By Wendy King — Photos by Darcy Finley
>> GOT A BARE WALL just begging for a hit of colour? Or does it need something more dramatic or fun? Is your wild-wall fantasy a steam locomotive surrounded by psychedelic flowers? Maybe a jungle full of animals? Or how about a stone wall with a window view of a neighbouring castle? If you really want to go big, a one-of-a kind- mural from Creative Reign, Artwork and Murals by Rachel Lancaster will give you a colourful eyeful. Lancaster, 34, didn’t start out as a mural painter, but says she always loved colour and art. In her twenties, she stepped away from a career in human resources. “One day I just picked up some paper and decided to teach myself to paint,” she says. She honed her skills and then tackled a big project — a blank wall in her mother’s Oak Bank bakery. “I asked her if I could paint something on the wall, so I painted a little bistro scene, and then I posted it online,” she says. Celebrations Dinner Theatre staff spotted the post and saw potential. They invited her to paint sets, and even offered to train her.
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I ASKED HER IF I COULD PAINT SOMETHING ON THE WALL, SO I PAINTED A LITTLE BISTRO SCENE, AND THEN I POSTED IT ONLINE.
No paint job is too big for this creative artist
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