Artist's designs transform 'plain' utility boxes
Louise Dean talks about how her artwork has brightened up "plain" boxes in a town centre.
Transcript
00:00 So I was contacted by a charity in Tunbridge Wells called Refresh Tunbridge Wells,
00:05 and somebody on their committee is also an artist, and they had said that they were trying to find
00:13 somebody who was, who could, they were thinking of birds and nature. So she recommended me,
00:22 so I went to meet with them and showed them some of my previous work. I did think twice,
00:30 because I was a bit concerned about painting outdoors or in the public. I mean, I'm pretty
00:37 friendly and everything, but I was like, oh, I'm not sure how I feel about like,
00:41 sitting on a pavement painting. But yeah, this one was totally unique, a unique opportunity.
00:46 And obviously, for me, it was fantastic. It really raised my profile locally. And I got, you know,
00:52 hopefully some other work will come out of it. It's a really lovely feeling. And I mean,
01:00 even especially, I would say, it was so nice when I was coming towards the end,
01:05 and there was a lot going on in both boxes. And I could hear children as they walked past getting
01:10 excited and their reaction, and then people coming up to me and telling, oh, I come here now with
01:16 my friends and their kids and they play around and, and that's exactly what we wanted to achieve.