An Australian artist based in Glasgow, Smug is known for monumental photorealistic murals and dramatic lighting. His Dundalk works combine that distinctive technique with local mythology.
ON THE WALL / SMUGSmug is a world renowned Australian artist based in Glasgow, Scotland. He paints in a photorealistic style introducing additional light sources giving each large-scale piece real character.
He is renowned for many of his large scale installations all across the globe and has painted “The Tallest Mural In Ireland here in our home town of Dundalk in 2021 standing 41 meters in height
2 pieces across the festival years
Smug’s earlier Cúchulainn mural explored the warrior at the heart of the Táin Bó Cúailnge. The tale of Queen Medb’s cattle raid places the Cooley landscape and its legendary defender at the centre of an epic Irish story. This mural was replaced in 2024.
24 Church Street, DundalkLugh, or Lú, rises across the Gateway Hotel in Smug’s monumental 2021 mural. The figure from Irish mythology lends the work its name. At 41 metres high, it is described by EPSO as the tallest mural in Ireland, bringing photorealistic street art to an extraordinary scale.
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