National Book Fair Mural - 2023
During the national book fair in 2024, I was chosen along with 3 other artists to work on a live-painted mural which focused on a theme of social change through public art. This project was organised my MCOI (Malta Community of Illustrators) and Bloom. Design.
The Concept
After a few scrapped and modified idea, the idea I ended up settling on was a sort of childrens book take on a child hero who does what they can do mend an heal stereotypically Maltese environmental problems, such as air pollution overdevelopment, cutting down trees excessively and claiming land illegally.
These problems may feel surface level, but when climate anxiety sets in, one finds it hard to feel hope when it seems like issues caused by seemingly untouchable istitutions and massive companies will always negate the efforts we as regular citizens make.
Digital comic sketch which led to the final idea
Early idea - trying to narrow down to a specific theme proved difficult