The Guardian of the Mersey

The composition features a large-scale figure of a captain or naval officer in traditional uniform and cap, leaning on a ship’s controls (with the engine order telegraph visible, bearing the inscription “STOP”). In the background stand the historic buildings along Liverpool’s waterfront, including the unmistakable towers of the Royal Liver Building. The work is painted on the exterior wall of a building next to a terrace area with picnic tables.

It is part of a series of historical and naval-themed artistic interventions that the artist has created in the Merseyside and Wirral regions, closely linked to the legacy of the local shipyards.