LM: My mural features iconic Disney characters from the last 100 years. It was very exciting to work with Disney – a brand with such rich history – who hold a very prominent space in generations of children’s imaginations. Some of the characters held a significant place in my personal history, for instance, Winnie the Pooh, whose stories were inspired by the Ashdown Forest where my cousins grew up, and where we would go on walks when I visited. And now, with my young family, films like The Lion King and the character Simba, which is featured in my mural, offer a nice way for me to talk to my children about our ancestral homeland.
To decide which references to include, I worked with the teams at the LEGO Group and Disney. We wanted to show a range of the iconic characters from the last 100 years, but also include characters that I had a personal connection to. For example, Princess Tiana who was the first black princess is a very significant character to me so it was important that I included her in one of my murals.