Writer – Page 20 – Natural adventures

7176. M32 roundabout J3 (713)

Hire, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

This is a wonderful piece of graffiti writing from Hire, that was painted alongside Sait Bare. Together they seem to have struck up a painting partnership and have collaborated a few times recently – I posted Sait Bare’s piece adjacent to this one a little while ago.

Hire has painted his ODIAH letters, which he does from time to time, and they look absolutely splendid. This is a tight piece of writing with some great fills including mid-line which offers depth to the letters as do the 3D drop shadows. The whole thing is painted on an interesting background of roughly rollered green on black – an interesting effect.

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Soker, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

Although he has slowed down a little over the last few years, the quality of writing from Soker hasn’t diminished in the slightest, and in fact, if anything, continues to get better and better.

This is another excellent piece from the fabulous Ulow Birthday celebration paint jam last month. Soker has, like most of the writers on the day, picked out the letters ULOW, painted in a sumptuous colour palette of deep reds and oranges, with a molten lava look, offset and blended with a purple cloud around the letters. Stunning technique and oozing class.

7174. Peel Street Green (49)

Werm has not only had a great year, but actually several great years. He has been turning out his graffiti writing pieces with regularity and consistently high quality. This large piece in Peel Street Green is an absolute belter for many reasons.

Werm, Peel Street Green, Bristol, August 2025

First off, he has buffed the wall with a brick-red colour, taking the wall back to its original appearance. The wonderful writing itself in blended shades of blue are given a wonderful 3D appearance augmented by the drop shadow with its central vanishing point and some carefully crafted thin white highlight lines. The writing is bordered with a solid red line and the whole piece is beautifully neat and tidy. In my view, this is an outstanding piece from Werm.

7173. Greenbank (171)

Esme Lower, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2025

What a nice thing to see, another piece from Esme Lower, who appears to be getting a little more active on the streets of Bristol lately. Her letters MELO are, I am assuming, a conflation of the end of esME and the start of LOwer.

Her artwork in this piece is beautifully thought out, with her merged letters decorated with some lovely daisies around the outside. Such is the fill running through that if you didn’t know it spelled MELO, you might have missed the letters altogether. A nice confident piece.

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Cheo, Dibz and Ulow, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

Lots to see and admire in this wonderful triptych from Cheo, Dibz and Ulow, painted during a ‘high end’ paint jam celebrating the latter’s birthday. The whole wall, (see last photograph) was sheer class.

Cheo, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

First up in this little sequence of three is a brilliant B Boy character by Cheo, with his second piece of the paint jam. A perfect cartoon-style, with so much detail to enjoy, and of course the trademark bee.

Dibz, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

In the middle of this triptych is an outstanding piece of graffiti writing by Dibz which appropriately spells out ULOW. Beautifully designed letters and fills have to give way a little to some amazing exploding pink bubbles. A nicely balanced piece.

Ulow, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

Finally, all eyes are on the amazing character by the birthday boy himself. Ulow has painted an extraordinary comic-style full portrait of a young woman dancing, or so it appears. Ulow has created enormous depth with his perspective, and accentuated the muscle-tone incredibly skilfully. Truly stunning work from all three artists.

Minto, Cheo, Hypo, Ulow, Dibz, Soker, Rusk, Shade One and Turoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

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Hypo, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

Another quick couple of posts today… too busy with the dying embers of our holiday. This is a lovely piece celebrating Ulow’s birthday, and part of a sensational paint jam. Hypo has abandoned his letters in favour of ULOW.

When artists change their letters, I am left wondering if it is more of a challenge, or whether they can transpose their skills seamlessly. Lots of things to like about this piece, great colours, lots of fill decorations, and effective white highlights providing depth. A nice birthday gift.

7164. Boiling Wells Lane (5)

Hemper, Boiling Wells Lane, Bristol, August 2025

Tunnel entrances are always difficult to photograph, especially on sunny days, as you can see from this light/shadow image taken at the second tunnel in St Werburghs. The poor photo doesn’t detract from the quality of the graffiti writing by Hemper.

Writing in his short-form HEMS, Hemper has provided a checked background, which is inspirational, and, using three colours, one step age and of the simple concept. The yellow letters, incorporating two characters, are outstanding, with brilliant use of black and white highlights to give 3D depth to them. The work of a genius (I rarely use the term, but in this case I believe it to be true).

7163. M32 Cycle path (297)

Pura Decadencia, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, August 2025

Pura Decadencia has smashed it with this gorgeous piece of writing alongside the M32, behind the Black Swan. Her overall style and skill had been on an upward trajectory over the years, and she is now turning out some outstanding graffiti writing pieces.

The regular letters are filled with yellow, light blue and green with patterns reversed out from colour to colour. The letters are bordered confidently with a thick red line that helps the letters stand out. A yellow plasma line runs through the piece, and it is all presented on a black buffed wall, without which it would risk being swamped by surrounding artwork. Excellent graffiti writing from Pura Decadencia.

7159. Brunel Way (333)

From time to time in the past I am sure I have seen the letters EMCE before, but it appears that I haven’t posted anything from the artist before, so this is, I suppose, a debut piece on Natural Adventures, and one of two, at least, painted in Bristol recently.

The overlapping letters, in a solid style with pointy bits, each have their own colour presented in a pleasing transition. Lift is provided by a thin orange border and some nicely painted white highlights,, all finished off with some decorative drips. A nice piece of graffiti writing.

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Slim Pickings, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025

It is a very long time since I last posted anything by Slim Pickings (TES), not because he hasn’t been painting, but because I have been so squeezed by unbelievable volume of street/graffiti art being painted over the last few months. To make up for lost time, here are two pieces painted during the same session in August.

For a long time Slim Pickings would repeat the same basic form of his TES letters, rarely deviating from the archetypal form other than adjusting the fills and the odd accessory decoration. With these two pieces he has thrown in some slightly different designs. The one with the pink background is a bit of beauty.

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