The mural of a giant cat called Skippy was pointed out to us by a friendly George Town inner-city local. And he kindly reminded us that there was also a giant rat to look for. Why Skippy? I remember Skippy as a bush kangaroo from an Australian TV series during the late 60s, do you? Never mind, maybe you will if you are my age.
Skippy the cat is the largest of the 101 Lost Kittens Project, part of the George Town Festival 2013. There are 101+ cats/kittens painted on 12+ murals by three 'Artists for Stray Animals'. We never really attempted to look for them all, being content only with finding Skippy (how can anyone miss a giant cat?) and another interesting one involving a martial arts exponent. It will be in my next post.
And we did find the giant rat - just around the corner from the giant cat. I cannot confirm this, but it seems that this rat graffito has been furtively executed by an unknown artist. Cute!
Location of giant cat (and rat) murals: Armenian Street Ghaut
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