Brisbane is embracing public street art with new programs around the city.

Council is providing walls for uncommissioned, legal street art in a bid to reduce graffiti on public and private properties.

The first three walls have been made available in Ekibin Park, Greenslopes.

Local street artist Tervo told Laurel, Gary & Mark the initiative will give emerging and established artists a chance to hone their skills.

“[It’s] essentially a practice wall for us,” he said. “It’s really hard to convince a potential client to approve work they’ve never seen before.

“This gives us space to practice, potentially fail, or potentially succeed really well, and then go to a client and say, ‘Look what I’ve done, I can do this for you’.

“Or, art being art, it allows us just to play, as well, which is something that unfortunately gets rare for some of us.”

Press PLAY below to hear Tervo explain the initiative more 

Image: iamtervo / Instagram