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A DRAB wall facing a kids’ playground in Bayswater has been beautified with a kids’-designed mural.

Local artist Namo Osaki spent a week painting designs, created by local youngsters, onto the wall at Bayswater library on King William Street.

She finished off the Bert Wright Park mural with her own manga-style artwork in the middle. “We had a great reaction from families using the playground and from elderly people as well,” she says.

“It was a bit of a rush to finish it and I was working until 9pm some nights.

“Luckily it was hot that week and the gloss acrylic paint dried quickly.”

Osaki was awarded a grant last year to undertake a community art project that would “add vibrancy” to Bayswater.

by STEPHEN POLLOCK