The second year of the Concrete Canvas festival has seen more murals painted in the town. A number of locations have added to the pieces created the year before.
Artists this year included Woskerski and Peachzz. Both painting large scale murals on the Chelmsford Market. They have added to the stand out work from My Dog Sighs in the same location during 2023. Other artists with permanent pieces include SNUB, Sprite, Sky High, Ed Hicks, Elno, Vane MG, Tash Creates, Roo, Tris and Shauna Blanchfield.
Vane MG painting next to another completed mural from Roo on Bellmead
Live Painting
As in the previous year, the weekend saw a community 'paint jam' in the town centre. Stalls featuring work from local artists were joined with artists live painting on boards. Apparan, Eyesaw and Brave Arts being some of the artists on show. Other artworks created included a number of pieces on electricity boxes around Chelmsford.
Ed Hicks painting next to Warhammer on Annonay Walk
Permanent Murals
Key painting took place on walls around the Chelmsford Market building. The area around Tindall Street the Stone Bridge and Backnang Square being other locations where a lot of the painting was taking place.
Chelmsford Market Building
The large concrete structure of the Chelmsford Market Building was one of the set piece locations of Concrete Canvas 2024. Huge murals from Woskerski and Peachzz were the standouts. However smaller eye catching works from the WOM Collective on the Bellmead side of the building also attracted a lot of attention.
Woskerski
Woskerski painting a giant toy dinosaur on the side of Chelmsford Market
Peachzz
Work in progress from Peachzz
WOM Collective Walls on Bellmead
The WOM Collective are a group of female artists who paint together across a number of various projects. Often as a large group and more frequently as smaller groups of artists painting together. For Concrete Canvas in 2024 Elno, Roo, Tash Creates, Shauna Blanchfield and Vane MG were part of the artists from the collective taking part.
Elno
Elno work on Bellmead
Roo
Animal Band from Roo on Bellmead
Shauna Blanchfield
A woman with a candle from Shauna Blanchfield
Tash Creates
King Swan from Tash Creates on Bellmead
Vane MG
Colourful work from Vane MG on Bellmead
Vane, Shauna and Tash by their murals on Bellmead
Chelmsford Mural Locations
Wooden hoardings close to the leisure centre on the riverside saw a few works painted onto them. Cryola, Gnasher and Eyesaw joined with Mr Penfold, My Dog Sighs who had already created permanent pieces around the town.
Andy Downes - Meadow Walk
Portrait of John Johnson by Andy Downes on Meadow Walk. He was an architect and designer of the Shire Hall as well as the Stone Bridge which sits very close to the portrait.
Ansley Randall - Tindal Street
Bright geometric mural on Tindal Street from Ansley Randell
BRT - French's Walk (back of Meadows Shopping Centre)
A homage to Chelmsford Radio and Street Art culture from BRT
Caryn Koh - Parkway
'I'll be your Reason' a work created by Caryn Koh on the side of Nedz Tattoo
Ed Hicks - Warhammer, Annonay Walk
A typically dramatic scene from Ed Hicks. This series of painting are works inspired by sublime paintings of the 1700's and 1800's. This piece featured the first time Hicks has painted lightening in one of his works.
Ed Hicks painting in Chelmsford
EPOD - Parkway
EPOD's mural on Parkway. His work another reference to Chelmsford's claim to be the 'Birth of Radio'
Eyesaw - Meadow Walk
The 'Green Eyed Monster' from Eyesaw on Meadow Walk
Jeru Nomi - Popworld, Springfield Walk
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A series of paintings from Jeru Nomi on the side of Popworld on Springfield Road
Ryca - French's Walk (back of Meadow's Shopping Centre)
Painting by Ryca featuring an as to be released character from an upcoming print series
Sky High - Legg Street
Letter based mural from SkyHigh on Legg Street
SNUB - Meadow's Walk
SNUB's piece on Meadow Walk on the back of the Meadows Shopping Centre
Spray Saint - Tindal Street
A nature scene from Spray Saint in a little alley off Tindal Street
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Tris - High Chelmer / Bellmead
Painting from Tris on the corner of High Chelmer and Bellmead. It replaces an earlier work from Nomad Clan on the same spot
Paint Jam
The Chelmsford Concrete Canvas festival ended with a paint jam in the Bond Street Bowl in the town centre. It featured a small number of artists creating public works during the day. They were joined by stallholders from local artists to create a mini arts centre for visitors.
Apparan
Live painting from Apparan in the Bond Street Bowl
Brave Arts
Painting from Brave Arts in the Bond Street Bowl for the 'street party'.
Curtis Creationz
Homage to Chelmsford as the 'Birthplace of Radio' from Curtis
Dave Towers
'Theatre of the Mind' from Dave Towers
Eyesaw
Portrait from Eyesaw in the Bond Street Bowl. The artist also created another piece on a doorway off Meadows Walk as part of the festival
Harkiran Kalsi
A reminder of the importance of our ecosystem from Harkiran Kalsi
Lily 66
Mushrooms and another nature inspired scene from Lily 66
Ben Stewarts portrait of OG played by Mike Edmonds in the Time Bandits
The Concrete Canvas festival took place in Chelmsford from 11-19 May 2024 with most murals painted during this time. We visited the festival on 18 May 2024 with most of the works completed by this time.
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