DAVID 'MEGGS' HOOKE

DAVID 'MEGGS' HOOKE

'MANA' Meggs x Cryptik - Hawai'i, USA

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This 8,000 square foot collaborative mural, painted in 2017, seamlessly blends MEGGS' expressive ‘brushstroke’ abstraction with Cryptik's precise calligraphy to create the word ‘MANA’. The script, ocean inspired colours and single Lehua flower represent a respect for the Big Islands terrestrial and spiritual elements of earth, fire, and water.

The Ohia tree and its Lehua blossoms have deep roots in Hawaiian culture and mythology. The hardy native ohia lehua is one of the first plants to recolonize otherwise barren lands blanketed in lava, and perhaps because of its ability to thrive in Pele’s creations that many associate the plant with the Hawaiian fire goddess.

All 'URBAN CANVAS' - Cheltenham, AUS 'KNOX WESTFIELD' - Knox, AUS 'UNDER THE SURFACE' - Nowa Nowa, AUS 'MEGGS X ADNATE' - Richmond, AUD 'AO2022' - The Australian Open 2022 'XPLORE' - Melbourne CBD, AUS 'RCH BANKSIA WARD' - Melbourne, AUS 'ACE2021' - The Australian Open 2021, AUS 'TAKING FLIGHT' - City of Wyndham, AUS 'MAROONDAH' - Croydon Central, AUS 'PRESERVE' - Varanasi, INDIA 'MURRUMBIDGEE FLOW' - Wagga Wagga, AUS 'RISE UP!' - Detroit, USA 'MANA' Meggs x Cryptik - Hawai'i, USA 'ABOVE & BENEATH' - Hawai'i, USA 'HOPE' Meggs x Kamea Hadar - Hawai'i, USA 'FLOW' Santa Monica - California, USA 'GIVE MORE, TAKE LESS' - Detroit, USA 'LESS IS MORE' Meggs x Askew x Frank - San Francisco, USA 'ROOTS RUN DEEP' - Oakland, USA 'REEF' - Cozumel, Mexico 'BLOSSOM & BLOOD' - Melbourne, AUS 'EXPAND YOUR WORLD' - Montreal, CANADA 'MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE' Meggs x Phibs - Napier, NZ 'LIFE IS GROWTH' - Detroit, USA 'ENDEAVOR SNOWBOARDS' - Vancouver, CANADA

'URBAN CANVAS' - Cheltenham, AUS 'KNOX WESTFIELD' - Knox, AUS 'UNDER THE SURFACE' - Nowa Nowa, AUS 'MEGGS X ADNATE' - Richmond, AUD 'AO2022' - The Australian Open 2022 'XPLORE' - Melbourne CBD, AUS 'RCH BANKSIA WARD' - Melbourne, AUS 'ACE2021' - The Australian Open 2021, AUS 'TAKING FLIGHT' - City of Wyndham, AUS 'MAROONDAH' - Croydon Central, AUS 'PRESERVE' - Varanasi, INDIA 'MURRUMBIDGEE FLOW' - Wagga Wagga, AUS 'RISE UP!' - Detroit, USA 'MANA' Meggs x Cryptik - Hawai'i, USA 'ABOVE & BENEATH' - Hawai'i, USA 'HOPE' Meggs x Kamea Hadar - Hawai'i, USA 'FLOW' Santa Monica - California, USA 'GIVE MORE, TAKE LESS' - Detroit, USA 'LESS IS MORE' Meggs x Askew x Frank - San Francisco, USA 'ROOTS RUN DEEP' - Oakland, USA 'REEF' - Cozumel, Mexico 'BLOSSOM & BLOOD' - Melbourne, AUS 'EXPAND YOUR WORLD' - Montreal, CANADA 'MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE' Meggs x Phibs - Napier, NZ 'LIFE IS GROWTH' - Detroit, USA 'ENDEAVOR SNOWBOARDS' - Vancouver, CANADA