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MARC SPIJKERBOSCH ARTIST MURALIST TROMPE L’OEIL SPECIALIST |
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Wilderness Gallery International Muralfest winner 2008 2009 2010 |
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CIVIC MURALS |
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View from the Summit 1993, acrylic on concrete, 60m x 5m, Rotorua NZ |
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’Reverse, lateral, loop’
2002, 25m x 4m, acrylic on concrete, Tehachapi, California, USA |
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The first collaboration with American artist John Pugh, and the first mural for the town of Tehachapi in the Sierras of California, USA.
For three weeks I worked on this giant landscape, forced to quit in the mid-afternoon when the hot sun finally hit the wall. I would then drive up to the famous Tehachapi loop, and watch the incredibly long trains climb their way over the mountains. Later each day, I would observe that sweet evening light which eventually shaped the ‘atmosphere’ of the final painting. John returned some three weeks on to paint the huge crack in the wall - a metaphor to the giant earthquake which devastated much of the original town in 1956 - and interestingly enough, the wall we painted was the only survivor. |
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‘ Characters and Legends’
2008, 6 x 1.6m, acrylic on board Rotorua Public Library
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If you cut a hole in the wall of the new library cafeteria, this is what you would see ... almost.
(from left) Hinemoa and Tutanekai, Snow White, Alice (of Alice in Wonderland fame), Pirate (generic), Huckleberry Finn, Friar Tuck, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Lancelot, Little Red Riding Hood, Cowboy (self-portrait), Cat in the Hat, and yes, there’s Hansel and Gretel sharing a book on the right, cappuccinos pending.
Some two hundred books adorn the shelves with titles such as ... “Making Dynamite” by Stan Wellback. |
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“Kelly Tarltons” in Kawerau 2009, Acrylic on titanboard, 25m x 3.6m
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I visited all the primary schools in Kawerau township to ask first-hand what children wanted to see on a mural facing their playground. Sharks, octopus, sting-rays, killer whales ... scary stuff please!
I added the trompe l’oeil genre and some portraits of local children (who just happened to be walking past) to create Kawerau’s own maintenance-free, well stocked, giant aquarium.
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The ’Uiver” Rescue, 1934 2009, 7.5m x 1.6m, acrylic on vylene, Albury Airport ,NSW, Australia |
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The Kawerau Library Project 2009, 12.5m x 3.6m, acrylic on block, Kawerau, NZ |
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He Taonga Kakariki (green treasure)
2004, acrylic on concrete, 3m x 6m, Rotorua Public Library, NZ
This collaboration with John Pugh paid homage to a mural which stood in Pukuatua st, Rotorua for over 20 years. Originally painted by school students in 1985, its almost random, pixilated tiles left a legacy that we felt compelled to adopt and preserve.
So, we produced a modernistic generic lakes scene, then took to it with a diamond-tipped concrete saw!
“Green treasure’ refers to the life (just visible) within - those most delicate and jewel-like ferns, mosses and orchids which flourish in our pristine native bush.
And where at night, glow-worms adorn the freshness in silencing wonder.
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