Eagle-eyed boaters and swimmers may be able to spot an artistic addition to the cliffs on Harrington Sound.

Andreas Lewin has spoken of his frustration, dedication and obsession with a mosaic of a turtle he created, which has finally made it on to the side of his property near Harrington Sound Primary School.

He came up with the idea to beautify the 8ft by 8ft concrete wall facing the water more than a year ago but was set back not only by the birth of his latest child but also a lack of motivation to begin the momentous task at hand.

His wife Helen eventually stepped in and booked him an eight-week mosaic course in with Nikki Murray-Mason and there were no more excuses.

Mr Lewin said he had been fed up with seeing the wall on the cliff of his property and during a visit to Maine, a mosaic of a lobster inspired him to create one in Bermuda.

He told The Royal Gazette: “Every time we would go for a swim or go boating I would look up and see a beautiful dock and railings and then see this concrete wall and I wanted to do something about it. I thought about just painting it or planting a tree, then in Maine I had seen a lobster mural and that was the inspiration.

“I was supposed to do it a year ago but I got busy. I built the staging and there were tiles around the living room for a year and finally my wife signed me up for a mosaic class. In the meantime I had a child, and she had a turtle book. There was a picture looking up at a turtle and because you look up on the cliff it made sense.”

The large mosaic was created in separate sections and then came the task of mounting them to the cliff. Mr Lewin hired landscaping and gardening company Greenview to come and help.

“The wall needed rendering at this point. Greenview got some cement mortar mix and we would come down with the boards and tell them which way round they would go and they patched it together like a puzzle.

“You can see it from Harrington Sound Road. If you go towards Devil’s Hole you can look across at the cliff and see it from a distance. But the only way to really view it is from the water. We are going to change the name of the house to Turtle Cliff.”

Asked how he felt now the project was completed, Mr Lewin replied: “My biggest reaction is relief that it is over! It lingered for too long then when I was actively working on it every time I had five minutes I played around with it and then I got obsessed with it a little bit. But now I’m happy with it.”