Public Art

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Public art installations are scattered throughout the region… some with poignant focus, some with a colourful community focus.

Take the time to reflect on a series of sandstone sculptures in commemoration of the 2011 floods that hit the region. They include ‘Comfort’, Laidley Recreation Reserve; ‘After the Past’, Grantham Butter Factory; ‘Spatial Horizons’, Murphys Creek Ground and ‘Pain’, which is located at the Spring Bluff Railway Station.

In Laidley, stop by the Laidley Mall to see the mosaic sculpture ‘Seed Pod’, as well as ‘Lily of the Lockyer Valley’, which is a stunning piece in marble, granite, and sandstone.

The team behind Toowoomba’s highly successful First Coat Festival, curated two large-scale mural installations in Gatton to complement the 70 plus contemporary public art installations of Toowoomba’s CBD streets and laneways.

Bronte Naylor’s mural at 54 Railway Street focuses on the connection between people and country. Occupants of the land have an intrinsic relationship with their natural surrounds and this interaction with country takes shape in many ways such as farming, conservation, gardening and general lifestyle routines.

George Rose’s mural at the corner of North and Railway Streets, draws attention to the endemic flora and fauna found in the area. Lines running through the work are based on the shapes created by the boundaries of Gatton as seen from satellite images, and the water ways which run above the township. To complement the images, George Rose painted the ‘Goori’ and ‘Yagara’ on the walls to represent the names of the earliest custodians of this area.