Mainly West of Queen Street - seen through my lens
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Painted Boxes: Sea Creatures (Diane Ruth Rimmer)
(Wednesday is for painted boxes.)
This is a newly painted box by Diane Ruth Rimmer, depicting sea creatures in a somewhat stylized, pacific way. When I spoke with Diane, she said that a passer-by had suggested the title “Jackson Pollock meets Pasifika”.…
Bookstack, Ranui
This utility box is in Ranui, by the Community House and the former library (a new library has just been opened diagonally across the intersection – we shall visit this in the near future). The subject matter is obvious: loads and loads of books, be it “War and Peace” or “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, the Bible or “Legends of Maui”, “The Bone People” or Lisa J.…
In this post we pay tribute to the artists who liven up our neighbourhoods with paintings on utility boxes (transformers, traffic control boxes, telecommunications cabinets, etc). Nearly three years ago, I started taking pictures of these works, occasionally inclusive of the artist.…
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