Everyone who comes around the corner or sees the recently completed mural for the first time goes “holy crap that is so amazing”.

The mural a striking one of an endangered black bittern bird.

The students, teachers and staff are in awe of the work and each time they pass they all take a look at this piece of art.

Thomas has done a lot of work in the Illawarra area and this was his first effort down in the Shoalhaven.

When he arrived in the region he headed to the coast for inspiration.

“When we got here we kind of wandered around did some beachcombing and I saw a sea eagle for the first time which was pretty rad, saw some dolphins and lots of things like that,” he said.

“I quite like to walk around and try to get into nature as much as possible.

“A lot of my work is definitely about native animals but those sort of native animals that get looked over quite regularly.

“So it’s not cockatoos and rosellas and it’s the kind of smaller birds that are really quite beautiful.”

He used spray paint, no brushes, and did not even need to do a rough sketch on paper first.

The breathtaking work only took him about eights hours.

“It’s a really quick medium so it’s really good fun,” he said

The students took great interest on what was being created in front of them.

“A had a lot of students sitting around and some were drawing or working their art and I would come over every now and then and give them a few tips,” he said.

“A lot of the kids were asking me questions - like how am I doing it and why am I doing it.”

He liked the interaction with the students and said he wants to leave the students with a message.

“The message I hope to leave them is you can make a career for yourself in the arts,” he said.

“When I was at school everyone told me no way can you make a career for yourself in the arts.

“I just refused to hear that, plugged away and now I have done it.”

Teacher Sarah Cunningham approached the street artist about coming to Vincentia High.

“I had been following him on Instagram and really liked his work,” she said.

“I thought it (his work) was something that really worked with the school’s environment, the things the school is interested in and he did the work on an endangered species at Booderee National Park.

“It is just a really good way to support the children’s learning by seeing a practising artist at work.”

His next project is a large scale work on a building in Camperdown.