Shadowplay II – the adventure begins anew! Back at the Strand Leisure Park in Gillingham today to start work on stage two of the Shadowplay mural after a five-year hiatus. And like all good sequels it reunites the original cast – me, Mark Barnes, bucket-loads of paint and a large section of unpainted wall fencing [...]

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We painted the last coat of anti-graffiti varnish on the Strand mural today and so this story ends. Murals are always challenging, whether you’re battling the elements or battling to keep the project on time and within budget, but we’ve learnt a lot that we can take forward to the next adventure. Hopefully people will [...]

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  This is one BIG wall. We’re getting there but we’ve had to draft in extra hands to keep on target. It’s the midway point in the mural and the shadowplay story has reached the Second World War. Everyone is in good spirits but sometimes it seems like the project is never going to end… [...]

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  The Shadowplay mural at The Strand is finally under way and so far the clouds have been kind to us. Mark and I have drafted in the help of fellow artist Claire Patchett to speed things along and so far we’re making good progress.     The wall, which encircles The Strand’s outdoor swimming [...]

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  And we’re off! Spent a day at The Strand in Gillingham yesterday, catching shadows for the mural Mark Barnes and I will be painting there.     Jeremy Clarke, Education Officer from The Guildhall Museum in Rochester joined us and brought along an exciting box full of top hats, tin hats and bustling crinolines. [...]

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  And so a new adventure begins! My trusty sidekick, illustrator Mark Barnes, and I have been commissioned by Medway Council to transform this grey, graffiti-riddled wall at The Strand Leisure Park in Gillingham into a multi-coloured marvel!     We pitched several ideas but the one we’re going with will tell the story of [...]

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