In November 2017, Rowena Martinich and Geoffrey Carran were commissioned by the Niddrie Traders Association to create a large landmark mural at the gateway to the Niddrie shopping precinct.

 

The scale of this wall gave Rowena the opportunity to explore dynamic and bold mark-making and colour-fields with rollers and scissor lift. In planning the composition, consideration was given to the visibility of this mural, which can be viewed from a kilometre up the road, or closer from the main tram-stop, carpark or local library.

 

Geoffrey Carran took a conservation stance in painting a regent honeyeater. This critically endangered species would once have inhabited the area to feed on yellow box forest. The striking regent honeyeater perches proudly as it surveys the community.