The Great Wall & Pete
It’s been such a busy end to the working week, isn’t it supposed to slow down after Wednesday?
But a good way to end a Friday was to call in to see my friend Pete, who has been working on a Great Wall.
Pete is a late comer to the world of painting. But it has in no way been a disadvantage. When asked to paint 30sq mtres of outdoor mural, he jumped in with both feet, regardles of the fact that he’s never painted one before.
When he asked me to come and have a look at his 90 hours of work thus far, I was amazed at what he’s created. He’s turned 15 metres of plain paling fence into a vast landscape, incorporating bush, desert and rainforest.
He’s had trying conditions to contend with, wet season at it’s wildest, crippling humidty and plants that “sting” you. I copped a 2 inch thorn from an agave in my bum yesterday!
“Skinning” of paint was also a problem, which he ingeniously overcame by storing the paint in syringes until he needed them. He was lucky enough to have a shade tent erected by the owners.
Left hand side starting with the gum trees of the bush. He’s still to paint in an old tumbledowned cottage in this section today. All up he’ll spend about 100 hours working on this amazing piece.
The middle section encompasses the red desert sands and ancient mountian ranges. I told him it reminded me of “Iron Knob” which we drove past over 20 years ago.
Next is the billabong, where’s he’s thinking about adding some more reflections/shadows, and maybe more clouds to the sky.
And finally the far right, which ends in the rainforest mountains that Cairns is surrounded by. He’s used the most gorgeous lilac to represent the shadows in this painting – just beautiful.
Congratulations to Pete & his Great Wall!
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Hi Cindy, well this mural is simply stunning…No words would be good enough to say how impressed I am with it…I bet the owners are thrilled to bits…..
it looks great. what fantastic colours
For a new comer to painting he’s doing a fantastic job. The colours are superb and under such difficult conditions.
Well done Pete!
That’s pretty impressive for a late comer. I hope the owners let him plunge into the pool to cool off in between squirts of his paint syringe.
I vaguely remember Iron Knob – a big roo or cocky or similar….
Thats one huuuugge mural…..
Is it still raining?
Very talented……
Thanks everyone for your comments, I’ll be sure to pass them onto Pete – he’ll be so pleased.
And Kim, after a dry week, yes, it’s bucketing down again…
Wow! Great photography and Pete’s wall is just beautiful. I’ve seen less talent in people who have been painting their whole lives. Hello from Texas
It looks wonderful. Amazing combination of colors.