I can't remember when I first noticed something different about one of the old buildings on Museum Road, Portsmouth. I do remember that I kept forgetting to take my camera along to capture what I found.
Eventually I managed to arrange it that I was walking down Museum Road in daylight, with a fully charged camera in my hand and i proceeded to take some photos of Pompey's newest bit of wall-art.
A really, really big Cuttlefish.
This might give you some idea of the scale.
The building is part of the Portsmouth Museum complex although as far as I know, this block is unused.
(Which, by the way, means I am dying to see what's inside. D'you think if I asked nicely they'd let me have a poke about?)
A quick Google turns up this piece from the Portsmouth news, explaining that the local wildlife Trust asked wall artist ATM to paint something commemorating the Portsmouth area's marine life.
I didn't actually know that you got Cuttlefish round here, let alone that they bred locally so that's a nice surprise.
I like the painting. I'm all in favour of anything that makes blank walls a little less blank and city spaces a little more colourful.
Here's some more pics.
If you get up close you can really see how many intricate brush strokes ATM used.
Shame there's a bloody great pipe in the way but it's impressive how he managed to work around it.
So there you have it. I'm hoping this big cephalopod stays up there for a nice long time and causes great confusion to passing tourists for many years to come.
That's all folks.
