Author: Colin Slater – artist
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In My Life
25 albums that shaped my life I don’t think it’s ‘Cabin Fever’, but since the lockdown I’ve had some very strange dreams. They often have very surreal storylines featuring people and places I wished I’d taken more effort to try and visit, and they’re always so very mixed up. An interesting one I experienced recently…
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The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)
‘Vivaldi’ Mural at St. Brendan’s Primary, Corby Feb – March 20 Once upon a time……. A new location, St. Brendan’s Primary in Corby, and a school with a musical reputation. Therefore when Headteacher Leanne Brydon invited me to design a painting with a collection of children’s book characters in four sections for their ‘Mini Hall’, the…
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Changes……..
…………….at Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy, Leicester 2015 – Oct 2019 ‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.’― Nelson Mandela ‘Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are…
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Dido’s Lament
Remembrance Mural at Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy, Leicester Sept – Oct 19 ‘When I am laid, am laid in earth, may my wrongs createNo trouble, no trouble in thy breast;Remember me, remember me, but ah! forget my fate.Remember me, but ah! forget my fate’. (Dido’s Lament – Henry Purcell) Same place, but with a new…
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Reelin’ In The Years
Gruffalo Wood & Art History Timeline Mural at Meadowside Primary, Burton Latimer May – July 19 It was six years ago when I first worked with Josie Garnham. Back then she was Head of Titchmarsh Primary School and had a different name. She then became Executive Head of both Titchmarsh and Warmington Primary Schools and…
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Sleeping For Years
Rainforest Mural at Rowlatts Hill Primary Academy, Leicester Feb – April 19 My design for this part of the corridor was inspired by a passage I read in one of my Dad’s old books, found while clearing my parents’ home a couple of years ago, The Reader’s Digest Book of World Travel (First Edition). The…
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Break On Through (To The Other Side)
The Doors Oct 18 – Mar 19 See what I did there? Closing in on a finish with the Rowlatts Hill ‘Under The Sea/Rainforest’ corridor mural but nevertheless, any excuse to have The Doors added to my Blog Title Soundtracks page…… Rowlatts Hill Primary Academy, Balderstone Close, Leicester LE5 4ES
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Radio Ga-Ga
BBC Radio Leicester visit Rowlatts Hill Primary Academy, Leicester 14.3.19 The day BBC Radio Leicester’s Jo Hayward came to Rowlatts Rowlatts Hill Primary Academy, Balderstone Close, Leicester LE5 4ES
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Bend & Break
Tree Canopy & Waterfall Mural at Rowlatts Hill Primary Academy, Leicester Jan – Feb 19 Rowlatts Hill Primary Academy, Balderstone Close, Leicester LE5 4ES
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Rhapsody In Blue
Under the Sea Mural at Rowlatts Hill Primary Academy, Leicester Oct 18 – Jan 19 Rowlatts Hill Primary Academy, Balderstone Close, Leicester LE5 4ES