A Safe Place
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Reality Bytes
Exploring themes of connectivity, social networking, cyber security and augmented reality this mural for the School of Engineering and Information Technology at Murdoch University took 3 weeks to instal over the summer break. Stylised iconography and the separate panel layout was developed in response to the restricted space of the 30 metre long corridor, foyer […]
Narrogym
https://darrenhutchens.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_5785.mov Design inspired by the landscape, flora and fauna of Narrogin, including the iconic endangered numbat from the nearby Dryandra forest area. The mural took a week to instal, and it was quite challenging working around all the gymnasium equipment. The entire room was undercoated with white to cover the old paintjob (bright green) with […]
Evolve
Design and painting of internal wall murals exploring themes of sustainability and the evolving role of libraries as accessible community hubs.
Grow The Burrendah Way
Design and painting of a mural exploring the 4 R’s – Respect, Resilience, Reach, Responsibility for long term client, Burrendah Primary School. The mural represents these characteristics using a subtle colour palette and semi abstracted style. Students and staff were engaged in the instal process day by day, with the Year 6 classes taking photos […]
Unity
Design and painting of this fun and friendly mural as part of the rejuvenation of Ascot Park in Bertram. This text based mural uses colour, pattern and simple forms to communicate notions of the local community being a diverse, open and welcoming one. The work compliments recent upgrades to the play ground, bbq area, basketball […]
Days End
Private commission to enhance the visual appeal of the swimming pool area of a local home, the mural utilises bold colour and organic shapes to soften the hard architectural edges.
Shearer Heeler
Perth and international mural artist residency in the Great Southern town of Katanning. The work is an interpretation of a local sheep shearer and his blue heeler work mate and is situated at the local primary school.
Bye Bye Brownlie
Commissioned by Department of Communities to paint plywood boards installed at Brownlie Towers building prior to their decomissioning. Artwork features explore the notion of community and home and include a large scale family portrait, honouring those who were raised in the social housing complex, as well as the next generation of the new Bentley 360 […]
Sleeping Giant
Local and international artists were invited by Form WA as part of their Public Silo Trail program to beautify regional towns. The event took place over a week in my old home town of Albany on WA ’s south coast. It was amazing to witness the positive community response to the event and to my […]