At the falling of the year, Williamstown

At the falling of the year, after McCubbin, 2025.

I am so honoured to unveil this huge project, painted at the tail end of winter in Williamstown for Hobsons Bay City Council.

An urban coastal cluster where pelicans, little pied cormorants, red rumped parrots and sparrows thrive amongst seaswept rocks, tall boats and well-worn pavement - the inspiration for this work is drawn from the immediate Williamstown landscape.

Finding inspiration from famed painter Frederick McCubbin and watercolour studies that he sketched from the pier at the turn of the twentieth-century, I wanted to capture a richness that celebrated the past as much as the present, and try to give a sense of the passage of time and the many seasons this wall has weathered.

24m wide x 6m high.
Ryans Lane/Ferguson St, Williamstown, on coastal Bunurong country.

Photo documentation by @nicasa.
Photo number five by @streetartmelbourneandbeyond.
Little pied cormorant and red-rumped parrot references by @haysomandrew.

This was huge and I'm so very proud of it.