Writer – Page 30 – Natural adventures

7004. Sparke Evans Park (131)

Hire, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, June 2025

2025 has been a dry year so far, and we have had an unusually sunny time of it, and although this is in part driven by a changing climate, it still feels good after the rather wet years we have had in the last decade or so. I mention this, because in these sunny conditions, photographing certain walls in Bristol has been a bit of a nightmare and this one was particularly challenging.

Despite the difficulties (you can just make out my arm in the top left trying to block out the glare), It was well worth the effort to capture this beauty from Hire. This piece is like some of his earlier spiky pieces, but with slightly softer edges. Some great autumnal colours and fabulous highlights surrounding the HIRE letters instead of a drop shadow give this piece a distinctive look that is a hallmark of the artist. A very nice piece of graffiti writing.

7001. M32 Cycle path (290)

Oust, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, June 2025

Oust is a graffiti writer who is probably a little under-represented on Natural Adventures, which might reflect the fact that he doesn’t paint all that frequently, and it is possible that I miss the odd piece altogether. He seems to have been in a rich vein of form recently though, and this is one of at least three pieces I have found recently.

This birthday tribute piece for Sled One is absolutely outstanding in my view. Oust has used great colours, orange and green always work well together, and his classic style is full of great fills, depth and movement. Although the piece is busy, it isn’t cluttered. This is a classy piece of graffiti writing from Oust.

7000. M32 roundabout J3 (692)

Kid Crayon, M32 roundabout, Bristol, May 2025

A little bit of a landmark this morning, with my seven thousandth street art blog post, which is quite a few really. When I set out on this adventure in 2015, the blog was set up to share my diary and log from a life-changing experience I had, working with the fisheries department in the Falkland Islands.

In the early days, I simultaneously started to notice the street art and graffiti around me in my adopted home, Bristol. I started posting the odd piece, mainly because nobody else was at that time, and I wanted to share what I saw and found out with others, and to lay down an archive of this ephemeral art form. And here we are, still going strong and with a bigger street art scene than ever before.

It is fitting that this milestone piece is by Kid Crayon, because it was his unusual and surreal wheatpaste portraits that originally captured my imagination and motivated me to blog about this stuff. I was lucky enough to catch up with Kid Crayon and Tera while they were painting this wall, but alas, Tera’s piece was painted over by the time I returned to get clean photographs. Kid Crayon has produced a fabulous piece with some great colour fills discrete to each letter and a wonderful one-eyed character making up the ‘o’. The floating crayon in front of the character’s mouth is a signature motif used by Kid Crayon for at least a decade. Splendid stuff.

6998. Cumberland Basin

Endz, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, June 2025

Unsigned pieces are always difficult to identify, but I have hit upon a bit of reverse engineering in my thinking; as well as looking for clues in the lettering or style of the piece, I also think about which artists I know that never sign their work, and this often leads me to a small pool of artists to investigate. Endz is one of those artists, and closer scrutiny of the style (which varies considerably) helps to draw conclusions.

Endz also paints under another name in Bristol, but likes to keep the two identities separate. The sketchy style, which some might interpret as untidy, is deliberate and feels like it might have dropped out of a scrap book or something. The grey tones of the letters are interspersed with small blocks of orange that jazz the whole piece up a bit along with an orange border. Interesting work from Endz, and certainly a little different from the mainstream.

Dark-saddled leucozona

Hoverfly heaven

every floret head a table

each flower, a glass

by Scooj

6997. St Werburghs tunnel (510)

I think I have probably laboured the point in blog posts passim about my aversion to brown tones in street art, but it seems to be the ‘flavour of the month’ at the moment, so I will just have to get used to it. Strictly speaking, this piece by Werm isn’t brown, but it has that brown complexion to it.

Colour selection aside, this is a marvellous technical piece of graffiti writing, spelling WERM, but cunningly designed to almost disappear as letters and reappear as shapes instead. The spheres around the outside soften the hard edges of the writing in this beautifully presented piece, painted as part of Wispa’s birthday celebration paint jam.

6995. Mina Road (15)

Stivs and Vane, Mina Road, Bristol, May 2025

This wall, I believe, is owned by the householder behind it who has been happy to give permission to Silent Hobo, in the past, and more recently Stivs and Vane to decorate the wall. This recent makeover is their second collaboration here, and they have created something truly beautiful.

The art nouveau style of this two-part collaboration is not only really unusual, but arresting, and perhaps something you might expect to see on the near continent rather than in Bristol. Vane’s photorealistic portrait is engulfed in flowers and surrounded with a stunning art nouveau design, not unlike the metro signs in Paris.

Stivs continuers the theme, with the highly designed background and floral decoration, and also includes a portrait, although one that is perhaps slightly less photorealistic. This collaboration is as outstanding as it is unexpected. A very special piece.

6994. Brunel Way (319)

This is simply a really classy piece from Corupt (who writes the letters ‘Corupt’ or ‘Stick’ mostly) on a wall/skate ramp, tucked away at the southern end of the Brunel Way spot.

The piece is good in every respect. The colour selections work beautifully, The quirky letters fill the space of the ramp perfectly, and the overall finishing is tight as a nut. Corupt has been turning out some outstanding pieces recently and i very highly regarded in his homeland of Hungary, so I am told.

6993. M32 roundabout J3 (691)

Hypo, Cheo and Hemper, M32 roundabout, Bristol, May 2025

Birthday paint jams have definitely become more of a thing since I started writing about street art (about ten years now). This was a well attended birthday celebration for Hypo, which turned out some superb pieces. This is a triptych from the birthday boy, Cheo and Hemper.

I’ve pretty much said all there is to say about Hypo’s work in so many posts over the last couple of years, and this is another fine example of his wildstyle writing, perhaps more cryptic than some of his pieces. What an accolade that so many great artists came out to celebrate with him.

Cheo is one of the ‘godfathers’ of character work in Bristol, and this is a superb cartoon-style piece featuring an artist (is it Hypo?) pondering whether he should be using red or yellow paint. The animation is so full of humour and movement, it almost feels like watching a film clip. Of course, a signature bee is in attendance.

Hemper, M32 roundabout, Bristol, May 2025

Hemper always, always turns out outstanding pieces. This one is as creative as ever, and spells out Hems in blue and white dappled letters set on a red splash. Everything in on point, and it is easy to see that this is the work of a graffiti writing genius. Three great pieces coming together in this birthday collaboration.

6992. St Werburghs tunnel (509)

I am enjoying the discovery of Zinso pieces, and this was the second of three that I have come across recently. There is something rather attractive about the letters and the way they are worked, along with two wonderful blue arrows book ending the writing.

The colourful cartoony letters are filled with nicely blended greens, browns and blues with the exception of the ‘i’ which is a bright contrasting orange. The letters are set on a ping background and finished off with a sprinkling of lovely drips. Although Zinso is new to Bristol, the artist is clearly experienced and accomplished.

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	Suzette Benjamin on Donz
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