Street artist nominated for world’s best painting

Street Art Atlas A Sheffield street artist has been nominated for creating the world’s best street art in 2024. Megan Russell, who works under the name Peachzz, painted for up to 12 hours a day for 10 days in a row to create the 25-metre tall artwork in the city centre. Reverie, depicting a heron and a kingfisher, has been nominated for “best mural in the world” in Street Art Cities’ best of 2024 awards. She said working on the project, which overlooks Pounds Park, was the “biggest highlight of my career so far”. “I had free reign to be as vibrant and bold as I wanted. It’s really refreshing when clients tell you that, it doesn’t happen often,” she said. Street Art Atlas The piece, commissioned by Sheffield City Council, was voted the best of last June’s entries in Street Art Cities’ monthly competition. “It’s just been crazy. When June’s votes came in, it blew my mind,” Megan said. “It was an amazing feeling to have such support from Sheffield, and it also showed how much Sheffield is interested in street art.” Now, it has been pooled with 50 other artworks, from countries including Argentina, Colombia, Russia, Spain and...