Renowned artist Sam Brooks is excited to see one of his latest designs brought to life in the Warren shire, with the Stafford Street Water Tower Mural project soon set to commence.

The 360 degree mural, which will depict the shire's celebration of local sport, is a project of the Warren Public Arts Committee which has been in the works for over a year funded by a combination of state and federal government grants.

Warren Shire Council Mayor Milton Quigley said council had decided a sporting theme would best showcase the area's various sporting facilities and provide a sense of inspiration and pride for the local community.

“Council endorsed the Warren Public Arts Committee’s final 3D mural concept design featuring swimming, cricket, soccer and skateboarding at our August 2021 meeting," Mayor Quigley said.

"We look forward to seeing this mural be bought to life as a marker to the nearby sporting and recreational precinct and the activities it offers all residents and visitors to Warren."

The mind behind the winning concept design Sam Brooks said the water tower mural had been one of the biggest projects he had designed to date in terms of scale.

"The size of the project was what really attracted me - we're in a game where there's a million great artists and the only way to separate yourself is to do something on a big scale," Mr Brooks said.

"I think (the final design is) going to stand out from any water tower I've seen with the illusion and shape of the structure."

This is not the first time Mr Brooks has designed murals in the Western Plains, having painted murals in the main streets of Gulargambone and Gilgandra in the past.

Council's General Manager Gary Woodman said Mr Brooks' mural concept designs incorporated local Wayilwan Country and the Warren shire in interesting ways.

“The concept designs currently depict Aboriginal woman and Australian soccer player Lydia Grace Yilkari Williams, and young Anglo-Japanese skateboarder Sky Brown, as the base images for some of the athletes portrayed," Mr Woodman said.

"The final mural will be changed to become unidentifiable people, but will still reflect our diverse and multicultural community."

According to Mr Woodman, the complete mural covers approximately 60 per cent of the water tower's upper section and around 70 per cent of the lower section was the first step in council's development of multiple public art murals across the Warren shire.

The final concept design for one of the sides of the mural due to be painted on the Stafford Street water tower in the near future.

Mr Brooks said he first submitted his idea for the mural last year and it had undergone an evolution over time.

"The final version, that's 100 per cent the council's direction - my original concepts were quite different and the committee shaped them over time, based on community feedback," he said.

"It was tough - the panel was mostly made up of engineers who approached it with a different background, so there were around a year and a half of changes."

Unfortunately, the South Australian artist will be unable to complete the mural in-person due to illness.

"I was diagnosed with a rare blood disease and the only way to fix it was to take lots of blood out - it just left me super fatigued and ruined my whole schedule," Mr Brooks said.

The council is now working to find another artist to collaborate with Mr Brooks in bringing his designs to life.

Mr Brooks, who is currently working on his biggest ever project on a silo in South Australia, said he had complete faith the council would find a good candidate and looked forward to seeing the final product in person.

"I have developed a good friendship with (Councillor) Pauline (Serdity) from the committee - she was so understanding about my illness - so I'm keen to head out there and see it with her," he said.

"I think there's also another water tower in the area and the council have said they were keen to have me back to do another mural on that one if I'm well enough.

"I think they were looking at potentially starting that process in March - I'm feeling healthy now, and if things continue like this, it would be a possibility for sure."