Street Art Cities

Whanganui Walls Street Art and Music Festival returned in 2021 with seven of NZ’s most prominent street artists transforming the town into an open-air gallery. Artists included: Milarky, Dan Mills, Swiftmantis, Flox, Mica Still, Charles & Janine Williams, Mike Marsh. 

“The images are evocative of playfulness and the wisdom of children. 

My own daughter’s influence so much of my own work that we discuss my projects together now. At home, we have a shoes and phones off policy, better to build forts, climb trees, and ride bikes, which fits in well with the bike shop. 

The typewriters are references to the analogue environment. 

The rising tides lift all boats was a phrase that represented positive change. That phrase now has a more sinister meaning with the advance of climate change and rising seas.”