Completed Murals

LUCAS ST

(Cnr Main & Lucas Sts) 2019

This is the largest mural contemplated thus far. Painted directly onto a prepped besser brick wall, KCG volunteers joined designer and supervisor DANNY MENZEL to assist with the lower part of the design. MAL CRAIG assisted with the early concept design.

The design is in two seamlessly integrating scenes – Left side depicting portraits of four prominent figures in the area’s history with a Kapunda minesite scene from early days.

These were taken from old photographs and paintings. On the right hand side of the mural the Lord Palmerston Hotel is depicted, the building which originally stood on the site but was demolished in 1968.

Scenes, again taken from old photos have been montaged to create an incredible ‘old’ street effect. Just to the left of the hotel is a recreation of an 1871 photograph of store owner Robert Brewster and his family. To the right is a local family enjoying a car ride circa 1910.

The central roller door created a problem, and it was decided that is was not practical to paint a mural on it.

Painting the mural onsite was a challenge, especially in extreme weather conditions. Scaffolding was necessary for the upper section of the mural. For this reason, that section was painted solely by graphic artist/designer DANNY MENZEL.

The judges at the 2020 Australian Street Art Awards judged Danny Menzel’s mural the “Best External Mural”.

The judges said that “The mural is contributing significantly to making Australia a more vibrant, creative and interesting country – somewhere visitors will want to explore more keenly”.

They went on to say “We love that tourists can look into the eyes of people who made significant contributions to South Australia…. The fact that 15 local volunteers pulled together to create this sizeable mural under the experienced guidance of an artist is witness to the pride Kapunda residents obviously feel about the place their town placed in forging an economically triumphant South Australia”