Kinghorn: Whale Wall

Just a wee catch up on what some of the summer entailed. 

I was commissioned, and my daughter Freya Ledingham helped me, to create a mural on a very unimposing (low and long) brick wall overlooking Kinghorn harbour. 

Kinghorn in Fife is a great spot for whale watching and Ronnie Mackie has secured funding for an enhanced whale watching area, including our mural, a bench and a notice board among other improvements. 

Even painting the wall white was a huge improvement. We started with the whales and basking shark and went down in size through the sea mammals that appear here. Originally we kept to a fairly limited palette, but as we started on the smaller birds and sea creatures that changed, not all were painted in their true colours. 

As we worked we had many appreciative and lovely visitors and we noticed kids asking their parents what each creature was, sometimes they knew and sometimes they didn't so we labelled everything as we went on. The labels have become a mantra for people and kids walking the wall and it is lovely to hear. So if you are ever visiting, then pop and see the wall and see the amazing sea life and beauty of this part of the Scottish coastline.