Ravensthorpe Silo Mural
Image source Bewley Sharlor
Artist: Amok Island
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2015
Location: Ravensthorpe
Provenance: Shire of Ravensthorpe
Description: It took 31 days, 338 litres of paint and countless trips up and down the silos in a knuckle boom for Fremantle-based, Dutch-born artist Amok Island to execute Six Stages of Banksia baxteri across three stout CBH Group silos, visible for miles around.
The landscape around Ravensthorpe comes alive every spring with thousands of species of wildflower bursting into colour, so Amok Island decided to focus on native Western Australian flora and fauna for his largest mural to date.
‘Each silo side shows a different stage of the flowering cycle of this species of Banksia: from flower buds, to full bloom, to seedpods developing, drying out and opening’, explains the artist.
The artwork encircles the three silos infinitely; the final silo marks the beginning once again of the first, making a connection with the cycle of the seasons and grain farming processes this area is known for. This species of banksia is only found between Esperance and Albany.
The animals in the artwork are this species’ main pollinators; the Honey Possum (Tarsipes rostratus) and New Holland Honey eater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
Cherax Destructor
Image source Tai Kempe
Artist: Amok Island
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2020
Location: Collie Senior High School, Patterson St, Collie
Provenance: Shire of Collie
Description: “Cherax destructor, commonly known as yabby, is found in local waters.” Amok Island
Mackeral and Vegetables
Image source Google Maps
Artist: Amok Island
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2013
Location: 487 Beaufort Street, seen from Kaadadjiny Laneway Highgate WA 6003
Provenance: City of Vincent
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Leafy Seadragon
Artist: Amok Island
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2014
Location: Across 161 161 Eden St West Perth WA 6005
Provenance: City of Vincent
Image source Google Maps
Histrio Histrio
Image source Google Maps
Artist: Amok Island
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2015
Location: 101 Oxford St Leederville WA 6007
Provenance: City of Vincent
Barracuda
Image source Google Maps
Artist: Amok Island
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2015
Location: 101 Oxford St Leederville WA 6007
Provenance: City of Vincent