“Harriette Francis Felkin Blount's mural is on Trafalgar Street, opposite the Grocery shop, currently Romanos. Feminist Harriette Blount painted this mural in the early 1980's on the old Trafalgar Park sports stand which was built in the 1950's. This is one of the oldest murals in the City. When the stand is demolished in the next few years it will disappear permanently. It disappeared temporarily after a large fence and plantings grew up around the sports field and was uncovered when the park underwent renovations in 2010.

“A friend of Harriette's recalls her starting to paint when it was winter time and Harriette immediately painted a large sun to brighten up the day! The cheery sun became Blount's central motif in the work around which lively gymnastic dancers and musicians leap with joy. Harriette may be reflecting the popular Maypole traditional dancing that used to occur at Fairfield House in Nelson. The white dove , a symbol of peace is another link with Fairfield House, where Harriette has another work 'The Jester', which is in a similar style. Blount saw her work as 'contemporary folk art with integrity'."

Source: Debbie Daniell-Smith, ‘Nelson’s murals’, The Prow, (Nelson City Council: 2011)

Nelson City Council records state that this mural was a gift.

See also:

• Debbie Daniell-Smith, ‘Nelson’s murals’, The Prow (Nelson City Council: 2011, updated Nov 2015; Apr 2025)

• Amanda Sears, ‘Untitled by Harriet Blount’ (Street Art Cities: 1990)