From stubborn teen to mural artist

muralArtist Life
Written By Sarah Grundy

I used to get told off in high school art class for drawing swirls and decorative flowers on my art! My teacher told me that they were meaningless and didn’t add anything. Of course that made me want to do it more! The thing that I LOVE about art is that there are really no wrong answers, just differences in opinions.

This photo is of a mural that I painted in a supported living house for people with disabilities. I wanted the mural to make the house feel homely and to help people feel calm. I want people to have their own interpretation of what it means to them😊 

And to my high school art teacher… I’ll draw flowers whenever I please haha (she was okay, I was just a stubborn teenager).

Here are some more of my favourite murals that I have painted:

Check out more pics on my social media:

View fullsize Super special Olympic Themed FuN FAcT FriDAys! Teamed with this sunset painting I did last year! • In ancient Greece, the athletes competed NUDE • The first Olympic Games took place in the 8th century B.C. in Olympia, Greece • From
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View fullsize There are some days when it's time to finish work but I'm so engrossed in what I'm creating that I take advantage of that energy and keep going. It doesn't always feel like that! Sometimes my brain is fried and I just need to finish and do somethin
View fullsize What breed is your dog? I draw all kinds of dogs but it is super interesting how it seems like breeds of dogs go in and out of fashion. I feel like a few years ago everyone was buying Staffies, and now it seems like Greyhounds are the latest thing.
View fullsize Did you know that teenagers abstaining from alcohol are now the majority? Definitely so different to when I went to school (which wasn’t thaaat long ago😁). I’m curious to know, how many people are trying dry July out? As you may have re
View fullsize Fun Fact FriDaYys let's kick those brains into gear shall we: • The opposite sides of a die always add up to seven • The king of hearts is the only king in a deck of cards without a moustache • “Dreamt” is the only word in
View fullsize A letter for Victorians (and anyone else who needs to hear this including myself) from Guru Sarah: Dear Victorians, However you feel right now is okay- anxious, overwhelmed, sad, calm or all of them together in an emotional soup. It's really blood
View fullsize When I was in high school, I used to be pretty bored in class and so I would draw caricatures. I would create funny these cartoons of my friends and I and our high school teachers. Side note- WHO in their right mind would want to be a high school t
View fullsize I remember this one art class in Year 10, we were focusing on realistic portraits. That is the moment that my love for realism began. You CANNOT imagine how bad I was back then, but I just practiced and practiced and failed and learnt from it over
View fullsize Hi geniuses! It's fun fact Friday agaiiiin! Check out this NAIDOC week special: *Australian First Nations People have been here for 50 000 years! *More than 250 languages exist today but at the time of European occupation there were closer to 700 *I
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