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Aerial photo credit Gary Baker

Thankyou to everyone for your lovely comments about the mural I really appreciate your kindness. A very big thankyou to everyone who helped and supported making the mural design and install happen Winchburgh Developments, Winchburgh Community Development Trust and West Lothian Council. Wonderful photo's from Gary Baker Photography and John West from Winchburgh Community Growing Group for great mural maintence advice. I really enjoyed being part of the Winchburgh community and chuffed to be part Wincburgh's first artist in residence in phase 1 of the Big W Art community public art strategy for the village.

Here is my inspiration and idea behind the design of the mural:

Our colourful path takes everyone on a joyful journey through Winchburgh’s evolving landscape. We begin below ground, a mosaic of pink, red rock hues, echo the past industries of working and mining the land, featuring the silhouettes of the miner’s rows, at the heart of the community and Winchburgh’s industrial history. The rows like steps, lead us up to the horizon to a spectrum of colour celebrating locals love of capturing the sunrises and sunsets.We then step forward into a nature trail of colourful abstraction of all the unique plants that adapt and evolve in the local landscape from the bings to its woodland’s species like: greater knap wood, corn marigolds, chicory, knotted pearl wort, crowberry, tall melilot, grey field speedwell, greater butterfly orchid and a silver birch woodland - echoing the adaptiveness of the land and its people. Celebrating a community that is growing with a shared interest to explore and nurture the evolving green havens that make Winchburgh a green gateway for West Lothian adventures.

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Lovely thistle inspired plate, designed and posted by Helen

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All the lovely colourful artways flags made by Winchburgh Primary School and Holy Family Primary School P7′s are now in display in the new Winchburgh Academy. We have made duplicates of all the pupils lovely flags so everyone can take their flag home and we can showcase everyone's wonderful work in the exhibition. For any pupils not attending Winchburgh Academy you are all very welcome to pop in to pick up your flag and visit the exhibition just come say hello and ask Academy staff at reception for help and directions.

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‘From city living to this stunning rural landscape' a lovely creative artmap made by Hazel.

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Lovely artwork by Saira, she recreated a piece of shale and added foraged wild flowers.

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Lovely photos shared by Kelsie.

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Great photo posted by Lucy

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Wonderful photo montage art map posted by Jen.

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Part 1 Wonderful photo montage art map posted by Jen.

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Thank you Kyra for this great path mural pic!

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A big thank you to everyone who came to the Big Chalk Draw such lovely colourful worked created by the talented young artists of Winchburgh the pavement looks so joyful with all your colourful creativity!

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A big thank you to everyone who came to the Big Chalk Draw such lovely colourful worked created by the talented young artists of Winchburgh the pavement looks so joyful with all your colourful creativity! A big thank you to Leigh at Winchburgh Community Development Trust for making it happen and Sophie Zac & Co Coffee for our delicious milkshakes and smoothies too.

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The canal photographed and posted by Jen McLeod. 

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A ‘Scarlet Elf Cup’ and Winchburgh bricks photographed and posted by Jen McLeod.

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Wonderful creative and tactile Artmap created by Marylene. Made by exploring, collecting and reimagined the nature journey she took in Winchburgh in photo collage, found nature and embroidery.

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Beautiful ceramic plate created by Kaja made by imprinting foraged wild flowers from Winchburgh’s old clay pit, canals and woodlands.