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Painted Boxes: Nikau and Kereru (Monique Endt)
(Wednesday is for painted boxes.)
This transformer is outside 13, Forest Hill Road, Henderson. It depicts New Zealand Wood Pigeons gorging themselves on the ripe berries of the nikau palm. The backdrop is the sea and the volcanic Rangitoto Island.…
Painted Boxes: Bush Scenes (Monique Endt)
(Wednesday is for painted boxes.)
This transformer is outside 75 Royal Road, Massey. Painted by local artist Monique Endt with bush scenes, there was also some involvement of Royal Road School, coordinated by Kelly Knowles.…
Transformer in West Coast Road by Monique Endt
This transformer is in West Coast Road, Glen Eden, below the Waikumete Cemetery and near the Waikumete stream. It captures the essential elements of the location: manuka/kanuka shrubbery, the railway line, and most conspicuously the feathery heads of the toi toi on the hillside.…
Bush and Birds: Monique Endt
This transformer stands outside 13 Forest Hill Road, Henderson. It appears to be a replacement of an earlier transformer, also painted by Monique Endt, the new box sitting on a stately concrete pad, elevated from the ground.…
Huia Birds and Kakapo (Monique Endt)
By the roundabout where Woodlands Park and Minnehaha Roads meet Huia Road, Monique Endt has decorated two large cabinets with images of birds in a bush setting. The Huia and Moa are extinct, while the blue-grey kokako and green kakariki are endangered.…
Pohutukawa Impressions (Monique Endt)
This transformer (with a fridge-like extension on the right) evokes the shapes and colours of the pohutukawa trees which are now blossoming (they are called “New Zealand Christmas Tree” for a reason). Painted by Monique Endt.…
Birds, Bush, Manukau Harbour (Monique Endt)
This telecommunications box stands in South Titirangi Road, by the bus shelter at the intersection with McEldowney Road. Painted by Monique Endt, it depicts a mixture of what can be seen in that area: bush views with birdlife (fantails, kereru and tui) and views of the Manukau Harbour.…
Painted Boxes: Monique Endt
If it’s Wednesday, there must be a box. This one is found in Beach Road, Te Atatu Peninsula, outside the Hospice (map). The artist is Monique Endt who has a fair number of boxes to her credit.…
Painted Boxes: Bush and Boys
This utility box is next to the Lawson Park Rugby League grounds in Willerton Avenue, New Lynn. It appears that the box got too small for all the equipment, so there are appendages, which of course have attracted the taggers (curse them).…
The Hedge
Piha’s West Coast Gallery attracts visitors with this double-faced hedge. Apart from their wide range of local arts and crafts, they are currently hosting an exhibition of paintings by Monique Endt “Summer Emotions” (until February 15).
A number of Monique’s painted utility boxes have appeared on this blog before.…
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