Murals
Down in The Antipodes, Australian blogger Andrew regularly posts images of murals that he has spotted in the streets of Melbourne. Inspired by his lead, I decided to use part of today to investigate two new murals in Sheffield city centre. First I headed to Pound's Park which I had learnt is now overlooked by a very tall mural created on the side of an office block by a Sheffield muralist who goes by the name of Peachzz - even though her real name is the more prosaic - Megan Russell. Her brilliant mural is titled "Reverie" and it was created with the help of two friends and some adjustable scaffolding. Central to the design are two birds that can be seen in the city's southwestern suburbs - a blue heron and a kingfisher. I can confirm this because I have taken photographs of both. Very close to "Reverie" there is another, slightly older mural - by the Sheffield artist Pete McKee. It depicts an old lady and it used to overlook a very handy car park t...