Artist Paul creating new mural for rail station underpass

ACCLAIMED Liverpool City Region street artist Paul Curtis is hard at work creating his new masterpiece in Southport.

Paul, who created the UK’s largest street art outside London when he painted the sand lizard mural at Toad Hall in Ainsdale, has now turned his attention to Birkdale Village.

For the next two weeks he will be creating new artwork in the underpass underneath Birkdale Train Station as part of a collaboration between Birkdale Civic Society and Merseyrail.

A Birkdale Civic Society spokesperson said: “Big reveal coming soon!

“After months in the pipeline, we are thrilled to announce that in collaboration with Merseyrail we have commissioned a brand new mural to be put in the underpass by award winning Merseyside artist Paul Curtis.

“Paul has started the Birkdale specific mural in the station’s underpass and will take a couple of weeks to unveil fully.

“Watch this space to see how it all unfolds.

“We really wanted to bring something new to the village and brighten up one of the main walkways for all the community to enjoy

“Please bear in mind that this is a work in progress so please hold back on judgment until the artwork is complete.”

Paul Curtis is an incredible talent whose work has left a huge impression in Southport and Sefton.

In 2021 he created the iconic sand lizard artwork across the Toad Hall building in Ainsdale – the biggest mural in Britain outside London.

It followed his four-storey painting of the world’s greatest racehorse Red Rum in 2020.

The giant 15m four-storey high mural on the gable end of a row of buildings on the corner of Scarisbrick Avenue and the Promenade was one of the highlights of the Sefton Borough of Culture. Both works were commissioned by Sefton Council.

The former Liverpool City

Region Artist of the Year has also painted a mural of Red Rum on the side of the Bold Hotel on Lord Street; a floor to ceiling Red Rum mural in The Atkinson on Lord Street; and an Audrey Hepburn artwork at David H Myers opticians on London Street.

He has also created a mural of Sefton band Red Rum Club at the new Salt and Tar events space in Bootle

Perhaps his most famous work is For All Liverpool’s Liver Birds (aka The Wings), which he painted on Jamaica Street in the Baltic Triangle in Liverpool city centre in 2017.

It was a huge success with queues of people eager to have the picture taken with the wings, becoming Liver Birds themselves.