Creative Director

A glimpse into the life of a mural artist and visionary painter. SAM’S CORNER: MAY 2017 As Christmas 2016 approached I thought I was just exhausted. I’d bee...

I’ve been busy in hot blustery conditions, doing what I love. I’ve needed to rest in any spare time (hence the tardy dispatch). The subjects of this blog a...

I didn’t know what to write for this week’s blog. I’d painted a mural for Park Lake State School. It is a little beauty with something a bit different. The l...

I’ve been a bit busy, hence the late posting of this blog. I’m enjoying two days’ at home after a magnificent week back in the heart of Goolmangar, a tiny h...

Today it is raining cats and dogs so I’m not up scaffold, in west sun, baking like a honey bun. This fortnight has tested most of my faculties: I’ve been m...

Last week I got a feel for dawn. Every morning for seven days, to avoid traffic, I got up at 5.15am to be at Coomera State School (a 1 hour 20 minute drive N...

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ... This is the title of my favourite poem by Maya Angelou. It acknowledges the song of the caged bird because the caged b...

One third of Ballina Public School children are Aboriginal. I can happily report that not once have I heard a racist remark ... (I have painted the toilet bl...

Rain and vertigo scattered my assumptions like a mini tornado this week … I never made it back to Ballina to complete the beach cafe scene for the school. Th...

Last week I returned to Ballina Public School to paint another mural, making 8 in total. This is the most I have painted in a single school. The fact is, the...

Last week at Condong Public School something was possible that I have long wished for. My canvas was the toilet block and it had the perfect corridor (to the...