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Wakefield Trinity Wildcats artist unveils first picture | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats artist unveils first picture |
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The first work produced by a West Yorkshire rugby league team's artist in residence has been unveiled. | The first work produced by a West Yorkshire rugby league team's artist in residence has been unveiled. |
Jason Wilsher-Mills started the year-long project as Wakefield Trinity Wildcats' artist in September. | Jason Wilsher-Mills started the year-long project as Wakefield Trinity Wildcats' artist in September. |
He uses a tablet computer to create his own pictures and to create art with young people around the city. | He uses a tablet computer to create his own pictures and to create art with young people around the city. |
Mr Wilsher-Mill's first picture was prompted by a memory of attending his first game with his father and "seeing the big guys charge into each other." | |
"Going to the rugby with my dad was the closest time I ever spent with him," he said. | "Going to the rugby with my dad was the closest time I ever spent with him," he said. |
Eventually work produced as part of the project will all be featured as part of a mural that will stretch 200ft (60m) along the length of a stand at the team's stadium. | Eventually work produced as part of the project will all be featured as part of a mural that will stretch 200ft (60m) along the length of a stand at the team's stadium. |
A time capsule | A time capsule |
The mural will incorporate 3,000 self-portraits made by children and a series of paintings representing the club's greatest players. | The mural will incorporate 3,000 self-portraits made by children and a series of paintings representing the club's greatest players. |
Wakefield-born Mr Wilsher-Mills, who has a neurological condition and is a wheelchair user, said the team had been "a constant in my life". | |
Because the pictures are produced using a tablet computer they can be printed as big as "a house" or as small as "a matchbox" he said. | Because the pictures are produced using a tablet computer they can be printed as big as "a house" or as small as "a matchbox" he said. |
The artist said he hoped the completed mural would be like a time capsule and the children featured in it would eventually bring their own children to the ground. | The artist said he hoped the completed mural would be like a time capsule and the children featured in it would eventually bring their own children to the ground. |
He said the project should "release the stories contained in the bricks and mortar" of the club's Belle Vue ground and was a tribute to his father who died in 2010. | He said the project should "release the stories contained in the bricks and mortar" of the club's Belle Vue ground and was a tribute to his father who died in 2010. |
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