Leela's Himalayan Wall

I was asked by my good friend Nila Chauhan if I would paint a mural on the wall of new Hindu Spiritual Healing and Meditation Centre in Leeming. Always up for a new challenge I had a chat to Leela about what she wanted and accepted! The theme for the wall was the Kullu Manali Valley in Himachal Pradesh (The Valley of the Gods) a sacred place in India.

A bit of research was required before drawing out the proposed design for the wall.

Once this was agreed upon it seemed that we had the ideal opportunity to involve people who would be involved with the Centre in the painting of the wall!

The first day of painting was an incredible event approximately 30 people took part in the painting of the first layer of the mural ranging in ages from 80's to single figures! This was a beautiful and very special day involving people from many cultural backgrounds and beliefs.

By the end of the first day of painting the wall was beginning to develop it's final appearance. 

The second Day was a solo effort and progressed the project to the next step. On the third day I had one participant and the project was progressed to the next stage.

The final day of painting was once again a solo affair.The work was completed and the Centre ready to be prepared for the Initiation Ceremony.

The Centre was now ready to be prepared for the Initiation Ceremony:

The Initiation Ceremony took place on Sunday the 1st of May it was a beautiful and very spiritual event attended by a group of over 30 people. The Centre offers Spiritual Healing and Meditation Sessions. 

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The Big Coffee Cup Cappuccino Strip Street Club April 2011

2011 saw the advent of a series of community place making events in Fremantle. Four events took place in all one each month from January to April. The final event took place on the slightly chilly and breezy evening of the 8th April. South Terrace was closed to traffic and the party began!
Many colourful and entertaining events took place over the evening one being the decoration of a giant coffee cup constructed by yours truly out of polystyrene, cardboard and newspaper.

The cup was set up in the centre of the street with a number decorative options. People soon gathered and the process was underway! The cup was decorated with origami drawings cut outs stuck on etc.

Cappuccino Strip Fremantle - The Big Cup from Kerotv on Vimeo.

Harmony 2011 At Bentley

This year's Harmony Day school art project again involved the three local schools, Bentley Primary, Santa Clara Primary and Al Hidayah Islamic Schools.

The plan was to encourage recycling by getting the students to construct 15cm cubes from recycled cardboard, these were then decorated and mounted on poles for display in the park at our Harmony event.

The results were beautiful 3D structures brightly coloured with many special messages a number shown below.

Fremantle Festival Wishing Booth

Saturday 13th November 2010. An opportunity for people to tell the Council what they'd

like to see happen in South Terrace! A great idea from

 Mary Del Casale booth design

and graphic design by Charlotte O'Shea.

A brilliant day!

Many views expressed!

Reuse, Recycle: Works in a Third Dimension!

What do you do with your empty tin cans, plastic bottles, newspapers etc?
Here are a few ideas!

'Spike: Enduring Remains'

Recycled newspaper, cardboard, tin cans yogurt carton

'Metamorphosis Incomplete'

Recycled, newspaper, cardboard etc

Winning Entry: City of Swan

Myths Stories & Legends 2010

'Mauvey Dick'

Recycled newspaper, coca cola bottle, tin cans etc.

'Big Bluey'

Recycled newspaper, cardboard tubing etc

'The Big Cake'

A collaborative piece constructed with Mary Del Casle for

The Art Gallery of Western Australia's Gallery in Bloom Event 2010

A Homage to the artist Viviene Binns.

Constructed from Cardboard, MDF, newspaper, cardboard fabric etc.

Charlotte A O'Shea (CAOS)

Charlotte A O’Shea
(CAOS)

An artist who works with a number of media and who has recently expanded her practice into community arts projects, the most recent being the Brownlie Neighbourhood Billboard and banner project. This project involved extensive community consultation and engagement to arrive at the designs for 12 street banners which represent the community in an uplifting positive way adding colour and interest to the streetscape.

Charlotte’s painting, 3D sculptures and digital art works display a striking and totally original artistic expression. Her unique works lead us into an intricate and extraordinary universe of fantasy and imagination portraying a surreal and otherworldly environment.

Her works are highly detailed and present the viewer with the opportunity to develop their own story when contemplating her extremely detailed and intricate offerings which she describes as the recordings of a unique mind.





Meet the Ancestor!! An original pencil drawing by CAOS scanned in to Photoshop and coloured several filters added. A whole new world to explore with conventional artwork!




Digital print of Barrack Street Perth City WA distorted in Photoshop




Digital print of Irvine Harbourside. Distorted in Photoshop