Charminar retro inspired wall mural

I recently had the opportunity to create an exterior mural for the newest edition, Henley Beach Charminar, in a chain of popular Indian restaurants. My canvas was a textured 3mx3m wall - when I initially went to survey the site the sun had just started setting and was throwing an amazing orange glow onto the wall. I tried to work this into my design.

Charminar is a beautiful temple in the Indian city of Hyderabad with a striking outline along the city skyline. I had this image of a retro, classic, slightly worn Coco Cola type wall mural stuck in my head. I managed to translate it to the client, they were wrapped so I went ahead and painted the mural. Due to limited outside lighting I tried to keep a lot of contrast in the image.

The highlight of this job was definitely chatting to the oldies on their way down to the beach each day!

Adelaide Icons Poster

This poster features a number of Adelaide's well known traditional icons along with a few more not so conventional ones, like Rundle Mall's very own Johnnie and Farmers Union Iced Coffee!

I created it to be used as part of a wedding invitation package - the poster was for the out of towners. I also entered it into the Adelaide Magazine's youth edition cover competition. I will hopefully organise a few prints for sale later in the year for those die-hard South Aussies out there.

Click on the image to view the detail up close.