Monday, 10 September 2012

Darth Ernest

Well its not every day that you get to paint a 20' high Sith Lord on a gable end of a Cafe/Bar in the middle of Newcastle's Art District that is Ouseburn
But thanks to the eagle eyes of some dear friends thats exactly what i ended up doing.


It really started out as a giggle but became reality after the great north east weather destroyed a Morley poster that the man himself pasted on to the side of Ernest in Ouseburn


After seeing a post via the powers of Facebook i commented on the picture that was asking for ideas for new artwork for the side of the building.
So i did what everyone always does and had a bit nose around the Ernest facebook page only to discover that there's a bit of a star wars thing going down on one of the walls inside and been a bit of a fan myself i though hang on a moment.


It's a strange thing when all of a sudden out of the blue everything falls in to place and this was one of those moments for sure ( For me anyway )

So one windy Thursday morning praying it wouldn't rain there i am at 1 Boyd Street, NE2 1AP that has a fresh painted wall putting up a scaffold armed with a host of painting implements and an A4 sketch hanging on for dear life and loving every second of it







Impresive. Most Impressive 

All i can say is it was a total pleasure to be able to do this on such a great venue and if you are down that way make sure you call in and sample the delight that is Ernest and if your a Darth Vader fan then get your picture took standing with the Mighty Sith Lord serving drinks before he gets a makeover he may not be there for ever but the force will always be strong at Ernest 


Thanks To Gavin Marshall and all the crew down At Ernest 

So now its back to shop shutters and yet more wall murals for me feel free to fly by Custom Artwerk and have a nose at other stuff im up to or you can wait for the next Blog


Leeroy    

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