I've loved this mural forever on the side of a building that is now being refurbished. The Benevolent Irish Society has rescued it and is placing it on their building now..
Sheila's Brush is a Newfoundland weather superstition. It's a winter storm believed to follow on the heels of St. Patrick's Day (March 17). 'Brush', according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English is a Newfoundland word for 'stormy weather'.
I am so glad this stunner is being saved.
ReplyDeleteMe too EC, I have driven by it so many times. They saved Sheila!
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Well worth enlarging. It is great work of art.
ReplyDeleteI love the use of colour Andrew. Sheila's Brush is amazing in its portrayal of her.
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Very nice, and thank goodness being saved.
ReplyDeleteOh how nice, I often feel sad when nice murals are torn down with old houses. This one sure is worth saving.
ReplyDeleteGreat save! It is a beautiful mural.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful and I am glad it is being saved.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous and I am glad it has a good home. According to DNA I am 16 percent Irish!
ReplyDeleteIt's very encouraging that we don't always blindly destroy everything.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought was that I was glad the mural will be preserved. My second thought was how do you preserve a mural that is on the side of a building? Then my mind went to the year we moved to the house we're currently in, painting the living room the weekend we were to move in; it was St. Patrick's Day and a snowstorm came through that snowed us right in, without so much as a shovel. A neighbor from our soon-to-be-former home drove in with his truck/snow plow and cleared us out enough to get out and home. The most eventful March 17 I've ever had!
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