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https://www.andyorourke.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/logo5-trans-300x138-1.png 0 0 Andy O https://www.andyorourke.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/logo5-trans-300x138-1.png Andy O2026-04-19 17:48:232026-05-24 12:02:02Greening Maindee

andy_orourke

UK artist. Jack of all trades and master of nuns

Scary decision. Will this screw up the entire mura

Scary decision. Will this screw up the entire mural?
#streetart #growapair #getonwithit

Such a brilliant day @theforkandtune for #randomha

Such a brilliant day @theforkandtune for #randomhands in Cwmcarn.
A brilliant event organised by the unflappable @uncle_matts_face_painting
I had a great time chatting to everyone and seeing a superb mix of artwork.

This design is the guardian of the forest. He's trying not to lose his mind as the flames and sparks ride about him. I actually pictured him fiercely angry, furious or in pain, but ended up giving him a stoic demeanor. Sort of hoping that he'll come through this awful period without to much permanent damage.

#streetart #greenman

I'm going to make a proper post about this soon. H

I'm going to make a proper post about this soon. However in the meantime here are some bullet points.

• this was a commission by Newport council. A small job to bring colour and joy into the park. Thanks to Paul Macey for trusting in me again.
• I worked with pupils from Pill Primary to design the mural. We went out with hand lenses, iPads and jars to collect and photograph interesting bits of nature that we could find. I wanted them to examine plants in detail to see the amazing structures, colours and textures growing all around them. It was a lovely workshop full of exploration and discovery.
• The images may look pretty surreal, glowing on the wall. But every image came from what grows in the park. They come from my photos which I have collaged and adapted and redrawn using Procreate on the iPad.
• I've been a full time artist for 30 years in Newport. I spend my life honing my skills - drawing, painting, experimenting with composition and colours. I want to paint and make amazing things, especially for the people of Newport.
• I love painting in Pill. I meet so many people of all ages, creeds and colours who stop to chat.
• Some people tell me that Pill doesn't deserve this type of thing, that the place should be torn down (genuinely people tell me this). Go and chat to some people on the street and see how many happy people are just getting on with their lives.
• if you're one of the few people that can't see the point of the value of this then I genuinely feel sorry for you. Were you always this miserable? Can you pinpoint the moment that joy left your life?
• the money could never have been spent on potholes or fighting immigration.
• No it isn't graffiti, yes I do use spray cans, yes it is my job, yes I do get paid, no the kids won't wreck it (they've not done it to the others)

Well that was a long post, for such a dumb video!

#muralpainting #pillgwenlly #prideinplacenewport #natureartist

Here's a method I've been mucking around with to c

Here's a method I've been mucking around with to create extreme detail in spray paint without a stencil cap...
#spraypaint #needlecap #muralartist

Here's a quick reveal of the finished project in L

Here's a quick reveal of the finished project in Liswerry.
In partnership with Tanio, Hale construction and Hedyn. With support from the local councillors too.
Designed with help from the community and through workshops in Lliswerry comp.
Input from lots of locals and people passing by changed the composition as it developed.

#streetart #muralist #lliswerry #communityarts

Lliswerry with 2 Ls is now complete. This has bee

Lliswerry with 2 Ls is now complete.
This has been a labour of love and something I've been proud to make for (and with) the community.
So many great, difficult, funny and touching chats with so many people over 8 days of painting.
I'll be sorry to leave!

#lliswerry #streetart #muralist #communityarts

Im melting! Wtaf am i doing working 10 hour days i

Im melting!
Wtaf am i doing working 10 hour days in the blazing heat.
Painting in Lliswerry is a blast, loads of lovely people, even if half a dozen people have commented… ‘I suppose its better than it was…’
When the wall was previously just a moss covered eyesore with 20 year old graffiti scrawl on it. 😂
#streetart #muralist #lliswerry

Back at it in Ystrad Mynach. Painting in the stre

Back at it in Ystrad Mynach.
Painting in the street in Ystrad was a blast. Hundreds of lovely people stopped to wish me well.
Apart from Andrew who must have told me over 200 times that I'm 'quite good'
#streetart #muralist #ystradmynach

Here's Fred being totally unimpressed with my anam

Here's Fred being totally unimpressed with my anamorphic illusion.

I made this design at least 10 years ago on some cartridge paper and thought it might make a good illusion mural somewhere...

#anamorphic #trickeye #streetart #dogsofinstagram

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