Ulla Taylor is a "screever", pavement artist,
street painter, chalk artist, madonarri, strassenmalerin, chalkie..
Ulla
has performed at festivals and events as a pavement artist since 1987, and
toursextensively as a solo artist. Her work ranges from community art at festivals creating original images
of celebration... to fine handcrafted promotions and enhancements for
government departments, businesses and corporations.
Please go to
Thematic Galleries
for more images- with over
twenty years of pavement drawing, it's all too much for one page!
Corporate
pavement art..
With over twenty years experience
chalk drawing and street painting, Ulla has great skill in producing high quality pavement
images.
Tailored to specific sites, themes and audiences,
Ulla's work is a highly versatile performance art form,
and also an attention grabbing artwork..
Commonwealth Games 2006, Ulla
as the Village artist, work in progress on the Gang Gang cockatoos painting.
Whether painting on Pavements, canvas, walls, imported
pavers, paper or anything else, Ulla pays attention to both the detail and
deadlines with a smile..
Ulla has worked at many prestigious arts and
performance festivals worldwide, and is frequently invited to return to
events.
Ulla's crowds at Freo, photo Howie Gaskin
Her "screeving" or street mural, is crafted in
brilliant, ephemeral Fine Art chalk pastels, and literally creates a new perspective on the grey
street, delighting and amazing pedestrians of
all ages.
The street paintings are created on brick, asphalt,
and concrete surfaces. Created over
days, the artwork fades as it is worn away by the elements. Ulla's
fine pavement art is exceptionally photogenic and attracts avid
interest from visual media.
Winner of the People's Choice Prize!
Chalk the Walk, Sydney
2007. Thankyou Sydney and her visitors for your support! :) See
also
Sydney Morning Herald slideshow!! and my
Road
story of that adventure
Ulla is a consistent prize winner in
pavement art competitions. She has won prizes at Geldern International
Street Painting Festival Germany (4th ' 09, 5th '95 competing solo, and 2nd
with Roland Jossutis '92), a 2nd at Massey street painting festival Canada,
and 4th in Melbourne Streetworks '94)
With a Graaduate DIploma in
Art/Craft, a "Working with Children" card and a child of her own, Ulla's
workshops are not only a fun event but are educational as well.
Detailed information on her
tailored workshops can be found on the
Workshops
page.
Brief History of pavement art.. from what Ulla's
gleaned!
Pavement art has a very long world wide history
dating back to ancient times. Art has been created in public
spaces for ceremony, information and good luck for millennia.
Historical incidents of pavement art are recognised around the world.
A few examples include.. Medieval Maddonarri in Italy drawing holy
pictures, East Indian Rangoli designs used for good
spirit, home and guest customs, traditionally, generationally and
currently. Screever's are also recorded in English
literature, and English (colloquial) dictionaries.
..and before there were pavements, there were
caves!!
Pavement art was popular before the printing
press as a media for mass information, and community bonding, and it's
presence on the street still attracts an enthusiastic response from
passers by, and modern media.
The digital camera age has heralded a
Renaissance of pavement art, taking the ephemeral art form into digital
permanence.
Artworks are protected by
international copyright law. Please feel free to use the information
contained in this web site for non-profit enjoyment and research.. but please
don't forget to credit the creators!
