Russian artist Julia Volchkova is in town painting the silos as part of Yarriambiack Shire’s silo art trail.

She started painting last week and the faces are of a Rupanyup footballer and a netballer.

Yarriambiack Shire councillor Corinne Heintze said the silos were already bringing people to region with visitors from the Surf Coast Shire, near Geelong, coming at the weekend.

She said the visitors went to Rupanyup and then continued on to Sheep Hills and Warracknabeal.

The silos at Rupanyup are the fourth to be painted as part of the trail, after Brim, Patchewollock and Sheep Hills.

Silos at Lascelles and Rosebery will be painted later this year.

Cr Heintze said her father could remember when the government of the day decided to go with bulk handling in the ‘30s and concrete silos were built throughout the region.

She said the silos were now landmarks in many Wimmera and Mallee towns.

“Now, 80 years on, those silos are obsolete,” she said.

“But they are having a new lease on life, thanks to the Yarriambiack Silo Trail.

“The works being painted on them are amazing, and hundreds of people are now touring the route each week.”

In a video Volchkova posted on Facebook,she said she had another few weeks of painting to go.

She said it was very tough and tiring work, but she wanted to do a good job.