Elebug
Created by: Sarah & Anna Harrison
Location: Abbey Park East – Lakeside
Overview
Who scurries up stalks and munches on aphids? With a handy trunk for watering plants? It’s Elebug! Can you spot her? Elebug is a colourful celebration of imagination and the natural world. This mystical hybrid creature has landed in Leicester!
Location
Abbey Park East – Lakeside
Meet the Artist
Sarah & Anna Harrison
Sarah is a freelance illustrator, designer, and community artist. She has experience painting public art sculptures for Wild in Art, and has painted murals in public spaces (from house fronts & waiting rooms to shopping centres). She also illustrates for children’s magazines. Sarah loves creating colourful and textured images which spread joy, often drawing upon themes from the natural world. She is a graduate of London School of Muralism, and is on a mission to make everyday shared spaces a little more interesting.
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