6367. River Avon (64)

Desi and Mr Two Gram, River Avon, Bristol, August 2024
Desi and Mr Two Gram, River Avon, Bristol, August 2024

Recently I have become more organised and started writing my blog posts the day before, giving myself a buffer if things get a bit tight before I start work. So far this revised approach seems to be working really well. What it means is that I wrote this post yesterday and that any references to weather or the news might well be a little out of kilter. However, I am pleased to report that it looks like we will be having a bit of a dry spell in Bristol for the next week or so, and Donald Trump continues to be weird.

Desi, River Avon, Bristol, August 2024
Desi, River Avon, Bristol, August 2024

I don’t think that I post nearly enough pieces by Mr Two Gram, and Desi seems to have had a slightly slower summer, so it is great to be posting this collaboration from them. Desi presents her letters in a uniform style, filling them with a patchwork of greens, blended in a ‘paintbrush’ style. A generous smattering of pink hearts finishes the piece nicely.

Mr Two Gram, River Avon, Bristol, August 2024
Mr Two Gram, River Avon, Bristol, August 2024

Mr Two Gram has painted a fair bit over the summer, but inexplicably I haven’t posted much of his work. I might need to do a trawl at some point and present a mini-gallery of his work. His letters are consistent in form and here spell 2GRAM and his fills composed of blues, purples and magenta. The piece is tight and the collaboration modest, tucked away on a wall with little footfall. Great work from the pair.

6363. St Werburghs tunnel (444)

Benjimagnetic is a Bristol artist who tends to paint regularly but not frequently, if that makes any sense. So there is a constant drum beat of his work appearing often enough that he doesn’t fall off the radar.

Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024
Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024

This is a nice piece at the entrance to the tunnel, which is so characteristic of his unique style. The letters spell out BEN and are notable more for what isn’t there than what is. Benjimagnetic tends to avoid using solid or decorative fills for his letters, so what you are left with is the architecture of writing which creates these magnificent pieces full of lines and structures. This is a lovely tight piece from the artist.

6362. Dean Lane skate park (749)

Fade and Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024
Fade and Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024

You might have seen several references in the past to World Wall Stylers, and wondered what it is all about. Essentially, it is a global street art collaboration event, organised through Instagram, setting a theme which artists can adopt, paint and photograph, tagging @worldwallstylers in their own Instagram feeds. It is a way of showing off your style to a large urban art community and observing other artist’s impressions on the same theme. This month is chapter 16 of World Wall Stylers and the theme is the film ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’.

Fade and Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024
Fade and Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024

Fade and Dibz have collaborated in this Roger Rabbit piece in what I would call a fusion collaboration where both artists will have contributed to all parts of the piece, in spite of the letters spelling out FADE. The character in this piece was called Smart Guy, one of five weasel characters belonging to the Toon Patrol. Brilliant work from the pair and a prompt to dig out the movie and re-watch it sometime.

6359. Greenbank (134)

Butch, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2024
Butch, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2024

This is the second piece by Butch that I have found and posted and I am very much hoping to find and share a whole bunch more. I like this kind of writing a lot, I am not sure why. The letters cascade down from left to right, increasing in size as you traverse along. The fills are interesting and unconventionally but effectively applied.

Butch, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2024
Butch, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2024

PLB (Placebo) are an interesting crew of artists, managing to keep below the radar, enjoying their anonymous status, unlike many other artists and crews in Bristol. Butch has used the ‘rivet’ look which makes the letters look like metal plates bolted together. The whole thing would look better with a bit of background or a buffed wall, but I have a feeling that is not Butch’s style.

6358. St Werburghs tunnel (443)

Annika Pixie, Jee See and Pekoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024
Annika Pixie, Jee See and Pekoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024

As well as being a year when so many new artists have started painting in Bristol it has also been a period of collaboration. Whilst collaborations have always been a thing, I think that I have seen an increase in the number of them and a mixing up of collaborators, with new friendships and partnerships being formed or old ones renewed. This is an eclectic collaboration of styles from Annika Pixie, Jee See and Pekoe.

Annika Pixie, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024
Annika Pixie, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024

To the left, the ephemeral portrait style of Annika Pixie is a welcome return to the streets of Bristol, along with a piece in Brunel Way (to come). I am not sure where she has been for the last few years, but it is a pleasure to see her unique pieces appearing once again. Mysterious as ever, the portrait is quite beautiful and haunting, painted with a lightness of touch that is Annika Pixie’s trademark.

Jee See, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024
Jee See, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024

In the middle Jee See presents us with his customary SEISMIC writing and accompanies it with a little demonic figure and the name Mr Nobody next to it. I’ll be honest and say that I don’t really know what is going on in this piece, but I have always liked his work and know to expect the unexpected.

Pekoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024
Pekoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024

To the right a rather more familiar portrait piece from Pekoe rounds off the collaboration. The wonderful portrait, complete with amazing bunches (is that what they are called? – I am no expert in hairstyles) is accompanied by the magnificent words Pekoe has used before “Hot girls hate fascists”. It is noticeable that her work appears to be more joyful than it has been in the past, and I wonder whether this reflects the artist’s disposition in any way.

A wild, weird and wonderful collaboration.

6356. Cumberland Basin

Lokey (Lokea) and Ember, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024
Lokey (Lokea) and Ember, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024

It is so good to see Lokey painting a little more often these days, and I wonder if the frequency of his painting is related in any way to his daughter joining him and ‘collaborating’ with him – pester power can be a very compelling force. This is one of several recent collaborations that Lokey has painted alongside Ember.

Lokey (Lokea) and Ember, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024
Lokey (Lokea) and Ember, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024

Lokey has taken to writing LOKEA, which I suppose is simply switching things up a little, which writers like to do from time to time. His distinctive anamorphic writing style lifts wonderfully well from the wall. His daughter, Ember, has painted a cat, her character of choice, and I have to say it is rather good. I don’t know how old she is, but I can see that there is great potential. It looks like naïve, childish art because that is exactly what it is. Fantastic!

6355. M32 Spot (192)

Slim Pickings (Tes) and Biers, M32 Spot, Bristol, August 2024
Slim Pickings (Tes) and Biers, M32 Spot, Bristol, August 2024

It feels good to give these two a bit of attention, especially Slim Pickings (Tes), because although they are out there painting fairly regularly, I don’t tend to feature them on Natural Adventures as much as I should. I am pleased to see this collaboration between Tes and Biers because it is on one of my favourite spots in Bristol.

Slim Pickings (Tes) and Biers, M32 Spot, Bristol, August 2024
Slim Pickings (Tes) and Biers, M32 Spot, Bristol, August 2024

This is a particularly fine example of Slim Picking’s work, with the letters TES beautifully filled in two shades of orange with bubbles. Cleverly the drop shadow and the white spot highlights really make this one pop, fantastic stuff.  Biers has incorporated little flashes of orange (upside down crosses) which work really well with his green shades WD40. A fine collaboration from two great graffiti writers.

6353. Cumberland Basin

Ceus, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August
Ceus, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August

This is the first of a series of outstanding pieces from a collaborative paint jam prompted by World Wall Stylers with the theme of the film ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’. Although this piece by Ceus isn’t immediately theme related, it is when seen in the context of the whole wall (watch this space).

Ceus, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August
Ceus, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August

I haven’t seen very much from Ceus lately, so coming across this was a very pleasant surprise. Ceus has a gift for creating visually very attractive writing and has excelled himself with this piece. The green colour scheme (themed) looks really great on the black buffed wall, and Ceus has worked it well into his letters with some great colour transitions. Lovely work.

6352. St Werburghs tunnel (442)

Kool Hand and Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024
Kool Hand and Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024

I have so much catching up to do, particularly in respect of Kool Hand, who has been trotting out pieces throughout the year, but doesn’t make it into Natural Adventures nearly as much as he should. This is a lovely collaboration between Kool Hand and Werm painted in the tunnel not so long ago.

Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024
Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024

The dog character painted by Kool Hand, I would guess is a female character on the account of the lipstick, long nails and hoop earring, although I guess it could be a cross-dressing or drag dog. He/she/they is spraying the adjacent piece by Werm, a common device in street art.

Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024
Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024

Werm is continuing with his newest design incarnation, which presents the letters WERM in long interlocked lettering that uses bilateral symmetry as a clever presentation of his letters, similar to the symmetry common in Hypo’s work. I think it works very well and disguises the letters perfectly. There is a deep stripy 3D drop shadow that helps the piece to pop a little. Nice work from the Bristol duo.

Bloem

A gallery of wonderful street art and graffiti writing from Bristol artist Bloem (AKA Hiccup).

Instagram: @bloem_uk

Instagram Jewellery  @hiccup.uk

All photographs by Scooj

Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2026
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2026
Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025
Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2025
Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, December 2025
Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, December 2025
Sub and Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, December 2025
Sub and Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, December 2025
Sub and Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, December 2025
Sub and Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, December 2025
Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, July 2025
Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, July 2025
Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, May 2025
Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, May 2025
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2025
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2025
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2025
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2025
Bloem, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2025
Bloem, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2025
Bloem, River Avon, Bristol, February 2025
Bloem, River Avon, Bristol, February 2025
Bloem, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2025
Bloem, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2025
Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, January 2025
Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, January 2025
Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, January 2025
Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, January 2025
Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2024
Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2024
Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, October 2024
Bloem, Peel Street Green, Bristol, October 2024
Bloem, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024
Bloem, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024

 

Bloem, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024
Bloem, Muriel Alleyway, Bristol, August 2024

 

Esme Lower and Bloem
Esme Lower and Bloem

 

Bloem, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024
Bloem, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024

 

Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2024
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2024

 

Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, June 2024
Bloem, Frome Side, Bristol, June 2024

 

Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2024
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2024

 

Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2024
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2024

 

Sub and Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2024
Sub and Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2024

 

Bloem, Greenbank, Bristol, February 2024
Bloem, Greenbank, Bristol, February 2024

 

Bloem, M32 Spot, Bristol, January 2024
Bloem, M32 Spot, Bristol, January 2024

 

Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2023
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2023

 

Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2023
Bloem, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2023

 

Hiccup (Bloem), Purdown, Bristol, September 2023
Hiccup (Bloem), Purdown, Bristol, September 2023

 

Hiccup (Bloem), Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2023
Hiccup (Bloem), Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2023

 

Hiccup (Bloem), M32 roundabout, Bristol, May 2023
Hiccup (Bloem), M32 roundabout, Bristol, May 2023

 

Hiccup, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2023
Hiccup, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2023

 

Hiccup, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2023
Hiccup, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2023

 

Hiccup, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2023
Hiccup, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2023