Contemporary artist begins live art project on steps of historic Edinburgh building
One of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists, David Martin, will create a large scale painting on the steps of one of Edinburgh’s iconic heritage buildings.To coincide with this year’s festival season, David will paint a 7 x 3.5m mural on to hoardings at the entrance to 42 St Andrew Square. Situated at the gateway to The Registers, a regeneration project planned for the south east corner of Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square, the painting will evolve live and in situ, whatever the weather and in full view of residents, commuters and visitors. Once complete, it will be installed in the