“Sad eyed lady of the lowland copperhead mangle” is my mural in Frankston for Big Picture Festival 2023.
A trip to the Frankston historical society yielded some great photos of an old 18th century mangle (clothes wringer). And the revelation that the area was once a fishing village infested with Lowland Copperhead snakes. The end result of pondering all of this is was a design based around reflecting on a time where life was more fraught, hard fought, simpler and perhaps more cherished because of it.
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About the Artist
Hayden Dewar is a prolific Naarm based artist drawing on formative influences of graffiti, surrealism, and comic books to paint a unique world. A place inhabited by his signature “Solarquin” characters, where myth, relics, nature, and the cycle of life collide, hinting at the wonder and weirdness of life’s journey.
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Thompson lane
Frankston, VIC