This …

… is a grain silo.  And these …

… are also grain silos.

🥱  Pretty boring, right?  I mean … a structure whose only purpose is to store grain … what’s to get excited about.  Function over form, yes?  Well … in Australia, farmers and artists have managed to combine form and function and … WOW!  Take a look …

This one is located in Colbinabbin, Victoria, and was painted by Tim Bowtell over the course of 8 weeks in 2020 at the beginning of the Covid pandemic.  Look at the detail …

Or what about this one, the first in Victoria in the town of Brim …

… painted in January 2016 by Guido van Helten.  Look at the detail … isn’t it amazing?

This next one is in Kaniva, Victoria, and was painted by David Lee Pereira and his assistant, Jason Parker, completed in October 2020 …

This depicts the Australian Hobby Bird, a member of the falcon family.  To the left of the bird is the plains sun orchid with the salmon/pink sun orchid on the right.

And this next one … touches the heart …

It is an image of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern embracing a Muslim woman after the Christchurch mosque attacks resonated around the world in April 2019.  The silo was painted by Loretta Lizzio in May 2019 and is located in Brunswick, Victoria.

This last one is located in Avoca, Victoria and was completed last year as the 47^th in Australia’s Painted Silo Art Collection.

These are but a few of the beautifully painted silos in Australia, but I hope you’ll take a look at some of the rest of them on the Victorian Silo Art website that was so kindly sent to me by my Australian artist friend, Anne Lawson of Anne Lawson’s Art.  Thank you so much for pointing me in this direction, Anne!

And now, my friends, go forth and have a wonderful weekend!