SOPHI Odling's children Hunter and Phoenix have been a constant source of inspiration for the Sydney muralist' eye-catching street works in recent years.
But her partner Cameron Brooks hasn't been as lucky, until now.
Brooks features prominently in Odling's latest artwork which has been slowly coming to life over the past week in Florence Street in Newcastle West as part of the third annual Big Picture Festival.
"I usually paint my children, but I painted him this time," Odling said on Sunday.
"When I saw this wall with the repeated windows, I saw it as a really good opportunity to play with a repeated figure."
"He's pretty happy because I'm finally painting him and I usually paint my kids. This is nice because it's local, in NSW, so we can come and have a look at it."
The artwork features five slightly different images of Brooks, and Odling said it explores her interest in how people are constantly changing and developing.
"The idea is that it evolves over each image," she said. "Then it's linked back through the wall.
"The idea is we evolve over time but we're still linked to our path."
The three-day Big Picture Festival finished on Sunday, but due to inclement weather around Newcastle since last Thursday, Odling didn't expect to complete her mural until Tuesday.
Odling, who has painted murals in the US and Northern Ireland, was one of the headline artists for this year's festival.
Other murals painted for Big Picture Festival include an ocean scene by Patrick Hunter, aka Ink Hunter, at East End Ice Creamery, a pre-colonisation setting by Jasmine Craciun at the Hunter Water Pump Station, Newcastle artist Melody Suranyi and Nelson Bay's Daniel Gould have unveiled an animal and pattern-based work at the Old Newcastle Post Office and George Rose has given the Newcastle Permanent building a bright floral makeover.
