WILD AT ART
●Talented teen creates a marvellous mural at gran’s housing complex
AN artistic schoolgirl has brightened the lives of residents at Bagatelle Court by painting a colourful mural.
Aimee Duncan, whose gran lives in the sheltered housing complex, used her talents to bring a smile to residents.
Pensioners say that it has come at the right time, cheering them up following a fire that ripped through a top floor flat in the other side of the building
Aimee, 14, from Branchton, said: “I wanted to make it bright because it was a plain wall.
“I like animals and I think I’m good at drawing them, so I painted parrots and dolphins.”
The fire-damaged building has been blocked off from the rest of the complex by a partition wall.
Manager Agnes Little knew all about Aimee’s talent and asked if she would like to paint it.
Agnes said: “We wanted something bright to cheer everyone up after the fire.”
The teenager, who attends Inverclyde Academy, was one of a handful of pupils from her school to be invited to Glasgow School of Art for a summer school project.
Aimee, 14, from Branchton, said: “It was a great experience for me as I really like art and I would like to go to art school.”
Her gran Joyce Brown, 72, is bursting with pride over the mural. She said: “Aimee came over here for five days after school to finish it.
“She worked very hard and did a great job.
“She painted a tropical sunset and the colours are so vibrant.
“I look at it every day as I come out of my flat.”
Fellow resident Pat McAleese, 87, said: “It’s cheered us up so much.
“Everyone that passes by remarks upon it.”
Margaret Griffin, 75, added: “I think the mural is lovely. My nephews and brother come to visit me and they cannot believe that a young girl has painted it.”
Aimee said: “It makes me feel really happy that people like the painting.”