Artist Rachel List commissioned to create mural at Angel Hotel

Rachel List's Mural at the Angel Hotel. Photo: Phil Morley.

Contemporary artist Rachel List has been commissioned by Bury St Edmunds town centre Angel Hotel to create a mural outside the entrance.

Rachel, who gained prominence during the first lockdown with her painting “NHS Angel”, (pictured above) also has several of her artworks currently on display at the “Moments” exhibition of modern art in Moyse’s Hall Museum, which runs until September 30.

Delighted with the new artwork, which is free for both hotel guests and the public to view, Fiona Bovill, group sales and marketing manager for Gough Hotels, said: “We invited Rachel to create an artwork at the entrance to our hotel as her ‘Angel’ work was very appropriate for us. We are very pleased with the mural which leads guests perfectly into the hotel.”

And Rachel added: “Being called the ‘Angel’ Hotel for me instantly brings forward images of white feathers; the hotel itself is also incredibly stylish image wise. So, when they asked for a mural with a single angel wing, it was my aim to create something subtle that you could almost walk by.

‘The key word being ‘almost’, something relaxing and welcoming for guests. I used acrylics and masonry paint to create the mural but was under the mercy of the great British weather, which at the time was torrential rain. However, that can be part of the fun of a mural and the way I work, to create something in the moment.”

Meanwhile, admission to the “Moments” exhibition at Moyses Hall Museum is £6 for adults, £4 concessions and children aged five to 16 years and £15 for a family (2+3).

For more details visit www.moyseshall.org or call 01284 706183.

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