I’m moving to Geelong, Victoria! Adelaide has been home for 10 years and it’s time to take a huge, scary leap and pack the boxes. I can’t write this without tears, because I love Adelaide, I love my community and I love what I’ve been able to build here as an artist. South Australia, you are home. I am going to miss living here, the people, lifestyle and weather are really hard to leave.
Every time I paint a mural, I forget that I will make mistakes, and it’s ok. Do you have the same creative experience as me? Do you make mistakes, become frustrated and forget to embrace them? All my mistakes. All my adjustments that become hidden and give the impression that they never existed. I can’t reach the end product without accepting and learning from the mistakes.
The 2024 Adelaide Street Art PD was full of creativity, colour and sunshine! Teachers from all of SA came together to learn, experiment and dream of walls they can paint with their students. I shared resources, tips, techniques and answered questions about materials, process and safety.
I have just finished painting a mural at Sunrise Christian School in Marion. The surface was a challenge because some sections were brick, some corrugated iron and some were smooth rendered walls. Let me show you the process for painting this mural and tips for installing a mural at your school.
I have just finished painting a mural at Sunrise Christian School in Marion. The surface was a challenge because some sections were brick, some corrugated iron and some were smooth rendered walls. Let me show you the process for painting this mural and tips for installing a mural at your school.
Here in South Australia many of our streets have Stobie Poles, instead of the usual power poles. We can thank James Cyril Stobie for his invention of a termite-resistant alternative giving the community the perfect canvas. Why not transform these concrete surfaces into something bright and colourful?
Alana Naylor is based in Cairns, has travelled the world and this year she won the Adelaide Fringe Poster Competition with her artwork ‘Fleurs de Fringe’. This amazing recognition has catapulted her from experimenting with her drawings through her Project Play instagram account to collaborating with a team of creatives to pull off a genre-defying visual art experience.
Are you about to start painting a mural on corrugated iron? If you're nervous about the surface, these 5 tips to help you get started! Leah shares how to prepare the corrugated wall, fence or shed. She explains what materials to use, what aerosol painting technique to use and tips for your concept design.
Lou Chamberlin has included my ‘Happiness Is’ mural in her latest book ‘Urban Scrawl’! I’m so over-the-moon that she would include my work. This copy arrived in the mail today and it was as though the book hit me over the head to tell me, I’m not only an artist but I actually am a street artist too!
