Celebrate Local Mural
In mid-2025, Kardinia Park Stadium Trust, put the call out to the Geelong community seeking a local artist to design a mural that celebrates civic pride, unique elements of Geelong and the different sports and entertainment that has taken centre stage at the stadium. Over the past few months, we have been working with Lewis Brownlie and we’re delighted to share his artwork with everyone who visits GMHBA Stadium.
Make sure you visit the Players Stand next time you’re at the stadium and see how many different elements about Geelong and the region you can spot!
Artist Statement
Originally raised in Rochdale, near Manchester in the UK, I’ve called Geelong home for over a decade. I’ve been drawing and making art for as long as I can remember, and in recent years my practice has centred around architectural illustration – buildings, places, maps, the rhythms of buildings and the stories held around them. My work often begins with simple lines, shapes, and spaces that gradually build into larger, more detailed scenes.
This mural is a homage to Geelong and the many layers that make it unique. The imagery stretches from the bay to the river and everything that connects them. Some of these drawings began over ten years ago; others are much more recent. Together, they form a visual archive of the places, icons, and moments that hold an affectionate place in Geelong’s heart. Within the work you’ll find history, industry, sport and nature. If you’re local, I’m sure you’ll find many familiar scenes from our town, and if you’re a visitor, this is a taster of what Geelong has to offer, woven together into a montage of the place we share.
Lewis Brownlie
https://lewisbrownlie.com/
Can you find?
- Fords’ first ute
- Federal Woolen Mills & Chimney
- Sphinx Hotel
- Geelong Conference centre
- Poppy kettle & character
- Thomas Train
- Cunningham Pier
- Salty The Seal
- Floating Christmas Tree
- Sailing Boat
- Spirit of Tasmania
- You Yangs
- Bi-Plane – Air show
- Eastern Beach Prominade
- Diving Tower
- Ferris Wheel
- Horses from the carousel
- Karmen Miranda – Pako Festa
- Kardinia Park
- Rabbit
- AFL Players
- Matlidas player
- Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters
- AFLW Players
- Melbourne Renegades Cricket Player
- American Footballers
- Camera Man
- 5 Flags at the stadium
- Ram – Sheep
- Wool Museum / Dennis Lascelles Wool Store Building
- Corpse Flower at Geelong Botanical Gardens
- Stork & Tortoise sculpture
- Fruit Bat from the eastern gardens
- Southern Union Building
- Geelong Library & Heritage Centre
- Motocross rider doing a flip
- State Government Building or ‘The Upside Down’ Building
- Poles sculptures / Indigenous artwork
- Cats Players with AFL Trophy
- Geelong Gallery
- Geelong Post Office
- Franc Costa Sculpture
- T&G mutual life building & Men Ringing Bell
- Bunjil The Eagle
- Cadel Evans Bike RIders
- GPAC / Geelong Performing Arts Centre
- Geelong Gaol
- St Mary’s Basilica Cathedral
- Rowers on the Barwon River
- Queens Park or ‘The One Way’ Bridge
- Buckleys Falls / Bunyip pool
- Fyansford Paper Mills with waterfall
- Bells Beach / Point Addis & Surfer
- Cockatoo
- Bollard of an AFL Player
