I had painted a mural on the back wall of a Chinese church in Canton Cardiff in the early 1980s. Chapter approached me to paint a mural on the wall overlooking the car park. As a young man in my 20s, it sounded like a good idea. I recall there was not much money in it. I began begging and cajoling people and companies to let me have paints or supplies. The local sold me unwanted paint, and I found out who lent me the scaffolding.
I presented my idea of the mural to Chapter. I remember showing them my design and rolling it out on the floor, only to realize I had more drawings than a floor in the small office.
They accepted the proposal, and I started a few weeks later. It was only by chance, not design, that I began the project in the summer months. I imagined that the mural would take a couple of weeks to finish. It took ages. I enlisted anybody who would, even the local kids, chip in and give a hand.
A friend at Chapter says he still crosses people who remember working on the mural many years ago.
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