From the window of our hotel in Perth we could see this huge piece of street art, immediately recognizable as the work of Adnate. From the footpath I could only see the top character.
A Google search tells that this mega art work is on a new hotel (to be opened in October 2019). The Adnate, an Art Series Hotel, has the work of Matt Adnate painted up its 25 storey facade. Fabulous!
At the Mercure Resort in Broome the street front has two large works, the red tailed black cockatoos by Sobrane and the indigenous motifs by Edward Blitner/Watts.
At Cable Beach, Broome this water tank caught my attention as it is bright & covered with local birds. It was designed by Mel Mcvee and painted by students and parents of Broome North Primary School.
At Halls Creek in the Kimberley, the streets are lined with art works by local indigenous artists.
Once we got into the Western Australian wheat belt we were also into silo territory. The first we saw was in Merredin, the work of Perth artist Kyle Hughes-Odgers. His designs represent the importance of agriculture to the area and use local colours.
At Northam the silos were not very accessible so we could not appreciate the work, apart from nearly getting hit by a truck in what looked like a parking area!
Northam was the first town in Australia to have its silos painted, in 2015. International artists Phlegm and HENSE were the artists.
Phlehm's black and white work portrays the history of aviation in the area, including ballooning and gliding.
HENSE chose to use an explosion of colour on his silos.
Kalgoorlie was our next stop with an art influence. There are lots of works around the city and they have a trail, called Heart Walk, however we did not get time to do all of that.
We did recognize a Rosie Woods total paint over...
I rather liked this work by MARZ which depicts the local history including the Golden Heritage Pipe-line that is so important to Kalgoorlie.
My next post will show some of the silo & street art in South Australia.
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