SKATER Girl

Funny how you can leave a town for years, then one wall convinces you that maybe you never really did.

After the M5 decided to audition for the apocalypse and left us over three hours late, we finally got the paint out and got to work. Completely worth it.

This mural was organised by Tonic Creatives and the unstoppable force that is Kate Linden, who somehow manages to turn “Wouldn’t it be nice…” into “It’s happening.”

I wanted to paint the skater girl I remember from growing up. The one who made confidence look effortless. Wing cap covered in band badges, battered skateboard, scraping knees but never her pride. The girl who wasn’t trying to be cool… which, of course, made her the coolest person there.

She isn’t just skating. She’s taking up space. She’s loud in all the right ways. She’s grace, grit, style and stubbornness rolled into one splash of colour.

The best part wasn’t the paint. It was the people. Faces I hadn’t seen in years. Conversations that picked up as if no time had passed. This mural became less about making art and more about celebrating a town I left many years ago—a town that still wants creativity, colour and stories on its walls.