Adnate is well-known for his fantastic and realistic murals and silo art around Australia. He his especially talented in portraying indigenous people but his 2017 Wall to Wall Festival mural within the Goorambat Uniting Church is quite different but no less stunning than his other works! The mural is of Sophia, the female personification of…
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Goorambat Silo Art Revisited & The Murals of Jimmy Dvate
During the recent Benalla Wall to Wall Festival, artist Jimmy Dvate began an addition to his wonderful work of a Barking Owl and local scenery already on the Goorambat Silo Art (completed in 2018), which is part of the Benalla Silo Art Trail. This time he has painted three huge Clydesdale Horses on the pub…
St. James Silo Art – A Work In Progress
A new addition to the Benalla Silo Art Trail in country Victoria is the St. James Silo Art. This mural art on a grand scale is an ongoing Work In Progress by local artist Tim Bowtell, with draughthorses and an old truck that once carted bushels of wheat to the silos, and local businessmen including…
Devenish Silo Art Revisted – The Light Horseman
There has been plenty of action on the Benalla Silo Art Trail in country Victoria! Artist Cam Scale had previously painted the wonderful mural of a modern-day Australian combat medic and a World War One military nurse standing amongst red poppies of the Flanders fields at the Devenish Silo Art (completed in April 2018) but…
Waikerie Silo Art Mural
The Waikerie Silo Art Mural is located in the heart of the town of Waikerie on the Murray River in South Australia. The theme of the big double silo project is “Healthy River, Healthy Community“. The Murray River means everything to the local community who have supported the project, which has been funded by the…
Abandoned – Jacob Allert’s Home
Near Moculta in the Barossa Valley winery region of South Australia you will find the ruins of Jacob Allert’s Home. Built of the curiously named Pug in the mid 1850’s, this was a style of construction used by European settlers in the colony of South Australia which combined local stones such as Barossa Ironstone, held…
Collingwood Housing Estate Mural by Adnate
Artist Adnate completed the tallest mural in the southern hemisphere in October 2018 and it looks fantastic! Commissioned by street art collective Juddy Roller and the Victorian state government, the artists largest work to date depicts four residents of the 20 storey high Collingwood Housing Estate on which the giant mural is painted upon. The…
Geelong Cement Works Silo Art
I am not sure what happened at the Geelong Cement Works Silo Art project – the art completed by Geelong born artist, Rone in 2017 at the old and abandoned cement works is fantastic but the official entrance to the site is padlocked and someone has simply cut a couple of other entrances in the…
Tungamah Silo Art
Departing the Devenish Silo Art and heading further north along the Benalla Silo Art Trail you will soon reach the town of Tungamah. My Granny and I were treated to some bright Winter afternoon sun as we arrived at the Tungamah Silo Art. This massive silo art project by artist Sobrane features a Kookaburra and a pair…
Devenish Silo Art
As you leave the Goorambat Silo Art and continue north on the Benalla Silo Art Trail in Victoria, you will soon encounter the beautiful and detailed artwork by Cam Scale of the Devenish Silo Art featuring an Australian combat medic and a military nurse, one modern-day and the other in World War One era uniform….
Goorambat Silo Art
As stunning silo art continues to pop up all over Australia, Victoria continues to lead the way. Some of the newest art can be seen on the Benalla Silo Art Trail and here is a fantastic piece of work just north of Benalla at the Goorambat Silo Art. The silo art features a highly endangered Barking…
The Beautiful Rochester Silo Art & Murals
One of the newest silo art locations in Victoria, Australia was completed in Rochester, north of Bendigo during July 2018 and what a beauty it is! The colourful detail by artist Jimmy DVate of a Squirrel Glider and Azure Kingfisher on the Campaspe River is fantastic! I headed up that way with my Granny a few…