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Perth-based artist Jack Bromell’s work is inspired by the natural world around us, elegant birds in flight, the patterns formed by flora and fauna, the sweeping curves of lizards. But these depictions go beyond record, there is a strong sense of symbolism, of mythology, of interconnection. Painted in various sizes (from huge panoramas to depictions of postage stamps) and with subtle colour palettes, Bromell’s murals transform public spaces by using nature to speak to both our surrounding environments and our shared conditions and histories. It is no surprise then that he found ample inspiration while travelling Aotearoa. Watch This Space was able to help secure a wall for Jack to produce a work here in Ōtautahi, a large Kahawai fish that exemplifies his confident, illustrative linework, presented as an almost scientific diagram in white lines on the black wall. The oversized production inviting the audience to acknowledge the beauty of our native animal life. After finishing his mural in New Brighton, we sat down for a chat to discuss his roots in Busselton, just outside of Perth, his trajectory as an artist, and New Zealand’s lack of native mammals.

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