Paul Walsh

Paul Walsh, commissioned by the Auckland City Council, is part of beautifying the city by painting artworks on the utility and electrical boxes throughout Auckland city.  The vibrant and quirky artworks capture the imagination of passers-by.  Walsh is an artist and illustrator who lives in Auckland, his utility box artwork made by spray paint as a medium, although he also uses water-colour as a medium in some of his other art works.  My particular favourites are the Fox, which situated outside Kokako in Grey Lynn is nicknamed Mr foxy.  He has a particularly cheeky and mysterious expression on his face, for a creature that is menacing in real life, featuring baroque styled patterning in the background.  I also like the adorable red panda reading a book, as it was very nostalgic to me, of reading puffin and penguin books as a child with a very child-like whimsical feel to it.  The cat with the square glasses is very geek sleek, with the popularisation of all things cat on the internet at the moment. 

Grey Lynn

Grey Lynn

Greenlane