In pictures: Banchory's six new murals

Six new murals were unveiled in Banchory yesterday as part of an arts initiative.

The art can be seen in various locations not far from Scott Skinner Square in the centre of the Deeside town.

The pieces are each by a different artist and represent various cultural aspects of the town.

They held drop-in sessions along the High Street building up to the project to get a better feel for what the public wanted to see in the art.

Fraser Gray's mural is the most out-of-the-way, but takes over an entire flight of stairs. It contains a 3D Celtic cross, and various colourful artefacts strewn down the walkway.
David Faithfull discusses his work with a local. The stencilled mural includes grey armchairs full of various objects suggested to him by residents.
Bold colours are symbolic of Ben Fist's work, and he continues that with this effort. Bold shapes and jagged lines represent the countryside surrounding the town, and an oil rig whispers about the change in industry focus seen recently in the region.
Shona Shirley MacDonald's work is highly unusual in that it seems to miss most of the mural out - but of course this is highly deliberate. Her fish seems to swim through the wall, rather than on it.
A close-up of the fish's head. It contains hundreds of smaller images symbolising Banchory and Deeside.
Perhaps the most unusual though is Natasha Todd's piece, which wraps itself around a planter in the middle of Scott Skinner Square carpark. Minimalism is the key word here - bold and jagged shapes on a plain grey background, as is her hallmark.
Last but not least is DUFI's art. "Always been there for me", Fin says, has been the feeling exuded by the people of Banchory, always willing to help out. The typeface injects modernism and abstract art into Postie's Walk.

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