BS: Mural artworks make life happier - COVID

Subject: BS: Mural artworks make life happier - COVID
From: Helen
Date: 04 Sep 21 - 09:04 PM

Hi all,

I've read a few news articles about mural artworks and how they are helping the local communities to feel more positive about life during the pandemic.

An artist with some brilliantly beautiful mural artworks here in Newcastle, NSW, Oz is

Jordan Lucky

The murals pictured in the first four images on that page are on the exterior walls of my regular supermarket/shopping centre.

Jordan Lucky - another mural in my home area

There is a regular Newcastle mural project which happens every couple of years so we have some brilliant murals around town, but seeing the brightly coloured parrot and the beautifully painted proteas at the shopping centre, as I drive into the carpark always lifts my spirits.

I'm interested to see the images of mural artworks which make you smile, give your spirits a lift or just make you think.

Subject: RE: BS: Mural artworks make life happier - COVID
From: Helen
Date: 04 Sep 21 - 10:21 PM

The parrot is a rosella, by the way.

Subject: RE: BS: Mural artworks make life happier - COVID
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 04 Sep 21 - 11:41 PM

not in my suburb, but a short train ride away (5 inner city stations) is Newtown, once upon a time the new Town on the outskirts of Sydney) is the famous 1991 mural I have a dream which inspired other artists.
A Short Newtown Street Art Walk

Subject: RE: BS: Mural artworks make life happier - COVID
From: Donuel
Date: 05 Sep 21 - 08:05 AM

Eye music plays symphonies that can last a lifetime.

Subject: RE: BS: Mural artworks make life happier - COVID
From: Helen
Date: 07 Sep 21 - 04:22 PM

Here are some more mural artworks in my local area

Thirrilmun artwork - Newcastle NSW

The artist is Matt Adnate

More artworks by Adnate

Subject: RE: BS: Mural artworks make life happier - COVID
From: Helen
Date: 08 Sep 21 - 04:15 PM

A new article today: Darwin Street Art Festival expands to suburbs, Katherine, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs

There are some links to other related articles at the end.

Subject: RE: BS: Mural artworks make life happier - COVID
From: Helen
Date: 09 Sep 21 - 05:07 AM

Thanks Sandra for the information about the Martin Luther King mural in Sydney. He's one of my all-time heroes.

I was really hoping that other people from various places would share mural artworks in their area, but it looks like I'm pretty much talking to myself.

Oh well!

Subject: RE: BS: Mural artworks make life happier - COVID
From: Senoufou
Date: 09 Sep 21 - 06:08 AM

My (very) Norfolk neighbour-across-the-road calls them 'Muriels'! But like me, she thinks they're very uplifting and interesting.

Subject: RE: BS: Mural artworks make life happier - COVID
From: Helen
Date: 09 Sep 21 - 06:40 AM

A couple of decades or so ago I went on a bus trip around parts of the Australian outback. In Broken Hill (one of my favourite cities) there were a lot of murals. There was also a woman called Muriel on the trip, with a great sense of humour who had joked about people referring to them as "muriels", so whenever I spotted a mural I'd say, "look at the muriels, Muriel!".

Subject: RE: BS: Mural artworks make life happier - COVID
From: Helen
Date: 09 Sep 21 - 05:24 PM

Try doing a Google image search on:

Sheffield Tasmania murals

We visited there in 2003. Lovely place and so many wonderful murals.

And also search on a small town up the valley from here:

Kurri Kurri murals