RAILWAY MURALS - ROMA ST, YERONGPILLY ...

THESE MURALS WERE PAINTED BY AAARDVARK ON QR PROPERTY & WERE FUNDED BY POSITIVE PARTNERSHIPS. THEY ARE STILL STANDING AND HAVE NOT BEEN VANDALIZED IN 2 YEARS AFTER PREVIOUSLY BEING HIT WITH TAGS SEVERAL TIMES PER WEEK ...

COMMERCIAL MURAL PAINTINGS - FLORA & FAUNA ...

SHOP MURALS ...

IS IT ART OR GRAFFITI ?

PLEASE READ THE CAPTION IN THE POST BELOW ON GRAFFITI SOLUTIONS ...

REAL GRAFFITI SOLUTIONS ... FOR A REAL WORLD.

A FACT FOR THOUGHT ; REMEMBER ... ANTI GRAFFITI APPLICATIONS CAN WORK OUT GREAT, BUT, THE ONLY REAL ANSWER TO A GRAFFITI PROBLEM IS A GRAFFITI SOLUTION. IT IS QUICK, COST EFFECTIVE, AND IF YOU HAVE A LOCATION THAT IS REPEATEDLY HIT WITH VANDALISM, YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT NO GRAFFITI WRITER WILL TAG OVER GRAFFITI MURALS LIKE THESE PICTURED HERE DUE TO RESPECT AMONGST GRAFFITI ARTISTS AND SAD BUT TRUE = FEAR OF REPERCUSSIONS & LOSS OF FACE AMONGST THEIR UNDERGROUND COMMUNITY.

BOTH NSW & WA RAILWAY DEPARTMENTS HAVE REALISED THAT THE ONLY TRUE COMBATANT TO ILLEGAL VANDALISM ON THEIR PROPERTY IS TO EMPLOY RESPECTED STREET ARTISTS TO FACILITATE TOP QUALITY MURALS IN THESE HARD HIT LOCATIONS. THUS SOLVING A MAJOR FUNDING ISSUE AS WELL AS PLEASING THE COMMUNITY WITH BRIGHT ATTRACTIVE ART SPACES THAT ARE BEING RECEIVED WITH OPEN ARMS BY LOCALS.

WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR QLD TO CATCH ON THAT THIS IS THE ONLY REAL LONG TERM SOLUTION, BUT SADLY IT SEEMS WE ARE STILL MUCH A POLICE GOVERNED STATE & WE CONTINUE TO WASTE MONEY ON INEFFECTIVE 'BAND AID' REMEDIES THAT COST YOU, THE TAXPAYER, YOUR HARD EARNED DOLLARS THAT COULD BE SPENT ALOT MORE WISELY IN PREVENTATIVE MEASURES.

IF YOU HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT "IF THERE IS GOING TO BE GRAFFITI ON OUR WALL? WE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE GOOD GRAFFITI ART ON IT RATHER THAN UNSIGHTLY TAGS?" THEN AAARDVARK HAS YOUR SOLUTION.

ILLUSTRATION & FUNKY DESIGN ...

MURALS, ALBUM COVERS, FLYERS, T-SHIRT DESIGN ... YOU NAME IT, WE CAN DO IT!

MURAL MEDIA ...

OLIVER WALKER, THE DIRECTOR OF AAARDVARK IMAGES, HAS BEEN FACILITATING MURALS AND WORKSHOPS SINCE 1988 WHEN HE BEGAN TRADITIONAL SILK PAINTING AND GARMENT BEADING WITH HIS MOTHER'S BUSINESS. OLIVER HAD ALWAYS HAD A BIG HEART FOR YOUTH AT RISK & TROUBLED TEENS. HIS ARTWORK HAS BEEN A TOOL TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE IN NEED TO HELP RECTIFY THEIR SITUATION. SINCE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS HE HAS GONE ON TO BE MANY THINGS INCLUDING A QUALIFIED YOUTH WORKER IN THE YOUTH DETENTION CENTER & VARIOUS GROUP HOMES, A CASE WORKER FOR CHILD SAFETY, AND WAS THE RESIDENT ARTIST FOR HOGSBREATH RESTAURANTS, THE LEAD COMMUNITY ARTIST AT QR AND NOW THE DIRECTOR OF HIS OWN COMPANY. AAARDVARK COULD NOT EXIST WITHOUT THE VALUED HELP OF INCREDIBLE STAFF SUCH AS MIKEY NEWMAN, WADE SCHAARE, & BEN STRAND. FOR FURTHER ARTWORK BY OLIVER FOLLOW THIS LINK TO http://subwaysuds.blogspot.com

ANTI GRAFFITI APPLICATIONS ...

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN AFFORDABLE GRAFFITI DETERRENT APPLICATION ALONG A TRAIN TRACK SOUND BARRIER. THIS GRASS STENCIL APPLICATION IS 2.7M HIGH & WAS REPEATED OVER 1200 SQUARE METER'S AND HAS GREATLY REDUCED REPEAT VANDALISM SAVING 1000'S OF DOLLARS IN UNNECESSARY CLEANING COSTS PER YEAR. THIS WALL IS CURRENTLY THE LARGEST PER SQUARE METER MURAL APPLICATION IN QUEENSLAND TO DATE. GO AAARDVARK - OI OI OI!

RAILWAY MURALS - DUTTON PARK, 195 MSQ

THE DUTTON PARK MURAL WAS DIRECTED BY THE CREW AT AAARDVARK IMAGES IN 2008. THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY POSITIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN QR & ST. ITA'S PRIMARY SCHOOL. THERE WAS 45 JAPANESE FAN INSTALLATIONS IN THIS MURAL THAT WERE COMPLETED IN THE SCHOOL AT WORKSHOPS FACILITATED BY AAARDVARK STAFF.

RAILWAY MURALS -CHELMER, 220 MSQ

THE CHELMER SUBWAY MURAL WAS DIRECTED BY THE CREW AT AAARDVARK IMAGES IN 2008. THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY POSITIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN QR & MILPERA HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WAS 60 BUTTERFLY INSTALLATIONS IN THIS SUBWAY THAT WERE COMPLETED IN THE SCHOOLS AT WORKSHOPS FACILITATED BY AAARDVARK STAFF. THE SCHOOL HAS STUDENTS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN REFUGEES AND THE IMAGES SYMBOLIZED FREEDOM.

RAILWAY MURALS - INDDOOROOPILLY, 600 MSQ

THE INDOOROOPILLY STATION MURAL WAS DIRECTED BY THE CREW AT AAARDVARK IMAGES IN 2008. THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY POSITIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN QR, ST. PETER'S LUTHERAN COLLEGE, INDOOROOPILLY HIGH SCHOOL, & BRIDGIDINE COLLEGE. THERE WAS OVER 200 INSTALLATIONS ON THIS WALL WHICH STRETCHED OVER 600 SQUARE METER'S THAT WERE COMPLETED IN THE SCHOOLS AT WORKSHOPS FACILITATED BY AAARDVARK STAFF.

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