Illusion Murals in Dementia Areas


Jacaranola Dementia Unit Bupacare Narwee 2015
 
This image is to show how much the room contrasts
with the area. The outside corridor to RM25 of the
Jacaranola Dementia Unit Bupacare Narwee

 
 The entry door within the room
prior to mural painting

The entry door after mural painting

 The entry and adjacent wall motifs

To the right of the entry
The area before it had the mural work

After : The movie cinema muralled area of the same wall

The movie mural with the furniture replaced

Detail of the mask

Popcorn, choc tops and jaffas at the opening with
Bupa managers. The space is to be a complete
sensory area tapping into the experiences of 
movie theatres by clients to encourage participation
upping nutritional quotas and stimulating fond
memories of youthful activities
 
This space will feature early movies and theatre
music "bouncing ball" movie singing performers
as well as the ambience, lighting, sounds and
smells (popcorn making) of the theatre experience

 
 The facing wall as you enter. The posters can be
upgraded each decade to suit another generation

Detail of poster and frame


The wall left of the entry before the mural

After the mural The large screen television to go here

Detail of the flowers


The wall left of the entry


Left wall now muralled

Another left wall detail
 
The Ceiling treatment
 
Ceiling and column detail
 
 
 Ceiling rose detail
 
 
The chandelier was assembled by the artist using a metal
chrome trivet suspended with cup hooks and crystal and
beaded strands were hung from it
 
 
 Detail of chandelier
 
 
 Inside the Harmony Room 2014
Jacaranda Dementia Unit Bupacare
Narwee, Sydney
 
The Entry door
Title of the Work: "On the Balcony"

 Passionfruit flower archway around entry

View to the right of the doorway

Detail of the right side view
The cat is from the aged care facility

Right hand wall view

Right wall lighthouse detail

Right wall picnic basket
thermos and fruit detail

Right view intersecting with the
faux back of house wall view

The painted window is next to actual windows
which will have blinds in the same style

The painted balcony exit suggests a flight of
stairs leading to the ocean surrounds

Masculine elements in the fishing
rods and tackle bag and net

Detail of tackle bag and hand net

Left hand wall balcony view

Detail from left hand wall balcony view

Kookaburra detail

Left hand corner view near entry

 Left hand balcony view near entry door
The semi circle with metal grid is an actual
feature in balconies around this facility
Bupacare Narwee
 
Bupacare Narwee, Sydney
 Jacaranola Dementia Unit Entry Door
"Faux Fireplace"
 
Mirror Detail from Door
 
 Vase a Photo detail

Coal Skuttle & fire tools detail from door
 
CA BROWN  BOOLAROO ANGLICARE
MacIntosh Hostel Dementia Unit
"Lake Macquarie Window View"
2013

 Detail from the Lake
"Macquarie Window View"

 CA BROWN ANGLICARE
 MacIntosh Dementia Unit
"From the Patio at the Lake House"

Detail from "From the Patio"

Distant Detail from "From the Patio"
 
 
"Window View" Adjacent to activities room
Level 2 Dementia Wing, Bupacare Bexley, Sydney
 
"Window View "detail
 
"Window View "detail
 
"Window View" detail
 
Level 2 Bupacare Bexley, Dementia Wing
The Fire door becomes a wall unit. The purpose was to
disguise the red phone to the right as clients would lift it constantly.
Also to create a much more colourful area in an otherwise dead space.
 
Fire door/Cabinet
a closer view
 
Details from the
Cabinet Shelves
 
Detail Cabinet Shelves

Dining Room Area Bupacare Bexley
"Window with Backyard View"

 Detail from
"Window with Backyard View"

Close up detail from
"Window with Backyard View"
 
"Faux Fireplace" The Dining Room
Dementia Wing Bupacare Bexley, Sydney
NB: The painted mirror holds a painted
reflection of the dining room area
 
"Faux Fireplace" detail
 
"Faux Fireplace" detail
 
Bupa Aged Care Christo Road Waratah NSW
 2010 Disguised Door Dementia Unit





Detail Dementia Door

Wall Unit Illusion Bupa Aged Care Waratah NSW 2010

Detail Wall Unit Illusion

Detail Wall Unit Illusion

Detail Wall Unit Illusion

Detail Garden Door

Detail Garden Door

Detail of the Door Handle Garden Door

Trope L'oeil Treatment of the Walls in the Harmony Room
 Bupa Aged Care Waratah NSW 2010

Detail Harmony Room Buppa Waratah NSW 2010

Detail Harmony Room



Detail Harmony Room

Alternate View Harmony Room Bupa Waratah NSW

Entry Doorway to Harmony Room Bupa Waratah NSW

Courtyard Access Wall Bupa Waratah NSW 2010

Client Relative Supplies Image of Fishing Trawler
 That He had Built for the Access Wall Mural

Fishing Trawler Detail


Courtyard Window View Bupa Aged Care Waratah 2010

Nobbys Beach View Newcastle
 Bupa Aged Care Courtyard Waratah NSW 2010