Art Feature: On the Wall

ART FEATURE On the Wall

INSPIRED art ...14

14

Art Feature

Inspired Street

Art

Christian artists, inspired by their faith, are taking the Gospel to the streets. Their arresting artwork brings life and culture to the urban landscape.

PoPe Francis Prays Artist Unknown Mexico

One of the 50 murals painted by graffiti artists along a wall to welcome Pope Francis to Mexico in February 2016.

Photo credit: Ronaldo Schmidt/Getty

Art Feature

on the wall

15

purity of the heart El-Mac DENMARK

Art Feature

Photo supplied by the artist

16

Pop(e) art Sarann Ryan AUSTRALIA This portrait of Pope Francis was inspired by his playfulness. The illustrator used digital tools to construct the image using over 1300 individually coloured shapes.

Blipp Pope Francis to see a timelapse video of the evolution of the final design or visit FRANKLYmag.org

ONE MINUTE CATHOLIC

Evangelist You don’t have to be an artist to take your faith to the street.

Arthur Stace (1885-1967) was born in Sydney Australia. As a teenager, he became an alcoholic and was a petty criminal. He converted to Christianity and after hearing an inspiration sermon on ‘Eternity’, he began to write it in chalk on the streets of Sydney in the early hours of the morning.

Over the next 35 years, the characteristic copperplate script became legendary among Sydney-siders though the writer remained unknown.

His identity was eventually discovered some years before his death. He estimated that he wrote the word ‘Eternity’ around 500,000 times. His contribution to city life was honoured at the 2000 New Year’s Eve Sydney celebrations when the Harbour Bridge was adorned in fireworks displaying his famous ‘Eternity’.

So what are you waiting for?

Chalk up the sidewalk with some inspiring messages for your neighbours! Send us your instagram pics @franklymag #streetfaith Blipp to see Banksy, the world’s most famous graffiti artist comment in paint on ‘Eternity’ or visit FRANKLYmag.org

Photo Credit: Trevor Dallen, Fairfax Media

Art Feature

Street

17