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New Artland - Karl Maughan (Series Two, Episode Four)

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2009

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The format for New Artland was to film a leading Kiwi artist devising an artwork, in collaboration with a community that they have some kind of bond with. In this episode host Chris Knox meets Karl Maughan, known for his vibrant paintings of garden flowers. Maughan returns to Palmerston North's Freyberg High School (where he was encouraged to enrol at Elam School of Art) and enlists 20 students over a week to make a 30 metre long mural. He explains why rhododendrons are his main subject, and gets permission from the principal to help the kids graffiti the art block.

Our idea of excitement I remember back when we got our car licences at the age of 16, was to drive to Wellington, to have a pie and a Coke at the all-night petrol station down there...and drive back.
– Karl Maughan