Gaming Zone
Stage 2 of the college mural residency. The concept inspired by retro arcade gaming iconography was developed through a single youth engagement workshop. Darren developed and refined the design to suit the 3 walls of the confined internal space, allowing for the 2 screens, gaming consoles and doorway. The colour palette responds to the existing […]
Colours of Atwell
https://darrenhutchens.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Atwell-College-timelapse.mp4 A Creative Communites – Covid 19 recovery grant secured by Art Teacher Toni Singleton enabled Darren to develop design concepts for the mural with student input. The design depicts the 4 faction colours familiar to most schools, and represents local flora and fauna species.
Inhabitat
MEDIA: Principal Shared Path Expansion ProgramDepartment of Transport – Media Release Partnership between Main Roads and Georgiou Group incorporating the painting of murals on newly constructed retaining walls and the principal shared underpass, located between Leach Highway and Mt Henry Bridge near the Canning River. Darren managed the consultation, design and installation of the murals […]
Future Lost Worlds
MEDIA: Northbridge mural turns dingy laneway into a street of colourA dingy, graffiti-stained and dirty alley in Northbridge has received a new lease on life through a colourful mural.Perth Now – Media Release Facilitation of a youth engagement project with Mission Australia and City of Perth to beautify Via Torre laneway. Funding secured from the […]
Edges
MEDIA: Falkland Park Mural Project, KinrossAs part of the City’s annual Mural Arts Program, Darren Hutchens was commissioned to produce this mural Edges in December 2021. Edges responds to the theme of the Edge inspired by a collaboration with Edge Youth Centre, the coastal location, and local flora and fauna.City of Joondalup – Media Statement […]
Southern Coastal 1
I was invited back to my old home town of Albany, where I first started painting murals professionally over 20 years ago, to instal a mural at the Residential College. The student residents who board there, whilst studying were invited to contribute ideas of what it’s like living on the South Coast. The mural is […]
Kaya Wanju – Hello Welcome
Design and production of digital artwork for application to glazing of entry lobby and meeting room. Linear patterns designed by Buffie fill the semi-transparent background layer. Plant and animal forms designed by Darren where then overlaid in opaque vinyl. The afternoon sunlight bathes the walls and floor of the lobby in washes of colour.
Airborn
MEDIA: Local birds inspire artist Darren Hutchens’s new mural in SuccessPerth Now – Media Release Design and painting of a contemporary mural to revitalise the stark area behind the Youth Centre at Cockbrun Central. The huge wall offers a backdrop to the dynamic outdoor space that includes a stage for performance, skate ramp, basketball court […]
Hop Turtle
Design and painting of footpath stickers and hop scotch game as part of a interpretive walking trail depicting the local fauna of the Beeliar Wetlands area.
Ascension
Design and painting of a temporary artwork for the opening of the Kwinana Fringe Festival.