Blackall State School

Making the most of the recent beautiful weather in Central Queensland I have just completed another project with Blackall State School. During the week I worked with students to build on arts skills and create a few more murals around the school. I wish to thank the principal and PCAP for the opportunity to continue the great work. Also derserving of much gratitude are the staff, students, tuckshop, and the community of Blackall for the ongoing support and commitment to youth art initiatives.

The following are a couple of examples from a busy week.

Connectivity

Winner of the Judge’s Choice Award The Wilderness Gallery Sheffield International Mural Fest 2011.

Day breaks and the sun begins to warm the concrete jungle. It is easy to ignore the natural environment and focus on a capitalist-centric trajectory. This is an expression of connection and disconnection: an illustration of dissonance among the birdsong. Is nature reconnecting or are the urban elements dominating?

Acrylic and aerosol on boards 4.8m X 2.1m Sheffield, Tasmania. 

Based on the theme poem Power of Community by PB Tewson: 

In the dawn bright with birdsong,

the people rise to watch the world open.

GCIT Children's Centre Ashmore

Gold Coast Institute of T.A.F.E. Children’s Centre (GCITCC) has been keeping me busy painting murals on several exterior walls. I’ve hopefully inspired some young artists with a variety of works including trains, bugs, numbers and lots of crazy cartoons. Here’s a selection.

Dinner Time

It’s not everyday you get to splash around a couple of litres of black in someones dining room. The owner of this Wakerly residence provided a concept for the mural capturing my attention. A striking impact was desired to complement the modern decor and fittings in the family home.

Redbank State School

Students from Redbank State School participated in drawing and design workshops to develop concepts for the covered outside play area (COLA). Featuring many of the students submitted designs and the schools motto, the “Everyone Belongs” themed mural was part of Harmony Day Celebrations. 

Logan Village Spa

Frogs have been popular in recent times and the requests keep coming. I enjoy painting private residences as it gives a home a unique flavor, personalising the space for the owners. Transforming the previously dull exterior into a feature mural armed with aerosols and headphones, this Spa area kept me busy in Logan Village last week.

Richlands Underpass

Another 50m. of wall completed of the 140m. stretch at Richlands station. The area is mainly industrial and this shaped the theme for the mural. It merges with the rest of the mural which represents the growth in the area by combining the tomato farming which one covered the area where the stations now stands and the machinery used in the industrial areas. 

Richlands Station

In August I was contracted to paint this 90 metre long mural at the brand new Richlands station. Following substantial community consultation it was decided the theme would be a “Celebration of Local Community and Culture”. The mural took several weeks to apply, approximately 30 metres of masking tape, hundreds of aerosol cans and about one hundred litres of acrylic paint. The design incorporated content from concepts submitted by students and included images of community gardening, early farming, historical buildings, industrial collages and indigenous markings. 

Bushkidz Blacksoil

A fun themed 20m long mural at Bushkidz Blacksoil. The little tykes can practice and learn numbers, letters, animals and colours.

Tadpoles

After completing large murals at Tadpoles Nerangba and Sunrise Beach centres, Tadpoles Early Learning Centres have engaged Aerograffix at Eatons Hill. The signs and images stretch along almost fifty metres of brightly coloured wall facing the busy Eatons Crossing road. There is more artwork to be completed at this new look centre soon.