TWO local artists have spoken of their delight after creating a mural in the town centre this week. Peter Cowdy and Caryn Koh joined forces for their first mural together after Swindon Borough Council commissioned the piece. The mural focuses on natural spaces within the town and the artists have spoken about how the mural has been received by the public. They said: “While we were painting, we have had the pleasure of many people walking past us from all walks of life giving encouragement and praise. There have been mostly positive responses throughout and a lot of them felt uplifting, joy and pride to be able to identify certain landmarks highlighted in the mural.
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum (b. 1980, Mochudi, Botswana) creates beautifully diaphanous imagery in a variety of media, including pencil, oil, watercolour, gouache and acrylic paint. The works reference dreams, mythology, historial paintings and personal memories, amalgamating layers of imagery to create emotive, autobiographical paintings. In
Storm, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum portrays a couple clearly in distress; the woman leans towards her lover in a state of longing while he tries to push away, while behind them turbulent clouds dance around a mountain range, and a surge of people on horseback race towards us. The effect is filmic and mysterious, the muted colours somehow infuse the dramatic imagery with a sense of distance and romance.