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ARTIST Anya Brock has finished her 10-metre high giraffe mural in Maylands.

Next time you’re grumbling about attaching an extender to a roller to paint the ceiling think of Brock, who was hoisted 26 feet above Eighth Avenue on a scissor-lift.

“The mural took me one-and-a-half days,” she says. “The height was a bit of a problem as the wrong scissor-lift was delivered initially, but we got the 26-foot lift on the second day to finish off the top head.

“I generally use house paint for murals. Sometimes if I can get the colour I need I’ll mix in high-end acrylics.”

Brock is renowned for her huge animal murals, including two elephants on the old Myer building in Fremantle.

“I’m interested in why we anthropomorphise animals,” she says.

“Plus I enjoy the way animals lend to very simple and bold compositions.”

The artwork is part of Bayswater’s per cent for public art policy.

by STEPHEN POLLOCK