Recently I was commissioned by the lovely people at Chilli Farms Indian Restaurant to paint a mural which ended up being 4 murals!

We had such a fun time coming up with the mural designs for all four of them. The owner of Chilli Farms , Uma, has a great sense of humour and wanted to show a bit of his fun character in his beautiful restaurant.

The first mural was a huge charcoal wall which I painted nine elephants on in the nine different colours of the chillies in his logo. It completely transformed the whole restaurant and got so much attention that Uma decided he needed some more.

The second mural was of three Chilli Chefs. These crazy characters greet you as you walk in the door with a really family friendly vibe.

The third mural is a bit of a secret one. We thought we needed something funny on the way down the corridor to the toilets so I designed two cartoon elephants who had possibly had too many mango lassies and needed to urgently get to the thrown.

Finally, the forth mural was a real eye catcher. On my last day painting the other three murals, feeling a little sad to be saying goodbye, Uma pulled me aside and told me “We need one more elephant!”. He had elephant fever! I think we all did! They’re such amazing lovable animals. So I painted a huge 3D elephant head that seems to pop out of the wall to grab your garlic naan.

Uma, his wife, friends and staff were all so welcoming. This was a really special job. Uma even invited everyone who was involved in the restaurant renovations to come back in for a free lunch where he thanked us all for our help and fed us with an amazing banquet of his restaurant’s delicious food! Thanks again Uma for making this a really fun experience for everyone.

For a chance to win a buffet voucher for two at Chilli Farms Indian Restaurant visit their Facebook Page to enter the competition to name the 12 elephants.

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