The final Journey of Pedro Piscador .
The ambitious 11 x 5m mural by Lachlan Plain tells the story of wily adventurer, Pedro Piscator, whose ship is powered by melody, charting a sonata through the sky and towing a floating island upon which he’s collected the most singular of species, rescued from a sullied Earth.
This mural has bene based on the idea of an ark, which has been called into service to save these singular specimens.
A similar brief was given to the artists involved in the exhibition - Sanctum Theatre's Conservatory of Singular Specimens in Bulleen Art & Garden’s Bolin Bolin Gallery . Click here for information onthis exhibition
This mural has been painted by Eltham artist , puppeteer & theatre director. For more information about Lachlan, click here, or go to www.lachlanplain.com
This mural was launched at an amazing celebration of art & environment
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On Thursday 23rd of February 2012, as part of Melbourne’s Sustainable Living Festival, Bulleen Art & Garden and more than 100 guestscelebrated the Earth’s life support system, ‘Gaia’, in a night of discussion, performance, song and art whilst raising funds for Sustainable Gardening Australia.
This was an evening to launch a large new mural and open an exhibition, but included much much more – some great speakers – Jane Edmanson, Jason Smith (CEO Heide), Mary Trigger (CEO SGA), Lachlan Plain (mural artist, Director Sanctum Theatre), music, puppets, theatre, gourmet nibbles, walks and much good cheer!
It was a perfect evening – Gaia was certainly smiling apon us!
The Wall
February 2012, before installation.
The 2 major sections of the mural were painted off site in December 2011.
Installation & completion of painting was in feb 2012
History
This wall has a long history as a mural at Bulleen Art & Garden
In the summer of 2002/2003, two of our young local artists, Lachlan Plain and Jodie Nunn, started a project of creating a large mural in the centre of Bulleen Art & Garden, which involved a stylised colourfyul Australian landscape, dotted with cockies and trees.
When Lachlan & Jodie said they thought it was about time for some maintenance to the Outback Mural in the centre of the Bulleen Art & Garden nursery, we expected fresh paint, but in early 2006 they have given it a complete overhaul
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