Perth Voice Interactive

LOCAL street artists are in the midst of brightening up some of the town’s unloved laneways.

Perth Voice favourite Mel McVee raised $1000 through crowdfunding, with locals and businesses chipping in and Vincent council matching it dollar for dollar so 10 street artists could paint murals along the Psychology Australia wall.

Brenton See, Paul Deej, Fieldey and the hypnotising Robert Jenkins were among the arty sorts to turn out on Sunday January 3 and endure the blazing heat to make their mark, with Ms “Melski” McVee painting Urban Psychedelic Tiger as her first work of 2016.

Dubbed the Laneway Collective, the group’s first project last year saw 30 artists in a Mt Lawley laneway, and they’re making their way across town making things colourful.

They’re out again this Sunday January 10 to finish off this project, and they’ll be there from 9am behind the Flying Scotsman.

by DAVID BELL