Murals by Sarah

11/06/2026

If you are local, you probably recognise this big beast of a barn, it's right by the side of the A419 just before the Cricklade turnoff, if you're approaching Swindon from Cirencester/Gloucester way.

Well, starting tomorrow, I will be giving it a bit of a face lift - can't wait 😮

This will be the biggest mural I've painted yet, at over 140 feet long. I've already packed over 150 cans of paint and that's just for the first weekend!

Wish me luck, peeps, and give me a toot and a wave if you drive past :)

05/06/2026

Happy Wiltshire Day everyone!

I really love the Wilts flag, it has more personality than most flag designs :) I would love to paint a mural of it one day.

01/06/2026

I forgot that everyone painting at Upfest gets a little spot on their website. This is mine, what do you reckon, does it sum me up?

31/05/2026

Had a cracking day at Upfest in Bristol yesterday!

The weather was dry and sunny but not TOO hot (although, that said, a woman painting near me used blu-tac to hold up a stencil and it melted!). I got to see some old friends and make some new ones. And all the passers by seemed to love Mort the Norty Alien :)

Mort was lots of fun to paint, his little face where he has been caught heading out to get up to no good :D I like to think it's his mum operating that searchlight. "Mort!!! You get back here right NOW young man!!!" :)

Painted this one relatively quickly (for me) and so still had plenty of time afterwards to have a long (over 25,000 steps!), foot-killing walk around the festival area with my better half, checking out all the new murals. Photo of teeny tiny me with one of my favourites at the end. Going to have a lazy recovery day today :)

Favourite comment of the day, an older chap caught my attention as I was just finishing up and said "I want you to know that your painting has made EVERYONE here happy, thank you". And that, folks, is why we do it.

29/05/2026

Just a reminder, I'll be painting at the To***co Factory in Bedminster, Bristol tomorrow for the final weekend of Upfest 26.

Very sad that our own Swindon Paint Fest has been postponed and won't be going ahead this year :( and same for Cheltenham :(

So thanks to Bristol's Upfest for not only happening, but being a huge success, and also giving lil' ol' me a spot to paint!

29/05/2026

28/05/2026

I popped into (Swindon) town today in my lunchbreak and spotted that the painted panels I was working on last month, have now been installed onto the gates at GWR park. Looking good in the sunshine!

I hope that the various children and others who helped to paint the faces onto the crowd scenes, get to see their artwork in all its glory now that it has been put into place :)

I've also added a couple of close ups below of the details on the upper panels, as I don't think I have shared those on here yet.

So, yes, just to summarise, I painted the upper panels in their entirety, and all of the background and clothing/hats/hairstyles etc on the bottom panels. And then the faces were all added by visitors to the Blossom Festival in May (with artists aged 4 to 80 joining in, it was a fun day!)

Thanks again to the parish council for such an enjoyable job.

27/05/2026

I am Sarah Harris of House Muralia, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Paint Cans and the Paint Brushes, Protector of the Seven Palettes, the Mother of Dragons!

Who wants to see over 30 hours of me huffing and puffing up and down ladders on the hottest May weekend for 82 years, compressed into 1 minute and 15 seconds? :)

I haven't made one of these timelapse videos in a while, enjoy

26/05/2026

After working on that ice dragon mural over the weekend, all in shades of blue, I've got to admit I quite like my new artist's mani :D 💅

25/05/2026

Wow, what a sweaty weekend of painting that was! :D

Not going to lie, this ice dragon was a challenge - so! many! spikes!!!!!

But it was worth it, I think, and the little 9 year old whose bedroom formed the canvas absolutely loves it.

The dad had the idea to add the exploding bricks (cut out from their leftover wallpaper, with a little drop shadow added), and I think that was a great finishing touch, they were happy for me to add them onto the side wall and even up onto the ceiling, which really sold the idea of the dragon bursting in through the castle wall.

I also painted a fake stone surround around the bedroom window, to further enhance the castle vibe.

Check out the lovely thank you note I got from the young boy, and the cool dragons he drew for me! He also put the finishing touch on the mural by painting the dragon's nostril :)