Murals

False shop window murals on plywood one is a homage to the 1970s children's TV programme 'Bagpuss' created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. The other represents an antique shop at the turn of the last century. Commissioned by the Aberdeenshire Towns Partnership to aid the regeneration of the area.

A mural of waves with a nod to Katsushika Hokusai and his famous print "In the Hollow of a Wave off the Coast at Kanagawa".
Compare this maritime icon, aimed at an audience of surfers and other recreational users of the littoral, with the murals on the harbour café designed for an audience who go to work with the sea.

A cement shelter shed with corrugated roof, painted with murals on submarine fantasy theme depicting dolphins, seals, a mermaid, octopus, fish and etc.. A mixture of local marine wildlife with exotic and imagined species.

As part of the first Coast Festival (23rd-26th May 2008 ). One of three commissioned temporary public art works. A series of 5 separate installations of digitally printed banners each was a trompe l'oeil image of a bench in place where one might have been the background to match the wall. On each bench was a montage of objects on closer inspection one can see the distortion of scale used in these objects. For instance while the herring gull is life size, the abandoned plastic carrier bag it looks as though it is going to scavenge from is full of tiny street lights and other street furniture.
A comment is made on the surrounding landscape which a person sitting on the illusory bench might survey and inhabit, an interesting contrast between the objects that give our places unique character and those such as road signs and street lights that tend to homogenise the environment.

Large polychrome graffiti piece

A painted globe with a superimposed cross and lettering, presumably the logo of a missionary organisation.

Murals to act as ball game targets the pupils of this small village school. The paintings were done by the
pupils and head teacher with support from the art specialist.

Brightly coloured naive paintings of the local landscape with rampant flora and fauna (some of the butterfly species are a bit optimistic).

Brightly coloured cartoonish mural decoration in a style that many adults seem to regard as appealing to children.

A large lettering based graffiti piece being created as a result of graffiti workshop run by Zap Graffiti Arts. A professional group that runs graffiti workshops for schools, youth and community groups.

A cafe in a portakabin on the quayside decorated with seascapes and a harbour view, featuring fishing boats and the lifeboat.
The retro signwriting style is particularly interesting.

Marine aquarium murals, commissioned by Aberdeenshire Council. Murals depicting the wildlife living in and arround the Moray Firth. Painted in a fairly naturalistic, slightly simplified style, typical of popular visitor attractions of the 1990's.

1980's mural depicting the hanging of freebooter James McPherson, at Banff Plainstones 1700. The mural depicts many local faces, councillors, business people as well as Scottish celebrities of the 1980s. A self portrait of the artist is also included, on horseback, assisting with the hanging. Legend has it that the clock in Banff was put forward one hour on the morning of the execution, an act which denied the freebooter a last minute reprieve from the Earl of Fife. According to many versions of the song "MacPhersons rant" he broke his fiddle before being hanged to prevent it being played by another.

A simply painted mural in the orthodox 'for children' style.

Mural painted inside one of the shelters at Banff links, a seascape showing a seal, a boat and a dolphin these were painted by young people as part of a Princes Trust project during November 2006.

Rectangular-plan, 320,000 gallon, open air heated seawater swimming pool (55 yards x 20 yards) with long, single storey, pantiled, Art Deco, entrance range comprising turnstiles, café and flanking changing rooms; stepped buttressed enclosure walls. Painted poured concrete.

A painted faux window in a house gable with a lucky black cat peering through it.