THE top floor of the market multi-storey car park is being transformed into a huge painting which will be visible from the cameras in the sky when the Tour de Yorkshire comes to Barnsley.
The giant work of almost 30,000 sq ft will feature a colour painting of Barnsley Town Centre with two cyclists passing the town hall.
The Tour de Yorkshire Race is accompanied by a tradition of large-scale eye-catching pieces of ‘land art’ lining the route, which should be captured by TV cameras in helicopters when the race comes to town on May 4.
Work started this week to paint the whole of the top floor of the car park, which is due to be demolished later this year as part of the town centre’s redevelopment. It is being created by members of the charity Creative Recovery’s ‘Art through Recovery’ group. The charity uses creativity to bring about social change, inspire community spirit and boost well-being and recovery. One of the lead artists Helen Boutle said: “It’s a huge challenge, but an amazing canvass. It’s really exciting.
“The idea of big projects like these is it helps show people that anything is possible.”
About 20 people so far are involved in the work. It is expected it will take about 20 full days to complete.
