MILL STRAND MURAL |
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My 33 feet long mural for Mill Strand Integrated Primary School which I painted in March 2014. The brief was to include as many local scenes as possible. A six year old pupil is here to give you an idea of the scale. This was painted using household emulsion paint with the detail picked out with acrylics. I have tried to make this a believable location although the lifeboat looks dangerously close to the shore! | |
Here is a closer look at the left side of the painting. Included is : - Dunluce Castle Note seagull droppings on the main rock for authenticity. |
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Here is the middle section: - The Skerries (Islands) Footprints. The children enjoy making up their own stories about this painting. And the flag on the sandcastle? A reference to the historic events on the TV news that nightly filled our screens whilst I was painting this mural. Bit heavy on the jpeg compression, sorry about that. |
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And finally the right section which depicts the Giant's Causeway. Note the sea pinks just behind the little girl's head. The lichen I applied using a broken sponge dipped in three colours and then dabbed on. When I am painting the Causeway on flats or canvas, (And I am often asked to paint the Causeway) I lay the material on the floor then spatter paint drops all over it to give the texture of stone. But you can't do that on a wall. |
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Towards the end of painting, the Nursery Class (four year olds) came to watch me work. | |
Then, I am told, "inspired" they trooped back to their classroom where they made their own large version. | |
The mural was used as a back drop for the school's play about litter on the shore. I was invited, and, along with parents and friends, thoroughly enjoyed their performance. (Well done P6) As I had painted the lifeboat, members of the RNLI were also invited and this photo shows myself and a member of the crew ,Mark Mitchell. Mark is Deputy 2nd Coxswain of that Portrush Lifeboat and has been on the crew for 26 years. Photo by Deirdre Doherty |
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