Monday, July 18, 2016

On the trail..



On our trip into the country last week we passed through Northam, another small country town in the Avon Valley as I was really keen to take some shots of the work by large-scale artists Phlegm and Hense. A CBH grain receival point, these 36mt tall silos would have been a challenge with both artists having an extended stay in the country :) The bold, bright colours used by USA artist Hense above depicting the agricultural area around the wheat-belt, seen a few posts back, and the astoundingly detailed work (so worth looking closer) of English artist Phlegm inspired by hot-air ballooning that the area is famous for. A CBH partnered with FORM project. FORM's long-term goal is 'to create an 'art trail', where people from the city could take a day's drive to various towns in the Wheatbelt and see some internationally-renowned artists' works'.. I'm on the trail already :) Happy Monday, take care and stay safe.. 
  

27 comments:

  1. I can imagine just how challenging that could be.

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  2. Must have been a challenge to create these murals, that would be something to see.

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  3. Very colorful silos. It looks like quite a challenge to paint them.

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  4. A very nice challenge! Arianna

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  5. Wow. Some really great artworks here.

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  6. Beautiful & Thanx 4 Sharing

    Cheers

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  7. Those murals are quite incredible. How do they do that?

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  8. Espectaculares estes grafites, verdadeiras obras de arte.
    Um abraço e bom Domingo.
    Andarilhar

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  9. Love them both but particularly the Phlegm work, Grace!
    Someone gave me a card from a small Perth company, Rubbergob. I love it and have to check out their site!

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  10. Oh how I wish I could discover who owns some of our ugly gray silos so I could send them photos of these wonderfully painted buildings. They are probably the most unique murals I have seen! Such gifted artists!!

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  11. and I thought Michelangelo was an acrobat!

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  12. I really like those vibrant colors!

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  13. That would be a fun trail to follow. Looking forward to more. I like the ballon pics best.

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  14. I've seen a lot of grain elevators around the Midwest but never anything like this. The top image is dizzying. Kansas could use some brightening.

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  15. Great way to jazz up some old silos.

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  16. The later ones with little colour are my favourite. What a delightful name the artist has.

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  17. Amazing work, so glad those drab silos are being painted.

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  18. Wow, what a great work. Very nice.

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  19. What a difference art can make, Grace! That´s a great idea to get people drive to the country like that.

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  20. WOW, amazing. Love them both.

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  21. I'm not afraid of heights, but this is a project I don't think I'd want to take on!

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  22. Wow, this is pretty amazing work on a surface that can't be very easy to work with. These artists are very talented and adventurous too!

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  23. I have a photo collection of grain silos and elevators from the area where I live, but none are painted like these. Thry have graffiti instead. I'd love to start a new trend.

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  24. Wow, amazing art works, Grace !

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