The Mural Gallery Artists At Work

Photo by Chelsea Haines from Atlanta, Georgia who was staying at Art School Waihi for a week and came to see myself, Bronagh and Chiara working on the Mural Gallery.

The Mural Gallery Continues.. enquiries: johnmulvay@gmail.com

                                                             Marga from Italy

                                Johnny's owl and Bronagh's fish nearing completion..

The Mural Gallery

On a long black wall in an alleyway running between shops on the main street in Waihi the second mural has been completed. The goal is to cover the whole wall in a montage of different murals.

In a Mission Bay Bar

Auckland Forest Mural

 This 22 metre forest mural was designed on 18 large panels screwed to a fence. Working on site at the mercy of the weather in Winter was getting tedious so 15 panels came home to the nice warm studio

 At home in the Waihi studio is a warm fire and good lighting and music and who cares about the weather.
The mural panels are screwed to the wall two or three at a time and finished off. They were all under coated on site at Sue's place in Mount Roskill and will all go back there in a week or so when they are finished.

1925 Grocery Mural, Waihi, New Zealand

This mural I have been working on sporadically for a year. It is almost finished and is the most ambitious painting I have yet done. Old people love it as all the products in the store are from 1925 or earlier although I used a little artistic licence in that some products are from a little later. It contains references to World  War One, the British Empire, the 1919 flu epidemic, the great age of Radio and products readily available over the counter include gelignite, ammunition, strychnine and whale oil. Politically Correct? No. God save the King....

Whirinaki Forest Mural, Omaha Beach

Music Shop Mural

Department of Conservation Mural, Corporate Office Art

Mural on a ceiling

Cafe Mural, Ponsonby, Auckland

Mahurangi College Mural

Tile Mural: Thermae Christina 117AD

Town Hall Mural: 1911 Dance Floor, Warkworth New Zealand

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Kauri Tree Mural: This Way to the Big Trees..

Restaurant Mural: The Yacht Club, Westhaven, Auckland

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Town Hall Mural, Helensville, New Zealand

Up on the third floor this one, I worked on this when builders were recladding the building and they did this wall first and left the scaffolding up for me. Nice.

Ceiling Mural: Villa of Mysteries Panel, designed for installation on a high, sloping, bathroom ceiling. Browns Bay, Auckland

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Auckland Mural: Opposite Auckland Library, Lorne St.

The first major mural, right opposite Auckland Library, a great location