Pipers Pool mural

Just finished this new mural at a private residence near Mortehoe, North Devon.

Braunton Bowl Mural Timelapse video

Please check out the timelapse video of the painting of the mural around the walls of Braunton Bowl, it's great!!


Community Arts mural at the Youth Club Braunton, Devon from wavedreamer on Vimeo.

Braunton Youth Club Mural - Finished

The mural is now finished, there are many people to thank for seeing it done but firstly a bit about the project.... "The Museum of British Surfing" were the instigators of the project and got me involved, Pete Robinson from the Museum has put a great article about the project on the Museum website, click here to read more.

A big thanks to:
"Graffiti Magic" who very kindly sponsored us for the protective clearcoat.
"Brewers" (Barnstaple branch) who helped with trade prices on paints and free paint from their seconds department.
"T.F Witts & Sons" (painting contractors Woolacombe) who let me take any left over paint they had from previous jobs.
"Saltrock" who provided 2 large printed copies of the design for us to work from.
"Jeff Lawton" for lending the 2 overhead projectors.
"Redwood Surfshop" for lending the pressure washer.
"Wavedreamer" - Richard Gregory and Mikey Corker who are producing a time-lapse video of the whole painting from start to finish.
"Museum Of British Surfing" - for instigating the whole project
"The Youth Club, Braunton" - and especially Tom Mack, the youth club team leader, for his tireless enthusiasm, and dedication to the painting process.
"The Youth Club Users" - for all your ideas, and help with the painting.

AND last but not least all the people (young and old) who gave their time to prepare the walls, sketch out and paint the mural, i'm compiling a list of names at present.

The idea was always to try and create a piece of public art that would involve as many of the local youth as possible and also be enjoyed by the widest possible spectrum of people, young & old. 

I believe wholeheartedly that public art can be a great benefit to communities, troubled or not.

Braunton Youth Club Mural - Clearcoating

With the mural painting complete we had the final job of clear-coating the painting in a weather protective, anti-graffiti, clear coat called Graffiti Magic. Two coats were required, five of us with paint brushes and rollers sets had the job done faster than expected.

Tom Mack contemplates the size small latex gloves...

We wanted to ensure that the mural had protection from the elements, and protection from graffiti, i did my research, and Graffiti Magic seemed to me the best product on the market.

Many thanks to John Townsend from Graffiti magic for helping us out, to read more about this revolutionary coating click here: www.graffitimagic.com

Braunton Youth Club Mural - The Painting

And so with the design all sketched out we got cracking with painting the beast. We were graced with great weather through out, in fact at times it was too hot. Looks a bit like Venice beach here..

Loads of people just turned up and helped out. Saltrock printed up some large inkjet prints of the design to help me see what was meant to go where.

Braunton youth club - Sketch out complete

What a great evening/night, we started at about 10pm and finished at 1:30am, all in all 13 people were involved in the sketch out, 3 over head projectors, nine A4 acetates, 13 sharpie markers.....a few cups of tea......some chocolate....and plenty of positive vibes, this is going to be epic...I'll be down there tomorrow for a time but the main painting will start at 10am sharp Saturday morning, and continue all weekend.

Youth Center Mural Design

The weather got in the way last weekend, so this weekend we are going to crack on with the project, lets hope that it doesnt rain.

If you are in Braunton 10am till 5pm this coming Sat 23rd July or Sunday 24th, then pop down, and check out the work in progress, the young folk who use the youth club are looking forward to painting.

I have reduced the artwork to paint by numbers, and we will be sketching it out using overhead projectors after dark (9pm) on Thursday night (21st), come down if you are about town, we'll be there till gone midnight.

Photo shows the visualization i have come up with from the meetings i have had with the kids and youth workers.

Braunton Youth Center Mural

Planning for the Braunton Youth Center mural around the youth club in Braunton is going well.

Here's a sneak preview of part of the design (that has been worked out in conjunction with the young people who use the youth club).

We will start preparing the walls on Thursday 14th July, and actual painting will commence on the Saturday 16th, with all the young folk who use the youth club involved with painting the artwork, we'll be having a BBQ on the Sunday.

Wave dreamer will making a short film of the project for online distribution. It's going to be fun.

Would be great to see you all down there.

I'd like to thank Jessica Finson for giving us permission to use part of her illustration "The music playing in your head"in the mural design.....it's the black lady with headphones on, to see more of her vector artworks click here

"City of Murals"

Jane Golden's work in America, second to none, an inspiration to so many. The link below tells of the efforts of the many artists and people who have been involved over the years, and how it has instigated positive change:
http://muralarts.org/
 2000+ fabulous murals now grace the city of Philadelphia, USA.....you have to have a look!!!