The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy, reimagined for the Crossline Building, Heavitree Road, Exeter, by Paul Colsell. With special thanks to Charlie Mackesy, Exeter City Council and the Crossline Trust for permission for the mural to be painted. Also to the public who contributed through crowdfunder.co.uk
Well done to the team that painted the mural, in 12 days including Paul, Harry and Dexter with support from Betty. We appreciate the Exeter Kindness Team, who have worked on this project together for over a year – Paul & Betty Colsell, Al Gibson and Jeanine Rose-Gibson, Tim Davies and Gwenllian Riall. Thanks to Kondanani UK for financial oversight, Countdown Creative for sponsoring communications, White Linen Photography and Style Accounts. We appreciate all the contractors who worked on resurfacing the wall – Matthew Cousins of Apex Scaffolding; Chris Harper of CH Plastering; SAS Render Systems; Ben Rourke of BSR Decorating; and Johnsons Paint. We also thank Signs Express, Exeter for creating our banner.
Who knew that refurbishing the 100 m2 wall for the Exeter Kindness Mural would require a rather complex and lengthy process? And, yet bring together
Listen to the Caroline Cook BBC Interview with Paul Colsell or read an edited transcript on how the mural will make a difference from challenging
Inspired by the Exeter Kindness mural, which will feature a Charlie Mackesy illustration, an amazing team of ladies hosted a ‘Kindness tea party’ on Saturday
Thanks to all who participated in our poll to decide whether the mural should be in colour or black and white. Colour wins hands down.
Designed by Paul Colsell our logo represents the people of our city putting their arms around those who need support from our local soup kitchen to orphaned children in Africa. The mural is a project of Kondanani UK in collaboration with other local charities/ organisations.
Paul Colsell is a veteran artist who has worked in media all his life. He will brave 10m scaffolding on the Exeter Crossline Building to create this iconic mural that celebrates kindness in the city.
Charlie Mackesy is the author and illustrator of the best selling book, ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’. The Animated Story was aired on BBC over Christimas. Charlie has kindly granted us permission to reproduce one of his best known illustrations which will in effect be the largest in the world to date
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