A homeowner looking to spruce up his property asked street artists to paint the entire front of his home – and claims his neighbours ‘love it’ 💙
A homeowner looking to spruce up his property asked street artists to paint the entire front of his home – and claims his neighbours ‘love it’.Passers-by can’t miss the colourful mural, which is a painting of a local historic canal bridge found nearby his home.He said: ‘The bridge in the picture is further up the canal behind the house.
‘It used to be a railway bridge, and now it’s a cycle path. It symbolises the evolution of Swindon for me, and the idea that the town grew because of that canal. ‘I knew I wanted a mural on the house as we couldn’t get rid of the render on the outside, so this was like a solution.‘Over the past year I’ve bumped into about five different artists and would ask them if they would be able to do a mural.
‘Then on a Friday night in mid-October, I was driving home and I saw the most amazing mural on a wall in Swindon. ‘Thankfully, there was a man still finishing off painting the corner, so I asked if he was interested in being commissioned to do something.He asked local artists to paint it
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