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I went to the Institute Allende in San Miguel de Allende to study mural painting. I was interested in the great Mexican muralists but mainly influenced by early Italian frescoes and ancient Egypt.



Fresco study, Instituto Allende                         La Despedida - Carved plaster bas-relief, Instituto Allende

Later, when I lived in Paraguay, I won a competition to design and execute a mural for a new hotel in Asuncion.

NdA Coloured cement relief, Hotel Guarani, Asuncion 1962

A rest after casting, colouring and assembling the cement blocks.
Hotel Guarani, Asuncion, Paraguay

Mural in the fining room of Zivota and Bianca Melamed, Asuncion, Paraguay, depicting their travels.

Murals didn't appear again in my art career until I lived in London and was invited to join the Camden Mural Team in the 1980s. We were a small group of artists employed by Camden, working in community spaces at various locations in the borough. Although some projects were collective, we also worked independently. None of my murals of that period have survived. The outdoor Godwin Court mural was first defaced by graffitti then eliminated.

Part of mural outside Mother & Baby Health Clinic at Godwin Court, Mornington Crescent, Camden, NdA 1982-83

Below: the Hampden Community Centre mural, 50' x 12', was the largest I ever undertook. I worked on it for over a year, combining portraits of the pensioners, teenagers and staff who used the centre with images of the neighbourhood near King's Cross. Unfortunately, nothing remains of it besides photographs and memories. The mural was painted out in 1994 without notifying me.


Fresco study, Instituto Allende La Despedida - Carved plaster bas-relief, Instituto Allende
Later, when I lived in Paraguay, I won a competition to design and execute a mural for a new hotel in Asuncion.

NdA Coloured cement relief, Hotel Guarani, Asuncion 1962

A rest after casting, colouring and assembling the cement blocks.	Hotel Guarani, Asuncion, Paraguay
Mural in the fining room of Zivota and Bianca Melamed, Asuncion, Paraguay, depicting their travels.
Murals didn't appear again in my art career until I lived in London and was invited to join the Camden Mural Team in the 1980s. We were a small group of artists employed by Camden, working in community spaces at various locations in the borough. Although some projects were collective, we also worked independently. None of my murals of that period have survived. The outdoor Godwin Court mural was first defaced by graffitti then eliminated.

Part of mural outside Mother & Baby Health Clinic at Godwin Court, Mornington Crescent, Camden, NdA 1982-83

Below: the Hampden Community Centre mural, 50' x 12', was the largest I ever undertook. I worked on it for over a year, combining portraits of the pensioners, teenagers and staff who used the centre with images of the neighbourhood near King's Cross. Unfortunately, nothing remains of it besides photographs and memories. The mural was painted out in 1994 without notifying me.