{"id":6726,"date":"2015-03-27T09:04:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T09:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=6726"},"modified":"2015-03-27T09:04:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T09:04:37","slug":"splash-of-wild-life-on-crwys-road-animals-take-over-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/splash-of-wild-life-on-crwys-road-animals-take-over-the-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Splash of wild life on Crwys Road: animals take over the streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_6735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6735\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DG_wallpainting21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6735\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DG_wallpainting21-1024x958.jpg\" alt=\"The False Evolution of Man is a series of animal paintings created by Wendy Bridges and Stuart Reeve on the Crwys Road railway bridge  \" width=\"1024\" height=\"958\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6735\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DG_wallpainting21-1024x958.jpg\" alt=\"The False Evolution of Man is a series of animal paintings created by Wendy Bridges and Stuart Reeve on the Crwys Road railway bridge  \" width=\"1024\" height=\"958\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The False Evolution of Man is a series of animal paintings created by Wendy Bridges and Stuart Reeve on the Crwys Road railway bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAn exotic feel and a vibrant splash of colour has spread across Crwys Road this week. Cardiff\u00a0Council has commissioned a series of animal paintings to adorn the brick wall above the railway tracks.<br \/>\nThe wall painti<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_39201.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6727\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_39201-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The False evolution of man \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6727\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_39201-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The False evolution of man \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>ngs, named <em>The False Evolution of Man<\/em>, were created by community artists Wendy Bridges and Stuart Reeve. Miss Bridges, 32, said: \u201cPeople have decided the place needed brightening up, and the psychedelic colours of these animals certainly do that.<br \/>\n\u201cThe paintings were commissioned by the council but with no real underlying theme. We were basically given as much creative freedom as we liked, and with this free-reign we came up with the false evolution of man concept\u201d.<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_39261.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6731\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_39261-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3926[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6731\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_39261-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3926[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nOf the array of animals, a patchwork anteater takes centre stage, showcasing bright shades of blues, purples and green. Alongside, a cartoon-like kangaroo appears to be followed by a prehistoric dinosaur. Miss Bridges said: \u201cSmall projects like this are really fun to do and don\u2019t really take long. Hopefully it will bring a smile to people\u2019s faces.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exotic feel and a vibrant splash of colour has spread across Crwys Road this week. Cardiff\u00a0Council has commissioned a series of animal paintings to adorn the brick wall above the railway tracks. The wall paintings, named The False Evolution of Man, were created by community artists Wendy Bridges and Stuart Reeve. Miss Bridges, 32, said: \u201cPeople have decided the place needed brightening up, and the psychedelic colours of these animals certainly do that. \u201cThe paintings were commissioned by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":6727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,40,3],"tags":[38,3127,3128,3129],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-6726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cathays","category-going-out","category-news","tag-cathays","tag-crwys-road","tag-the-false-evolution-of-man","tag-wendy-bridges-and-stuart-reeve"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Splash of wild life on Crwys Road: animals take over the streets - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/splash-of-wild-life-on-crwys-road-animals-take-over-the-streets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Splash of wild life on Crwys Road: animals take over the streets - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An exotic feel and a vibrant splash of colour has spread across Crwys Road this week. 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