Saturday, August 18, 2018

The Murals of Invergorden

From Linda's blog while cruising around the UK.

Today we are in Invergordon.  The seas last night were very calm.  I know it can be rough sometimes, but we never even noticed any motion.  Not that it ever bothers us.  Inverness is the northernmost city in the UK.

While researching Invergordon, I found this interesting article on Wikipedia:

Invergordon is now the premiere mural town of the Highlands and hopes to emulate the success of her mentor in Chemainus, British Columbia. Currently the town is adorned with a series of 17 murals. The paintwork created by a selection of artists tells the stories of the local community and the area. This trail is a result of a community project which was initially designed to integrate local community groups (17 in total took part). The trail, which was opened by the Princess Royal, now acts as a major tourist draw. Now Invergordon Off The Wall, the group who facilitated the project, have just completed their latest project creating three new pieces with the assistance of inspirational artists,  Al Macinnes & Fin Macrae, The Mobile Foundry, Kevin Blackwell & Roddy Mathieson and Del Whitticase. 

I'm very interested in mural art and found this site with lots of photos of the murals and also links to other places with murals. I was surprised Chemainus wasn't mentioned. I look forward to exploring more of these places with murals on this site.

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/10/the-murals-of-invergordon.html