Two enormous murals were painted in the neighborhood by a carpenter and Pink Floyd fan who wanted to rediscover his love of graffiti to celebrate turning 40.
Martin Zienkiewicz rang countless doors in an effort to persuade residents to accept his offer to paint a mural on the side of their terraced homes.
He was thrilled when a couple in Norwich said yes, and their neighbors soon came to him for a design.
One displays the cover art for Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon.
Mr. Zienkiewicz claimed that by creating his artwork, he was "fulfilling a dream.".
In addition, he claimed that it was a way of making amends for the "dirty graffiti and tags" he had committed as a young adult while living in Poland before moving on to make street art there.
Mr. Zienkiewicz, who relocated to Norwich from London in 2018, said, "It wasn't a middle-age crisis, but I thought I've got to reinvent myself.".
"I believed you needed to engage in something with yourself that you enjoyed as a teenager, which was graffiti.
"I had some straightforward ideas and wished to satisfy my inner self. ".
After relocating with his wife and eight-year-old son to the north of the city, Mr. Zienkiewicz began approaching property owners about the possibility of cleaning up the end walls of their terraces and paying for all materials in exchange for a blank canvas.
Being a Floyd and graphic design fan, he was adamant about replicating the Dark Side of the Moon album cover.
Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis, who attended Cambridge grammar school with Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and original singer/guitarist Syd Barrett, originally created the album cover in 1973, which features light refracting through a prism on a black background.
Mr. Zienkiewicz, a painter and decorator who turned 40 in October, said, "I'm new to the area and this is my first home in my life.
"I want to feel like a part of the neighborhood because I plan to stay here for a while.
"I wanted to see a different kind of wall art, and since I'm a carpenter, I was trying to pull off a mathematical design using spirit levels and measuring up. ".
The Floyd mural's neighbors in Knowsley Road were so taken aback by it that they later commissioned a zigzag pattern, each of which cost Mr. Zienkiewicz about £250 and took two days to complete.
He's about to start painting a third house in the NR3 neighborhood, and he's eager to find more spaces. For the time being, though, he's just giving his time and labor.
He said, "I'm glad people are liking and enjoying it.
