Art for art's sake? Not a bit of it. More like Art for Ange's sake. You get the feeling that Devenney, like Ange, could well be the next 'Big' thing. I have been an artist since I left Scotland and I have been doing it full-time. I am now living the dream. Devenney concedes that, despite serving his apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer, he was never cut out for that kind of life. I toured south-east Asia and Japan and I ended up coming to Australia. My sister had been here before and I had come on holiday to see her so I knew there was a thriving Melbourne art scene and that this would be a great place to set up base camp. It's the best thing I ever did."

Devenney insists that Australia will go crazy for Postecoglou on his emotional homecoming and that he has been amazed by the amount of Aussies who now support Celtic because of the manager. They follow what is happening at Celtic through him. His success has been a joke when you consider where Celtic was when he came into the club. It is night and day and the football Celtic are playing is a joy to watch.

I think Ange is going to Melbourne after Sydney so if he does visit the mural I will not be around for that. One of my mates, who is from Glasgow, told me that Postecoglou is holding a night in a theatre in both Sydney and Melbourne. How has his decision to adorn a South Melbourne wall with a gigantic image of Postecoglou gone down with the locals? So how did 27-year-old Devenney, who originally comes from Paisley, end up carving out his living as an artist in the south of Australia?

He said: "I think I have made a bit of a mistake though as I am going to Sydney for the Sydney Super Cup then I am flying over to New Zealand to see one of my mates.

Really well," Devenney says. "With the Celtic supporters and Aussie alike. The people out here love Ange. I have met so many people in Australia who have become Celtic supporters overnight because of him. I left Scotland because I wanted to travel. I had just finished my apprenticeship in mechanical engineering and I hated it. I was doing some painting on the side. I just got bitten by the travel bug. Ange Postecoglou just gets Celtic," he said. "It is no wonder there will be a strong outpouring of emotion when he comes home. He has bonded and connected with Celtic instantly. He is a man of the people and Celtic has a real leader at the helm of the club. I wasn't sure if I could find anyone to pay to me paint Postecoglou so that's why I just decided to do it myself. It became a labour of love and I think that is why it has come out looking so good."