New Zealand Odyssey: Graffiti, Parnell

'New Zealand Odyssey', published in 1989 by Heinemann, was authored by Don Donovan (who did the text and illustrations) and Euan Sarginson, who did the photography and design. In this series of blog posts, I will publish some of my drawings.

There was nothing elegant or artistic about this wall off Parnell Road in Auckland but it demanded inclusion in a book about home grown features of New Zealand becaue of its rather typical ugliness; plain walls all over this country attract this sort of mindlessness.

In the book, the caption under the illustration read: 'One glimmer of wit on an illiterate wall.' and although it's crude, the highest of the graffiti is at least amusing.

© DON DONOVAN
donovan@ihug.co.nz