MURAL CAPTURES NATIVE WILDLIFE

Dayboro artist Mary Frey (pictured below) has captured local native wildlife – such as the green tree frog pictured – in a stunning three-dimensional (3D) mural at Kumbartcho Sanctuary.

This Q150 mural was officially launched as part of Queensland’s 150th Birthday celebrations, on August 30.
Moreton Bay Regional Council’s division nine Councillor Mike Charlton, said our diverse wildlife were one of the many reasons that Queensland was such a great place to live.
“Murals are a wonderful way to beautify the community and display the skills of our talented local artists, like Mary Frey.
“Mary’s vibrant Q150 mural covering the entire front wall of the Kumbartcho Sanctuary environment centre, at Eatons Hill, took three months to complete.”
Cr Charlton said the mural, which featured 18 individual 3D creatures from a sugar glider to a goanna and a green tree frog, would excite hundreds of school children who visited Kumbartcho Sanctuary for its festival and school excursions over the coming years.
He said Mary, a Kumbartcho volunteer, had spent a lifetime capturing wildlife on canvas through her career as a commercial artist and self-employed painter.
“She is inspired to paint nature subjects in oils and acrylics through her passion for outdoor activities like collecting seeds, planting trees, camping, and bushwalking,” Cr Charlton said.
“Mary has an affinity with the beauty of nature especially fauna and flora and depicting natural light.