b'colourful outlookReseneGoblin ReseneKoruReseneTeaReseneWestwoodReseneRed Red Redleft: Joe created this mural bursting with native flora and Joe McMenamin fauna for Poukawa School in www.joemcmenamin.com Hawkes Bay, which features Resene Goblin, Resene Koru, Resene Westwood, Resene Which are your current favourite Resene colours and what doRed Red Red, Resene Tea and you like about them? Resene Half Resolution Blue.Resene Goblin, Resene Butterfly Creek and Resene Koru are all getting lots of use as I am painting forest scenes into many of my murals. I like to mix them into my own colours as well so thatIf you could go back in time and give a younger version of yourselfIf you could magically invent something that does not exist, what I can create the subtle blends and textures you would see in theone piece of advice, what would it be? would it be and why?forest. Resene Half Resolution Blue is the base colour for the tI would tell myself to keep practicing and making art and that oneA hover skateboard straight out of Back to the Future. I mean, feathers that I paint. day I will be a full-time artist. But in saying that, I wouldnt changehow cool would that be?!my journey of being a high school art teacher for 14 years as that Whats been your favourite painting, wallpapering or staining projectfoundation has been amazing for my art business. Ive been a full- If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?that you have completed to date and what did you like about it?time artist for seven years and its been awesome. I would want to fly or be invulnerable (so, basically, Superman).I recently painted a mural for Poukawa School in Hawkes Bay. I did a combo of plywood cut-out birds with the forest paintedIf you were to splurge on any one home renovation project orWhich colours do you predict will be key trends over the coming directly onto the wall. I love the contrast between the forestdcor item right now, what would it be and why? months and will they affect the colours you use in your work? greens and the pops of colour in the birds. It was great to haveIve just converted part of my lawn into a native garden withAs we come into summer, I can see some beautiful pinks, oranges the students helping paint the mural, too! ferns, tussocks and a rock water feature. I would love to stainand light blue colours coming in. Colours like Resene Sea Pink, the fence behind it with a dark grey or black wood stain likeResene Melon Orange and Resene Sail. I am looking forward to Are you a DIY perfectionist or do you leave it to the professionals? Resene Crowshead or Resene Pitch Black to really set off theusing some fresh new colours in my murals as the seasons change.I love a bit of DIY, especially painting, but I leave harder jobs likegreens of the ferns.plastering to the pros. ReseneIf you could have dinner with any artist, designer or historicalResene Crowshead ReseneWhats your favourite place to find inspiration for your murals? figure from the past or present, who would it be and what mightSea Pink Butterfly Creek ReseneIm inspired by native birds and also our beautiful native forest.you talk about? Melon OrangeI love spending time in nature and walking in the bush and thenI would love to have dinner with American artist and activist Shepard bringingthatinspirationtomyart.ImalsoinspiredbytheFairey. He paints huge murals and his art has been an inspiration toResene Reseneexplosion of mural painting and street art around Aotearoa andme for years. I would ask him how to take my art practice to theHalfResolutionSail Resenethe talented artists working in this space. next level, and how he paints a 10-storey high mural?! Blue Pitch Blackblackwhitemag.com 77'