Monday, September 7, 2009

Traffic Stopping Art (number 28 )

Later on this year in December, Queensland will have been independent from New South Wales for 150 years so there are lots of celebrations and commemorations already taking place. One of which is an allocation of traffic signal boxes to be painted with a "Q150" theme. This one on the corner of Waterworks Road and Settlement Road in The Gap was being painted yesterday. There's going to be a horse on one side and a cyclist on the other showing how we got around then and now. The colour scheme is the same for all the boxes doing the project - taken from the Q150 logo. Each one is representative of something Queensland-y so green is the tropical rainforest, red and yellow are the sand, blue is the barrier reef and black (along with red and yellow) are from the aboriginal flag. I had a bit of a chat to the artist, Kathy Sullivan, who said that there is a time limit for getting the thing painted and she had to finish it by yesterday - with 2 coats of paint! Hopefully it's all done now and you can go and admire her work next time you're in The Gap.

4 comments:

the foto fanatic said...

Wow - Jo & I used to live right near here. We had a house in The Gap on the northern side of Waterworks Rd for some years, then shifted to the southern side under Mt Coot-tha for a bunch more years. That was before we discovered apartment living!

This looks a colourful addition to the area.

Julie said...

Pssst ... you realise this is a Stranger, don't you????

Julie said...

Ahhh ... I understand. I would have followed suit ...

Building Materials Supplies said...

Great posting!

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