Stage
Strictly it might be not public art because it is not located in a public space. But at the other hand; there are not much larger works where a real audience sitting in front of it. The stage in the back space of Studio Amsterdam was bare brown and full of ugly stains. That was […]
Gasworks Maitland
This design suggests a reference to the former gasworks in Maitland, which now houses the Reading Cinema. It is an abstracted version of pipes and machines with a touch of art deco. Although some people see a racetrack or a printed circuit board in it. Or even Aztec characters.The color scheme has been chosen taking […]
Stairwell in Newcastle
I was commissioned by a construction company in Newcastle to paint a mural in the stairwell of their office.We started this at the beginning of August 2021. This highly detailed mural took us 8 days. Most of it was indoors and there was no real deadline, so it was a pretty relaxed job. <a href=”https://www.vanlubeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1.jpg” […]
Rug in Newcastle
When we were painting the mural in Newcastle, we had a chat with the owner of the bar just around the corner. He was also the owner of the bar 2 doors down my house & studio in Maitland. So, he knew about the rug I painted on the footpath in front of my door. […]
Rugs in Morpeth
Six months after I painted the rug on the footpath in front of my door, I found a Call For Artists in my inbox. It was sent by Council and what they had in mind was quite similar of what I already had done. But on a larger scale. And they would like to have seen some […]
Mural in Newcastle
This project was part of The Big Picture Fest where 12 artists each got a wall to paint, which they had to complete in 5 days. It had taken place in other cities in Australia before, but never in Newcastle.The first mural that we already created in Maitland apparently made an impression, as I was […]
Literal street art
The footpath in our part of the street is very old and outdated, with a lot of cracks in it and endless patched up areas. I decided to created something artistic on it and see if people would like it. If not, then it would take me only 30 minutes to paint it back to […]
Bob’s Bird Barn
For about a century this building in the center of Maitland, was home to the Carrington Hotel, which closed down in the 1980’s. Then came a pet store named Bob’s Bird Barn. But the last few decades the building is empty and neglected by the owner. To prevent more deterioration, the Council closed the windows […]
Mural in Maitland
In September the Maitland council did a call out to artists to come up with a idea for a 18 x 9 meter wall. Frank sent them a design based on one of my paintings, photoshopped on the wall. The council chose us to create it.We asked another artists (Andrew Bennett) to help us and […]
Art cars
Even on a busy day the free spaces beside my car stayed empty the longest.