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

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

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