It’s been fun while it lasted - but the big Unicorn galloping over North Bridge I painted in collaboration with @purshone and @lubilykan will be coming Down in the next few days.
The renovations on the bridge are progressing and the hoarding is shrinking.
Thought I’d post a few last photos to salute the big guy before he gallops off into storage.
The Hogmannay crowd and the Blessing of Unicorns round the corner on the Arcade esplanade will stay for a while to try and spread the joy. #animals #unicorn #scotland #projects
Carley Buick Photography sent me these stunning photos she took of newlyweds Katie and Liam on their wedding day.
I love them. So nice to see the murals bedding down in the city, venting out the romance, optimism and real magic I hoped for.
Congratulations guys you look
Amazing - best wishes for the future! @carleybuick #unicorn #scottishunicorn #chrisrutterford #scottishwedding #crowd murals #animals #historicalthemed
Great week this week working in beautiful Peebles @kailziebiglodge painting a stairwell into a mountain biking and nature themed mural for their new upmarket bunkhouse. The basic idea was that when the humans leave, the animals don their helmets and start pedalling.
I was brought on board the project by @claryallaninteriorsolutions who are doing a fabulous job down there.#mountainbiking #mountainbike #bigair #peebles #nature #woodland #deer #angel #bikers #bikersofinstagram #forestmagic #forestpainting #stairwaytoheaven #stairwaymural #mural #landscapes #commercial #artwork #animals
Family day at Boroughmuir Rugby today - Made them a bear family as a photo- op on the terrace.
The weather is just perfect today, sure they’ll have a ball.
Nice to see my daddy bear again too. He is in a prime spot inside , propping up the bar. #commercial #animals #bears #boroughmuirbears #boroughmuirrfc
The Nature mural I have created for Braidburn Valley Park's Friends with the advanced higher pupils from Firrhill High School is now complete!
Some of the artists came down yesterday to see the finished article.
Seen here with their own animals., the detail on the mural is brilliant.
I designed it to have impact from a distance but layers of joy up close.
Delighted how well this is being received by visitors , it is already becoming a joyful focal point for the park.
I love it that little kids and their parents are being irresistibly drawn up the hill for a closer look. Not to mention dog walkers and all!
The owl at the front looks like a stage now.
Maybe it’s time to get some musicians involved 😊 #community #artwork #animals #scottishmurals #firrhillhighschool
New feature wall for Malones Edinburgh based around their new Triple Cask Irish Whiskey.
The Celtic deer and intricate woodland scene is core to their brand .
I painted the deer in this malty orange palette as though it has a fire in its belly.
Like it’s just knocked back a large dram and is eyeing up another.
It was really fun to paint something full of detail and interest but also really clean and legible.
Interested to see if whiskey sales rise in the bar over the weekend … I’d be powerless to resist this 😂 #malonesedinburgh #irishwhiskey #celticdeer #commercial #animals #artwork
Iain and Maureen delighted that their cow Morag is back where she belongs, she’s become something of a Balerno institution- I’ve fitted her a new waistcoat and Daisy chain, the weather spoiled the last one.
All fresh and ready for another few years dyke leaping ! #animals #cows #cowsofinstagram #tartan #tartanarmy #artwork
The big launch on Sunday was for the latest incarnation of the Edinburgh icon - the Kyloe Restaurant cow in time for the beer gardens opening and the hospitality industry starting to stir back to life.
This time we themed it round Hope and rebirth,.
Designed and made with my partner Lubi Lykan Couture & Embroidery to be a joyful, optimistic and full of fun. Recognising how we’ve all changed, but in the fervent hope that the good times and all the times we’ve maybe taken for granted in the past will be back soon.
The cow has an overall rainbow coat in keeping with the time but has purple tartan legs, the traditional colour of mourning.
Recognition of what’s happening and what we’ve all been through.
It’s festooned with smaller illustrations, nostalgic selfies of the cow with his friends in bygone times. Reminiscence of all the events that used to be seasonal fixtures for us all and that we missed so much in the last year and a half.
The busking in the Edinburgh festival, drinking with his friends, going to the rugby at Murray field, shopping, going to gigs, snogging at Hogmanay, birthday parties, shopping for pants with your friends
It’s the stuff of life. she’s outside The Huxley now! #huxley #kyloerestaurant #chrisrutterford #kyloecow #rainbow #lubilykan #commercial #animals#artwork
Malones Glasgow had a wall around their serving hatch at the kitchen which was covered in small pictures. They really wanted to make it a feature that added fun and tied the bar together.
The pub historically was a halfway house, with horses downstairs and accommodation for trades upstairs so decided that painting a large scale version version of the much loved and iconic ‘Guinness for strength’ illustration would be perfect.
I absolutely love these pictures, from the Golden age of illustration. I painted a tribute to them all for the Edinburgh branch a few years ago with a mix of all the adverts. These classics instantly look like they have always been there.
This works particularly well I think with the life size horse blending in with the real cart behind it too.
Sharon the Malones chef was cock-a- hoop that her home from home was transformed and looking so pretty. She can’t wait to get back in harness and cook up a storm.
Best of luck to all at Malones in both Edinburgh and Glasgow tomorrow more power to your pint pulling elbow.
We have missed your craic! #chrisrutterford #commercial #animals
Fresh animals for the oz bar finished today. Fun to do some comical illustrations for a change. Hanging them soon.
This emu surfing a hammerhead is proof positive that lions may be king the jungle but Emus rule the beach.
I’m liking my wee kiwi lizard too - clearly way out of his depth tackling the Aussie kangaroo.
@chris_rutterford #australia #kangaroo #emu #frilledlizard #hammerheadshark #surfing #scottishart #rugby #animals
