Dubbo Public School had some tired old brick walls in the centre of the campus. As an Art Club project the brief was to create a design that included the school’s education mascot “Feathers” the white cockatoo and the historical cherry tree that was planted on the site of the establishment of the school by the city forebear, Frenchman Emile Seriser (cerisier being French for cherry tree). There are some less obvious elements that reveal themselves with successive viewing- an important “placemaking” component of good public art.
The project was painted on site, with a safety barrier, and became a performance that entertained the school community over several weeks. Its slow unfolding was an inspiring demonstration of the process of visual representation.
