Artist Rodrigo Rozas. Photo / Michael Cunningham
A European cafe, a Chilean-born artist and the suffering of children in war-torn Syria - this international mix is behind a new mural on a wall in Whangarei.
Air brush painter Rodrigo Rozas said he wanted to draw attention to the effects of political crises on children when he was
invited to paint a mural by the cafe La Familia owner, Mark Schmid, and the owner of the Walton St building, Wally Yovich.
The mural is on a wall of the carpark behind the cafe.
Mr Rozas hopes his work will pay attention to the plight of the innocents whose lives are defined and ruined by civil war or other political upheaval. The impact of political unrest was something he was aware of growing up in Chile, he said.
Mr Rozas, who has lived in New Zealand for eight years and whose three children were born here, said his sponsors were supportive of the mural's subject.
