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Life and Community

More murals from Whangarei this week. These ones were designed and painted by artist Trent Morgan along with his helpers. The Arts Promotion Trust ran a competition to design a mural based around the them of "Life and Community" and Trent's design was chosen as the winner. On one side under the bridge in Rust Avenue is this one painted in shades of green and blue.


 

On the other side of the bridge is this one painted in shades or orange, yellow and blue. This depict a kind of weaving pattern which symbolises the threads of the community woven together while the first one represents the Whangarei Heads which is an iconic landscape in the area,

Linking up with Mural Monday.

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Tigger's Mum said…
Very cool murals. Lots of cultural and community symbols.
20 March 2022 at 22:07
Tom said…
...what colorful additions.
21 March 2022 at 00:21
Iris Flavia said…
Happy scenes and colors!
21 March 2022 at 00:33
Sharon said…
I like these. They tell a story simply.
21 March 2022 at 01:53
Graham Edwards said…
How things have changed. I was thinking about tagging recently. Now everywhere is tagged but it's welcomed and it's art. On the whole I love it.
21 March 2022 at 03:16
Bill said…
Nice colourful murals.
21 March 2022 at 04:34
Bleubeard and Elizabeth said…
I was quite impressed with both of these murals. There appears to be so much symbolism, especially in the first one.
21 March 2022 at 14:11
Amila said…
These are beautiful murals. I like all these colours.
Have a great day!
21 March 2022 at 17:25
Sami said…
They are both beautiful and quite colourful.
Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Amy.
21 March 2022 at 23:44
Jim said…
Beautiful design.
23 March 2022 at 10:59
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