Blue Birds
Image source Margaret River Art Trails
Artist: Jack Bromell
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2017
Location: Laneway behind butcher shop
Provenance: Shire of Augusta Margaret River
Description: Inspired by watching magpies eat scraps of meat left out by the local butcher, Blue Birds tells the story of curiosity, kindness and friendship between a young boy and a magpie.
Magpies are social animals and often enjoy interacting with humans, a dynamic beautifully rendered in this mural.
Painted as part of the 2017 Emergence Creative Festival.
Wadandi Boodjarra
Image source Margaret River Art Trails
Artist: Sandra Hill, Ian Mutch, Jack Bromell
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2020
Location: Margaret River Main Street
Provenance: Shire of Augusta Margaret River
Description: Wadandi Boodjarra pays homage to the Traditional Custodians of the southwest, the Wadandi First Nations people. It depicts Wadandi home country, local flora and iconic forest red-tailed black cockatoos, and celebrates ongoing connection to earth, sky, ocean, rivers and bloodlines of generations past, present and future.
Ian Mutch has drawn on his expertise in painting photo-realistic birds to create the forest red-tails. These are native to the southwest and provide a sense of place, belonging and cultural significance.
The Indigenous icons painted by Sandra Hill feature a strong red line on the corner of the building that runs from top to bottom. This line symbolises the family blood line all the way back to the ancient Wadandi creation story of the Margaret River (place of Wooditch). The central brown circle depicts home country, Wadandi Boodjarra (Wadandi home country). The patterns in the middle circle are the traditional markings on shields. The red circle symbolises old, ancient blood. The black line circle symbolises community. The ochre dots on the outside symbolise family clan groups.
Jack Bromell illustrated marri branches with leaves and flowers to highlight a sense of place through connection with native wildlife and ancient culture. The marri tree is a species native to the southwest, and its name derives from the local Noongar language. Forest red-tails can frequently be found perched amongst marri branches feeding on nuts and flowers, which are an important food source.
Karda
Image source Taj Kempe
Artist: Jack Bromell
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2020
Location: 38-40 Johnston St, Collie
Provenance: Shire of Collie
Description: “I have painted a giant Karda (goanna) over patterns of native flora to the area. The skin of the Karda depicts the people of Collie, past and present, celebrating the moon and the stars. I chose to paint the Karda because it's an iconic and striking reptile native to the area. It may serve as a reminder to the community that nature is to be respected and without it we have no stories and no history.” Jack Bromell
The Soul Sees without Eyes and Whispers on the Wind
Image Source City of Busselton
Artist: Jack Bromell with support from Tom Ansell and TAFE art students with Jane Hardy
Year of Work: 2016
Location: 79 Prince Street, Busselton
Asset Type: Mural
Provenance: City of Busselton
Sugito Sister City Mascot Mural
Image Source City of Busselton
Artist: Tom Ansell
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Chapel Café, Busselton Boulevard outside wall, 79 Prince Street, Busselton
Asset Type: Mural
Provenance: City of Busselton
Portrait of Samuel Isaacs
Image Source City of Busselton
Artist: Jack Bromell
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Chapel Café, Busselton Boulevard outside wall, 79 Prince Street, Busselton
Asset Type: Mural
Provenance: City of Busselton
Busselton - a History
Image Source City of Busselton
Artist: Jack Bromell
Year of Work: 2016
Location: Equinox Café, Busselton
Asset Type: Mural
Provenance: City of Busselton