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Published:
August 5th, 2008
Finishing touches are made to huge Burnham-On-Sea mural
The
finishing touches have been made to a colourful painted mural
on a wall outside Burnham-On-Sea's Sailing Club, as pictured here.
 The
painting was co-ordinated by Cora Stock, a local artist, with
the help of her artist daughter Catherine Metcalf and pupils from
the InAura School in Godney, a charity that helps disadvantaged
and excluded children.
"We had three boys of around 8-12 years old and two older
children who came over for two days to help us. They needed quite
a bit of help but seemed to get the hang of painting quickly without
getting themselves into a mess," Cora told Burnham-On-Sea.com.
"This
was their first experience of visiting a Sailing Club and they
were very interested in the motorboats, ski boats and the jetski
bike," she added.
 "They
all enjoyed the experience and with the help of their tutors and
my daughter, we got a lot done in a short time."
The group finished their painting session with an outdoor barbecue.
The finished mural, which displays the River Brue estuary around
the Sailing Club's pontoons, can be seen on the walls outside
the Sailing Club on the South Esplanade.
The mural was part of The Brue Visual Arts Festival, a community
arts project sponsored by Somerset Art Week and Dulux paints.
Many
of the artists will be participating in this year's Somerset Art
Weeks, which will be held next month from 13th-28th September.
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