By Jed Lanyon
Healesville Walk Pharmacy have paid tribute to their local community by decorating their shop windows with artwork.
Instead of using the display windows for promotional purposes, the pharmacy decided to give thanks to the Healesville community for their support during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pharmacy staff member Kylie shared the meaning behind the display window.
“We’ve got a display window that we usually use for promotions and that sort of stuff, but given all that’s happened this year, we thought it would be nice to put up something colourful and cheerful to say thanks to the community for their understanding and support.”
Kylie said that the design was inspired by a mural painted by Healesville Primary School students, which was then recreated by local artist Paul Sonsie.
“We just wanted to say a thank you to the community for supporting us and for being kind. We wanted it to be a bit more personal for the Healesville community – and this mural is very Healesville.”
“One of the workers here knows Paul, and really most locals know of Paul’s work. We just thought, this guy is local and he does some really good stuff. It was very generous of him to come and do it.”
Mr Sonsie recently completed artwork depicting a bush tree canopy, gum leaves and cockatoos along the windows and building structure of the new Aldi supermarket in Healesville.
