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I think that there must be a law somewhere stating that, as a mural artist, I must paint at least one Winnie the Pooh mural each year and this is my latest offering.

Painted on one wall and completed in three days this mural is designed to have a cot or bed placed in the middle so that the characters frame it.

I thought some of you might like to see my Christmas mural being painted over.  I know some of you have said that it is such a shame to paint over such a thing but it really looked out of place having carol singers and reindeer on the wall in the middle of January.

I'm actually back at the pub this week painting all their promotional boards for the new year.

The beginning of 2010 has started slowly.  I have commisions booked but, due to the snow that has hit Kent this week, I have been unable to travel, so I have had an extended Christmas break.  Oh dear, what a pity!

I am hoping that the snow will clear in the next few days as I still have to paint over the Hawkenbury Inn mural, although the snowy scene on the front of it probably doesn't look too out of place, I have several children's bedroom murals booked plus I was due to paint Herne Bay train station on location but I have just found out that they now want it on boards.

At least the kids have been having fun building snowmen and sledging.

This was a nice simple painting to finish the year on.  Painted on all four walls of a little boy's bedroom in New Ash Green, Kent it is a bright and colourful jungle with bold, cartoon animals.  It was painted onto white emulsioned lining paper and took 5 days to complete.

Here are the two murals that I have managed to get finished this week.  Both very different - one exterior and cartoon in style, one interior and realistic.

This one was completed in 5 days and finished with anti-graffiti varnish.  It is of Grove Park Children's Centre in Sittingbourne and features the centre's logo.

This one was completed in 7 days and is on one wall of The Vineyard Restaurant in Wrotham Heath in Kent.

I have been working on two jobs at the same time, recently.  One outside at Grove Park Children's Centre and, due to this terrible wet weather we are having at the moment, one inside at an Italian restaurant called The Vineyard at Wrotham Heath.  I normally like to get one job finished before I move on to the next one but such are the difficulties of working outside in November!  The short days also mean that I normally have to pack up at about 3.30 due to fading light.  Ideally I would restrict outside jobs to the Summer but it never seems to work out that way.

The pub I have been working on is finally finished and I only lost one day due to bad weather, which isn't bad for working outside in  November.

To see the full details of this work follow this link to go to my relevent web page.

http://www.marvellousmurals.co.uk/hawkenburypub.htm

Yes I know it's November but my christmas scene mural is really taking shape .  I have finished the whole front of the pub and I'm currently working on finishing the side.  People are constantly slowing down to look at what I have painted and a few of them have stopped and said how good it looks.  It is quite a transformation and many of the comments are about what a shame it will be to paint over it after Christmas.

The Pub Landlord is very pleased with it and said that even though it was only half finished word must have got round as they had a much busier weekend than normal, so it's good that it's working.

 I have only lost one day to rain, which isn't bad, but I've got to get it finished by Friday because the local paper are supposedly coming out to photograph it! 

I am back painting outside again this week.  This time it is a pub called The Hawkenbury, which is in Hawkenbury (strangely enough!), and I am painting the exterior with a Christmas theme.  The owner I met at The Kent County Show a few months back and he has decided, as the pub he owns needs repainting he will dress it up for Christmas and then get it painted back to its more conservative colours in the new year.

Being outside brings you into contact with the general public.  Many people that pass make comments, most of which are complimentary and a few stop to talk.  It has often intrigued me how long people think that painting a mural will take.  Most people over estimate thinking that it will take many weeks and others, like one lady who passed by this morning, who think that painting three sides of a two story pub with a Christmassy Wintery scene featuring Christmas Trees, carol singers, grazing reindeer and a snowman  which leads into Santa's Grotto with a full size Father Christmas and all his elves making toys and surrounded by presents while re-painting the name of the pub on a faux log cabin background will only take a couple of days!

This was on page 11 of this weeks Medway Messenger - one of our local newspapers.