Mural to be unveiled in Bellingham

Dec 9 2010 By The Journal

A NEW 2.5m square mural will be unveiled in Northumberland next week.

Ninety-Nine Northumbriana, a new design the Heritage Centre, painted by local artist Rachel Pearson, will be unveiled at Station Yard, in Bellingham, on Tuesday.

The mural features 99 images related to Northumberland life and has been painted on two large access doors which had been previously been painted a dull brown colour.

During the course of the painting of the mural, visitors to the Heritage Centre – and to the Centre’s website – were invited to suggest images to be included.

Rachel Pearson said: “I had decided on the majority of the images before I started the work but I thought it would be interesting to solicit some from the public including web-viewers from far-off places.

“I am delighted that I had this new audience for my work. I was happy to explain to visitors what I was doing and why I chose the images I did.”