Grannies and grandpas turn to graffiti
A group of grannies and grandpas have turned their hands to graffiti with some staggering results.
The residents of aged care group Feros Care, met graffiti artist Teazer at his Stay Gold Studio and were inspired to start work on their own project.
The Feros Silver Foxes (FSFs) visited Teazer’s Byron Bay studio after helping to reinvigorate the local ‘Surf Alley’, painting part of the town red (and other colours), as part of the recent Popped festival. Teazer explained that he thinks it’s a primal urge to want to leave your mark, your message, and FSF Nina Marzi, 96, agreed.
“Not everybody can be an artist,” she said. “It’s the touch, the quality of the paint, what you want to convey in the painting; that’s the most important.” And Nina’s seen a painting or two throughout nearly 10 decades so who can argue with that?
“I think it’s very clever, clever than I ever thought or realised,” Fran Boyle, 86.
Inspired by Teazer, and other artists work on the wall, the FSFs also let their mark and art with a flurry of spraying paint activity.
I remember reading something similar a while back in The Business Insider, so I hunted it down.
(AP Photo/Armando Franca)
In this picture taken Sept. 2 2015, Lara Seixo Rodrigues, left, helps Maria do Ceu Pais, 92, stencil the shape of her hand on a wall during a street graffiti workshop in Covilha, Portugal. By the time they have learned enough to start spraying on a wall, they are raring to go. "They drop their crutches and put aside their walking sticks and jump to it," Lara says. "They are all capable of having a much more active life."
Great stuff!
What a brilliant idea...I love this! The joy these people must feel...I can just see myself at that age doing that sort of thing..adventures..bring them on!