AN ARTIST has brought the Olympics to life on the gates of his home in a village near Thornbury. 

Angus Macaskill has once again transformed the entrance to his property in Vicarage Lane, Olveston - this time in honour of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. 

He first started painting the 2.4 metre wide picture immediately after the opening ceremony on Friday, July 26.

The scene depicts Team GB’s successes at the games including the synchronised diving, double sculls and Bryony Page’s trampoline victory. 

There will be more scenes to follow as Britain adds further successes, Angus says. 

The painting also includes many different sections of the Paris opening ceremony. 

Such as the spectacle on the River Seine, where the French national anthem Marseillaise was sung by Axelle Saint-Cirel from the rooftop of the Grand Palais.

It also shows the impressive robotic silver horse galloping along the river through the darkness at the Champ de Mars near the Eiffel Tower.

Also portrayed is the tethered Montgolfier balloon bearing the Olympic flame, which will remain alight for the duration of the games.

He said: “It’s a delight to be able to depict some straightforward joy on the gates.

“When the world is suffering considerable turmoil, sporting success for individuals and their home countries is relatively simple delight. 

“It is a delight to depict people at the top of their game.”

Angus Macaskill with his new painting showing the Paris Olympics 2024 outside his home in Olveston  (Image: Angus Macaskill)

(Image: Angus Macaskill)

(Image: Angus Macaskill)

Angus has previously painted different scenes of the war in Ukraine as well as tributes to Prince Phillip, Queen Elizabeth II, the Diamond Jubilee and King Charles’s Coronation.

In 2012, Angus similarly brought the Olympics to his neighbours using paint depicting the London opening ceremony. 

At the time, he painted famous footballer David Beckham who delivered the Olympic torch in a speedboat under London’s Tower Bridge.

Angus says 12 years later he still uses the same techniques, typically acrylic paint on unprimed plywood and uses oil paint where more detail is required.