beautifully painted with some nice bubbles drifting about too. To the right is a curious piece of alien writing (perfectly executed) with a box of stuff – alien matter?, which is plugged into letters. The collaboration is an enjoyable and imaginative creation from these painting partners.

4980. St Werburghs tunnel (343)

The Mole, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023
The Mole, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023

This is an absolute beauty in the tunnel by Inca the Mole, possibly the best I have seen from the artist. The colour selection is really nice, and the mole lettering combination works so well.

The Mole, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023
The Mole, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023

There is a great balance in the piece, and of course the mole is beautifully painted with plenty of character about him. There is a lovely shout out to the RBF crew, who often hold paint jams in the tunnel, and Inca the Mole might have painted over one of their pieces. All good stuff.

4977. River Avon (38)

Soap, River Avon, Bristol, December 2022
Soap, River Avon, Bristol, December 2022

This piece by Soap, was so good, I had to photograph it twice. The first time I tried, the results were terrible on account of strong sun and shade scattered over the piece. I made sure that my return visit was on an overcast day, with some better images.

Soap, River Avon, Bristol, December 2022
Soap, River Avon, Bristol, December 2022

Soap likes painting this character, which I think might be based on the cartoon character Ice King from the animated TV series Adventure Time, although I am not completely sure about that. This creation is a thing of beauty, and not only features the chrcter, but also spells out SOAP. A few gems thrown in for good measure, this is a masterclass in contemporary writing from Soap.

4976. Montpelier Park

Smak, Montpelier Park, Bristol, December 2022
Smak, Montpelier Park, Bristol, December 2022

I have been a little bit slack when it comes to posting recent pieces by Smak. I feel I have rather taken his amazing writing a little for granted, and I know I have several of his pieces from last year lurking in my archive. My bad.

Smak, Montpelier Park, Bristol, December 2022
Smak, Montpelier Park, Bristol, December 2022

Here is a lovely recent piece over in Montpelier Park, that looks incredibly weathered, but I think it is the effect that Smak wanted to convey, rather than that it is weathered, if that makes sense. Subtle colours and lots of lovely drips, interrupted only by a few tinges of red, blue and pink. There is something almost Miroesque about the final work, which is a real beauty.