Chapter Mural.

I had painted a mural on the back wall of a Chinese church in Canton, Cardiff, in the early 1980s. The Chapter approached me to paint a mural on the wall overlooking the car park. As a young man in my 20s, it sounded like a good idea. I recall there was not much money in it. I began begging and cajoling people and companies to let me have paints or supplies. The local sold me unwanted paint, and I found out who lent me the scaffolding. 

I presented my idea of the mural to the Chapter. I remember showing them my design and rolling it out on the floor, only to realise I had more drawings than a floor in the small office.

Heavy Quartet

They accepted the proposal, and I started a few weeks later. It was only by chance, not design, that I began the project in the summer months. I imagined that the mural would take a couple of weeks to finish. It took ages. I enlisted anybody who would, even the local kids, who chipped in and gave a hand. 

A friend at Chapter says he still crosses people who remember working on the mural many years ago.

Chill Pepper