Over the last two years I have decorated 15 utility boxes around Auckland, New Zealand, with my artworks. Here’s how it happened; back in 2013, I had a few beers and painted a Grumpy Cat on a wall in my local dog park. It got painted out, and the locals were upset and petitioned the council. My friend snuck an article about this into a local newspaper, and then someone who works for Chorus (the company that owns these utility boxes) read the article, and asked me if I would like to paint their boxes instead.

I get paid a small fee for each one – enough to cover time and materials. Also I use Internet memes as the inspiration for a lot of them, because the boxes are our physical Internet connections – pictures of ‘AstroSloth’ and ‘Awkward Seal’ had probably already been transmitted through these boxes before I painted them on the outside of them.

They’ve had a great reception, both from the local communities and online, and I am planning to paint a lot more around the country – maybe the world!

More info: paulwalsh.co.nz

Awkward Seal

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It’s So Shiny

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Aquarium

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Bird With Arms

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Hipster Cat

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Ponsonby Pigeon

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Piggy Stardust

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AstroSloth

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Menswear Dog

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Student Cat

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Captain Possum

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Ruapehu Rooster

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Chimp Selfie

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Geometric Landscape

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Punky Rooster

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DJ Willis

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Fear Of A Black And White Planet

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