Work continues...

On Wednesday and Friday of last week, two groups of young people from the Torbay area came down to the Torre Abbey Green and painted 'their Torbay' onto the public art wall. Accompanied by some amazing youth workers (thanks Alanna, Dave and Gemma!) and full of enthusiasm, they have made this project into something really special.

Some of the pieces have light touch - depictions of football players and of the balloon rising up over the English Riviera. There's a painting of a fisherman catching line-caught bass. There's a piece which appears to be a picture-postcard of the Riviera, but when you look closely into the palm tree, you can see that words like 'teenage pregnancy' and 'stereotypes' are written on the leaves. There's a picture of a human form, and inside of it is music. That's 'their Torbay'.