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The initiative has the support of the Surf Coast Shire Council; however, the body won’t be providing funding for the project.<\/p>\n
Local surf artist Adam Stanley has been commissioned to complete a right-handed surf break on the currently damaged wall feature, with all parties holding hope it will deter future vandalism.<\/p>\n
“For a long time there’s been graffiti on the wall and to clean it up costs $600\u2026 inevitably cleaning it up most times results in it being tagged again\u2026 it becomes a vicious cycle,” SL Webb Property group member Les Webb said.<\/p>\n
“To combat that, I had a thought of putting the mural up to advance the art precinct of Torquay while also having it as a potential graffiti deterrent.<\/p>\n
“When we saw the slope on the wall we thought it would be perfect for a right-hand surf break.<\/p>\n
“When I approached Adam (Stanley), he said he’d absolutely do it and he showed me some of his ideas and we thought it would go great as the mural.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mr Stanley said he was thrilled to be approached to complete the mural, citing his excitement to get the brushes out in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n “If there is something on the wall, there is definitely less chance of someone graffitiing on it\u2026 if you look around all places, most murals don’t get touched,” Stanley said.<\/p>\n “Its definitely exciting\u2026 it’s a nice long 30 metre wall\u2026 that length is a preference I’d have to paint a seascape on anyway.<\/p>\n “A right hander will suit it and the coast is full of right-handed surf breaks.<\/p>\n “It’ll be good to have a few days of no rain in a row so we don’t have our paint washing off\u2026 we think it will take about two to three weeks.”<\/p>\n Mr Stanley has completed a range of murals around the globe and has hundreds of paintings exhibited on outdoor walls and landscapes.<\/p>\n With clear view of where the new mural will sit from his adjacent One Agency office space, Shaun O’Callaghan also expressed his enthusiasm for the project.<\/p>\n One Agency and O’Callaghan will be funding the paint of the project and are “stoked to be supporting this cool community initiative.”<\/p>\n “Not only will the mural help transform and beautify a prominent public space seen by locals and tourists alike, but it will also highlight the work of talented local surf artist Adam Stanley,” O’Callaghan said.<\/p>\n Works will begin on the mural in the next fortnight.The graffiti wall will be transformed into a right-handed surf break mural.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The mural will be painted over the top of graffiti on the corner of Bristol Street and Fischer Street in Torquay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TORQUAY businesses are banding together to work on a new mural that will reinvigorate a local landscape and reduce the likelihood tagging and graffiti. As a means of trying to stop future graffiti on the SL Webb Property of the Woolworths store (corner of Bristol and Fischer Street in Torquay), members of the local property […]<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/IMG_2768_05381-1-600x380.jpg?_t=1679443324\")