A STONEHAVEN artist has completed a harbour front mural as a gift to her home town before setting off to Glasgow to start a teacher training course.
Amie Paton has transformed the shelter at the Botany Bay end of Shorehead with a frame of wildflowers and a ‘Stonehaven Horizon’ banner.
The shelter is maintained by the volunteer group more known for their hanging baskets and tubs in the Market Square. The small building is well used by folks happy to find refuge from wind and rain – but with peeling paingwork and not-quite-scrubbed-off grafitti, it was in sore need of some TLC.
And despite having all the demands of her final year at Gray’s School of Art, Amie jumped at the chance to help the Horizon Group spruce up the shelter while adding to the interest already created by Pat’s Patch of wildflowers, Karens Korner of pollinator-friendly perennials and, of course, chainsaw Dave’s carved wooden bench.
With wildflowers as her brief, Amie walked around Stonehaven taking note of the varieties she found. And she consulted Phil Carr, who tends the always beautiful area at the end of the boardwalk and who provided a wealth of colourful inspiration. If you look closely you will find delphiniums, achilea, geraniums, loosestrife, alliums and eryngium among the display.
One harbour worthy, Alan Johnston aka AJ, asked for a bee to be included.
And mother nature herself chipped in with some suggestions.
”There is a robin that visits George and Karen while they are working there, so I thought I’d definitely put him in,” said Amie.
”I’ve enjoyed the project. The shelter has a nice atmosphere to be in and I’ve enjoyed chatting to locals and tourists as I’ve been doing the work.”
Amie, who combined her art school studies with regular shifts at the Ship Inn, has recently pulled her last pint before setting off to Glasgow.
She said: ”I am glad to have left a bit of me in Stonehaven.”
Previously in The Bellman