Torrens Park Pump Station

Artist: Joel Van Moore
Project cost: $12,000
Location: Corner of Belair and Blythewood Roads, Lower Mitcham
Installed: 2019 

More than 60 litres and 120 spray cans of colourful paint is now decorating SA Water’s historic Torrens Park Pump Station. Situated next to the Torrens Park Railway Station on Belair Road, the station’s three public-facing walls have been given new life by influential South Australian and local resident of Mitcham artist Joel Van Moore.

Joel Van Moore aka Vans the Omega spent two weeks painting the three sided mural on the corner of Blythewood and Belair Roads on the SA Water owned Torrens Park Pump Station. The artwork designed across the three public-facing walls incorporates unique elements common to the local community including images of the nearby Brownhill Creek Catchment, the native Purple Crowned Lorikeet and parts of the pumping infrastructure from inside the station itself. The mural also features a young girl, Violet, on the northern façade as a representation of the bright future of the Mitcham area and on the southern side Metropolitan Facilities Manager Richard Mayger, who has been a dedicated member of the SA water industry for more than 45 years.