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some of my recent mural art work…

It’s been a great summer of painting, since travel restrictions are gone!
Here’s an old water tank I customised:

A feature wall for an urban outdoor area:

A couple walls for a Vietnamese restaurant in Havelock North:

A folding divider wall inside an RSA:

Auckland pizza restaurant wall:

Mean Burgers in Mangawahi:

A traditional Napoli-style pizza restaurant in New Lynn:

Backyard murals:

The Cook’s Beach General Store:

…and a courtyard wall in Auckland Hospital’s Acute Mental Health unit.

NZ mural artist with a difference

I’m told the difference is the rare combination of talent and reliability!
These are a few of my recent works.

NZ Graffiti Murals

Some of my murals are in the graffiti style, which is where I first stared, but I enjoy the challenges of painting a wide variety of subjects.

This Auckland cafe mural is influenced by Art Nouveau:

… and this DJ booth in Hong Kong is in a graffiti style:

Pop art in design company’s office:

NZ nature is a popular theme.  This is a townhouse in Hamilton:

Two low walls at a school in Tokoroa:

Dwarves on the Pelorus river at a backpackers in Havelock:

A kid’s pool mural in a cartoon style:

Graphic styles in an office call centre:

A company vehicle mural in an office:

… and a boardroom mural with graffiti lettering:

all kinds of NZ murals

It’s another busy summer!  Here are a selection of my recent wall paintings.

A fairytale school mural:

Some work for Orbit Travel’s Auckland office:

A Springtime forest theme for a formerly grey wall in Newmarket:

Another piece for Crossfit Newmarket gym:

A garden shed:

New Cali-Mex Bar & Grill in Hong Kong:

Barfoot and Thompson’s Remuera office exterior:

Feature wall for Vape Crew Penrose store:

Home driveway mural:

Strong Side gym in West Auckland:

Painted with Elliot Stewart, a new attraction at Spookers:

…and lastly, here’s some graffiti styles:

NZ art in the summer time

As per usual, I’ve been painting murals of all kinds all around New Zealand, here’s some of my recent work.

This is a large indoor wall at Northlands Shopping Centre in Christchurch:Canterbury mural

trompe l’oeil 3d effect in an Auckland backyard:

Auckland 3d mural

This was the front of the bar at the R’n’V music festival in Gisborne, which I painted for Canadian Club:bar muralThese are two large motorsport murals I created for Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell, Central Otago, celebrating their two biggest annual events.
Highlands 1 Highlands mural

A small shop interior:lunch bar mural

This piece is in the pool room of the Warrior’s gym:warriors graffiti

An old bus parked up permanently at the Amazing Maze:bus art

And a couple of kid’s bedroom murals, in Auckland and Canterbury:bedroom muralNZ bedroom mural

I’m often painting birthday banners too:1st birthday banner

I believe this is the first garden shed I’ve done, painted to look overgrown:
garden shed mural

Recently I facilitated a workshop in New Lynn, creating this mural with some local young graffiti artists:

olympic park mural

As you can see here, I can draw as well as paint!  I created this live in Sylvia Park shopping centre as a promotion for Sharpie.  It was coloured in the following day by the public.

Sharpie illustration

 

Spring Time graffiti murals

It’s being raining a lot, but I’ve still managed to paint plenty of wall art, or graffiti murals, or whatever you wanna call it!

First up, some office interior walls I’ve doing for the DHL offices in Auckland:

NZ office art

DHL office mural

DHL van

Some characters painted in the stairway going up to a Karaoke bar:

nightclub muralKareoke mural 1

A Steampunk theme for a new shop opening in Wellington:steampunk muralAn abstract bedroom feature wall:wall muralA chalkboard for Gravity Coffee:cafe coffee blackboardA 21st Birthday banner:21st birthday banner
And lastly, this one is from back during Matariki festival, painted live at The Cloud on Queen’s Wharf for 2 Degrees.matariki mural

Murals graffiti art for everyone!

I’ve manged to get photos of a couple of my pieces from a while back and some fresh ones.. All these murals graffiti art paintings are in Auckland.

These panels are at Manurewa West Primary School:

school mural 1

school mural 2

 

school mural 3
This banner was for a company called Stowers exhibition stand backdrop, featuring caricatures of their staff… not something I do too often!
Stowers banner
This native flax scenery-scape is in the back carpark of Ibis Hotel, Auckland Airport:
Auckland Airport hotel mural
And lastly, a comic fan commissioned me to paint some classic characters on these panels:
comic art paintings

 

Winter warming graffiti art

Spring is starting to spring, which means outdoor mural season is nearly here!  I was fortunate to go do some graffiti art in a chain of shops in the warmth of Hong Kong, and plenty of other bits and pieces here too…

A background for Buddha in a backyard:

backyard Buddha

A power box outside Edukid’s creche in Manukau, with part of a large fence mural visible behind it:

creche power box
A blackboard down at Conservatory bar:
Conservatory rant
And a super duper birthday banner for a lucky kid:
Superhero birthday banner

Taupo “Graffiato” Street Art Festival

They finally got me to come down for this wonderful annual event, thanks guys! Here’s my main piece, depicting the mighty Ruaumoko:

Ruaumoko Taupo
And here’s a quick one-hour piece done on the first day…

Taupo graffiti art
…and a canvas painting of Ngauruhoe for the group exhibition on during the festival…

ngauruhoe
… and a courtyard mural for Taupo’s acclaimed “Plateau” restaurant and bar…

Plateau Tuapo
…and finally, these are some cut-out “Christmas trees” I painted which are displayed with ones by other artists in the town centre in December,

Taupo Christmas treesThey were so impressed that they put me in the newspaper… twice!

Taupo Times Graffiato 1
Taupo Times Graffiato 2