Under the sea

Sometimes around town I see vans and campervans being driven by tourists that are covered in illustrations and murals. This one I spotted last week features what looks like an octopus and was painted by Kiwi artist Dan Mills who was born in England but has lived in Wellington, Mangawhai (my home town) and now is in Taranaki.

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Dan Mills at MOTAT

Last Summer we visited MOTAT - the Museum of transport and technology in Auckland. You might remember previous posts I've written about this interesting place. Anyway one of the many murals  there are these ones. Painted by Dan Mills the above one is a tribute to the blacksmith, an occupation popular in the Victoria era (and older eras) but still around today here and there.

This one is a nod to New Zealand agriculture with a farmer holding a pig and a farmer's wife milking cows.  I can't remember which is where but one is on the back of the vintage tractor shed and the other is on the back of one of the tram sheds.

I hope you're keeping well wherever you are. We have another rainy wet weekend so we will be staying warm and keeping dry. Kia kaha.

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