Hi Everyone!

I’m planning some murals for summer 2025 and researching others.

If you’re like me, you've been enjoying Banksy’s mural works which often comment on context they are in.

It got me thinking of another artist you’ve probably never heard of.

One favorite contextual painting is by Swedish Contemporary Painter Mamma Andersson. Andersson is known for her use of the unconventional substrate of plywood - she often incorporates the lines and forms of plywood variations into her works. The image above is her forty-foot-long mural for the A.P. Moller House in Copenhagen. Notice the childlike cut-out shapes that modulate value but not color. The way the painting interacts with a real physical wooden door is through the overt reference to wood grain in the image. The sunset stands out by incorporating variations of yellow and pink, and the wood grain patterns reflect the context, rescaled beautifully into the actual image. The image playfully grows out of the context!