Down in The Antipodes, Australian blogger Andrew regularly posts images of murals that he has spotted in the streets of Melbourne. Inspired by his lead, I decided to use part of today to investigate two new murals in Sheffield city centre.
First I headed to Pound's Park which I had learnt is now overlooked by a very tall mural created on the side of an office block by a Sheffield muralist who goes by the name of Peachzz - even though her real name is the more prosaic - Megan Russell.
Her brilliant mural is titled "Reverie" and it was created with the help of two friends and some adjustable scaffolding. Central to the design are two birds that can be seen in the city's southwestern suburbs - a blue heron and a kingfisher. I can confirm this because I have taken photographs of both.
Very close to "Reverie" there is another, slightly older mural - by the Sheffield artist Pete McKee. It depicts an old lady and it used to overlook a very handy car park that I used often. It is now surrounded by boarding ahead of an anticipated construction project.
With my work done, I went into the market and ordered a sausage and tomato sandwich with a mug of tea before heading home on a number 88 bus - using my senior bus pass of course. Mission accomplished.
I hope you had a good dollop of Henderson's Relish on that sausage and tomato sandwich.
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with the first one. Where I live we've been having biennial street art festivals since... 2010 I think, so we have a number of big murals here too.
ReplyDeleteI like to see murals and that first one is beautiful. I often see (and hear) Kingfishers at our pond (I think ours look a bit different) and just saw two Great Blue Herons last week.
ReplyDeleteThat’s what I love about Sheffield, it’s impromptu art
ReplyDeleteGreat detail on the first one; stunning.
ReplyDeleteBut I love the old lady, too.
You remind me that I must get out and get photos of the murals that have been done lately.
ReplyDeleteFabulous murals and I'm glad you photographed the Old Lady as it seems it might soon be "lost" behind whatever they will be constructing there.
ReplyDeleteOf course, reading this post's headline, I immediately thought of Monica, who regularly posts pictures of the beautiful murals in her Swedish hometown, and I see she has already commented here.
ReplyDeleteThe one with the two birds is fantastic. The other two are works of art in their own right, and the one with the old lady is made more poignant by your composition with the girl in the wide skirt walking in the opposite direction of the way the lady on the mural is posed.
I love mural art. The city where I live has a lot of them, and now your post has given me the impetus to do some more exploring.
ReplyDeleteThe large mural is beautiful - what a pleasure to be able to stand and admire the artistry. The old lady made me smile and I hope she won't be lost behind the new building.
ReplyDeleteA way to brighten otherwise drab walls.
ReplyDeleteAnother fan of murals.
ReplyDeleteDiego Rivera is one of my favourites
Maybe Monticello needs some murals. I really have no idea what's going on in downtown Tallahassee. I haven't actually visited there in a very long time.
ReplyDeleteThose murals are great! I hope the don't cover up that old lady mural when they put in the new construction.
ReplyDeleteThere are many murals in my city.