Thursday, December 14, 2017

Janet and Joel


Janet was a member of the Mission Community who died recently, much missed by all including her Methodonians that she lookwho ed after in her pharmacy, and Joel is a mate of Pastor Brian asked me to add them to background of the Newtown Last Supper. Here is the beginnings of Joel with Brian


Janet between Brian and the apostle Rossco


Saturday, December 9, 2017

Farewell Pastor Brian

Pastor Brian is leaving after 13 years serving the most disadvantaged in the community. We launched the mural in front of a huge crowd who came to see him at his farewell.

Grace and I put together this postcard and gave them out. I butchered her words crash editing them to fit on the card, so I've included what she wrote below - thanks Grace - its always so inspiring doing things with you.


Johno and I encouraged direction and involvement by community members to foster belonging and ownership, and to tailor the mural to the community.  A community member asked me what the mural was of I said it was a ‘Australiana theme’ they exclaimed “where’s the sea?, when I think Australia I think the Sea!”. Johno and I also asked people what animals and plants they thought should be included, some people chose a particular animal because it’s their favourite such as Sue’s Frilled Necked Lizard, others because they feel that's what represents them; Johno O'Driscoll painted the resolute wombat to symbolise pastor Brian, who is leaving after 13 years of going above and beyond serving the community of Newtown through his empathy, compassion, generosity and involvement in community development.
We did have some requests that we were unable to fulfil were such as making the sun double as a dart board (think would be a OH&S issue) as well as repeated requests for a drop bear, ….only because I haven’t seen one and don’t know what they look like…

Like the animals around the billabong Pastor Brian nourished the community that gathers here, and he will be sorely missed.



Grace Woods





When I get hold of some photos from yhe night I'll put them up here

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Around the billabong - finished


I took a hires shot yesterday with a real camera (thanks Meg McCallum and Simeon) to use for the postcard we're printing for Pastor Brian's farewell tomorrow - this is a smaller generated copy but should print well up to about 15cm wide.

Animals around the Billabong


Animals around the Billabong - finished.

There's still stuff to do on the areas above and behind the doors (where Grace is going to draw a patterned border), but the main panel is done in time for Pastor Brian's farewell.

I've taken a couple of shots with a real camera which I'll post tomorrow along with some words Grace has written and whatever I can come up with

There are a stack of details below


Billabong Garden


Bottle Tree


cockatoo


toothy Tasmanian devil


the dingo



Duckpond


Eagle with the sun behind


Echidna


Galahs and flowers


part of Grace's garden


Goanna tree


Lorikeet with nectary flowers


Humpback dancing


Koala


Kookaburra


Yabby


Murray Cod


Powerful Owl


Redback


Kangaroos


A seagull


Spinifex and succulent


Everything under the Sun


Under the fig tree

  

Willy Wagtail


The Wombat - Pastor Brian

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Humpback Dancing


I found a bit of space for Humpback dancing out the back

Getting really close to finishing our Australiana mural now - "gettin' there" as Grace would say, a phrase that really annoyed her not long ago. She's outlining all the plants now, while I finish the animals and add a few I forgot.

Last requests very soon


Beginning of a bottle tree 


Henry


The left side of the mural


Right hand side

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Henry the Lorikeet in Grace's garden


Grace's lorikeet Henry bolted recently at dusk, I hope he made it, here he's checking out some nectary flowers


garden with kangaroos and galahs


bilby maybe



brolga dancing and a magpie


T the emu a bit more finished, and a wallaby


frilly

 
a pair of geese from the other day