Mortel's celebrates Easter with four giant hand-painted Easter eggs

The colourful display, hand-painted by Metford Aboriginal artist Kerryann Rostron, have pride of place near the sheepskin business's giant Ugg boots and are certainly drawing a lot of attention.

Business owner Stephanie Mortel said she and husband Tony wanted a display that would mark the start of their winter season.

With Easter just around the corner, the timing could not have been better.

Mrs Mortel had the eggs made in China, unfortunately not from chocolate, she said.

She and Mr Mortel had a long debate about how they would decorate them.

Being fans of Aboriginal art, they contacted Mrs Rostron.

"We wanted something bright, colourful and interesting and Kerryann has done a fantastic job," Mrs Mortel said.

Mrs Rostron said she was not a commercial artists but had painted pieces as gifts for friends and family.

She has been painting as a hobby for about 25 years, with no formal training, and said the Easter eggs were her biggest project by far.

"I just did it at my own leisure," she said.

"It was a big project but very rewarding and a bit of therapy for me."

The eggs are titled Sealife, Red Centre, Bush Tucker and Butterfly Dreaming.

"My work comes from within and each egg symbolises one of my own personal journeys,” Mrs Rostron told the Mercury.

"It's a form of self expression.”

The eggs were put in place last Monday and have provided a backdrop for tourists taking photographs.

"People are loving them," Mrs Mortel said.

The new giant attraction was established after Mr and Mrs Mortel unveiled two giant Ugg boots on the grounds of their business last June, to help encourage interest in the sheepskin industry museum that they had established at the site.

The museum includes a table top wool wagon from the early 1900s and one of the first ­powered sheep shearers.

The giant Ugg boots became a hit on social media.

Mortels Sheepskin Factory in 1956 after Frank Mortel and his wife Rita emigrated from the Netherlands.