Street artist Scott Marsh thinks people in Sutherland Shire will enjoy his mural of singer Shannon Noll.
“I think he is an Australian icon, and Cronulla is a great place for a bit of fun,” he said.
The 10-metre high image has captured much interest since Marsh began working on it on Tuesday. He was applying finishing touches on Friday.
The mural is on the side of the backpacker hostel at the corner of Kingsway and Wilbar Ave, across from the BP petrol station.
Marsh, who was among artists who took part in the Walk the Walls festival at Caringbah, said the mural was a spur of the moment decision.
“I was online and found myself on Shannon Noll’s Facebook and saw a bunch of hilarious comments by trolls, who were just out for laughs,” he said.
“Shannon hasn’t deleted them so you can tell he is a good guy.
“Then I saw this image of him and I thought that would be great to paint in the shire.
“I put a call out on social media for a wall around the shire.
“A lot of people got back to me, and this one was the most suitable.”
The Noll mural has upstaged the painting of a giant pink dolphin wearing sunglasses.
There was an enormous reaction after the new artwork was posted on the Leader’s Facebook page on Thursday evening.
The questions: “Why Shannon Noll?” and “Why Cronulla” have yet to be answered.
Among the many amusing comments was: “When asked what to paint on the wall, did Shannon ask ‘What about me?’"
And, on the same theme: “Insert the Dolphin one looking longingly at Shannon saying ‘What about me?’
Other comments included:
- Looks awesome! And since he lives locally, why not?
- Couldn’t think of a better mural.
- I’m 100% for this.
- About time a mural was made in honour of this legend.
- Cronulla and Condoblin are sister cities.
- More accidents on that corner.
- The shire is getting right behind Nollsy.
