Shadows of Trees

Blackness Public Art Programme. Shadows of Trees mural with Exploding Dog planter (with red dogwood stems). Info from artist: “The Shadows of Trees mural on the gable of the Complex was first sandblasted to a depth of 5mm. To do this, I scaled up the drawings and transferred them to hardboard sheeting. This was cut to form a template mask that was attached to the wall. The sandblasting was then carried out and the template used to mask the area for painting. I was trying to describe some world that lay among the many worlds of Miln Street - not quite seen, not quite unseen. For the gable wall of the industrial units a mural - not trees but rather the shadows cast from non-existent trees, and in front of them a planter, shaped (quite unconsciously) like a primitive animal form exploding.”