Mural brightens Brunswick East street

News / Community Artist and client connected through an Instagram post Elizabeth Gleeson alongside her artwork in St Philip Street. Photo: supplied Mark Phillips Friday, May 17, 2024 A NEW mural covering a large timber fence has provided a fresh splash of colour to a Brunswick East street to counter the approaching grey of winter. Commissioned by the owner of the house behind the fence, the brightly coloured botanical artwork is the work of muralist Elizabeth Gleeson. She spent a week earlier this month producing the mural in St Philip Street, which has quickly become a local talking point. Featuring cheerful daffodils, tulips, blossoms, strawberries and rosehips, and sweeping gold vines, the mural displays influences from the Art Nouveau period, according to Gleeson, who is based in Monbulk. The “canvas’ for the mural is a timber fence about 10 metres wide and almost two metres in height. Get more stories like this delivered to your inbox Sign up for our weekly newsletter. SUBSCRIBE → Its owner, Siobhan Motherway, has been living in the house since 2017 and erected the fence in 2021. “It’s a big fence and a long stretch of plain timber paling, and living in the inner north...