Art & About in Nambour

After a very filling breakfast on Sunday ( celebrating two weeks of Covid-19-solo-isolation ) it was time for a long walk to stretch the legs and get the heart rate up and the calory count down ... so camera in hand, I headed into my town of Nambour ( Queensland - Australia ) to exercise my joints, and along the way, record our quirky collection of Street Art / Graffiti around the now deserted streets and laneways ... enjoy ...

David Hardy - Nambour State College

 

 

Ben Higgins & David Houghton - Lowe Street

 

Love it or hate it, street art is one of the most hybrid forms of artistic expression in our modern times because its purpose is to draw upon what the viewers know and manipulate the physicality of the subject to make their point.

Street art is usually painted with permission - or commissioned - by the owners of the wall and is usually “image-based”, whereas graffiti is usually “word-based”, and is often referred to as “guerrilla-art” …

 

Daniel Krause - Bloomhill Op Shop

David Hardy - Genealogy Society

Ross Holloway - Marji's Place

David Houghton & Adam Lewczuk - Nambour Pedestrian Link

David Houghton - The Women's Clinic

Jenny Saunders - NC Plumbing

Carley Cornelissen - Nambour Pre School

Fiona Groom - William Street

Mieke Salna - Queen Street

David Hardy - Civic Way

Urban Garden - Bury Lane

Thank you to all our talented artists and sponsors who have contributed 

to making our town a more colourful place …