Local Murals in Margate

This mural highlights human entanglement and subsequent process of environmental degradation.

Large-scale mural to celebrate the Margate Soul Festival.

This mural gives reference to the wake – a lasting trail of turbulence and a realm of consciousness first set in motion by the slave ships that began to move across (and to the bottom of) the oceans.

Four seahorses are depicted, referencing the four horsemen of the apocalypse, biblical figures who appear in the Book of Revelation.

At any one time, pollution warnings are in place for more than 100 British beaches, due entirely to the practice of untreated sewage being discharged directly into the sea.

Floating translucent plastic bags, with the occasional flash of brightly coloured typography and branding, could be and often are easily mistaken for a delicious, floating, translucent jellyfish.

This mural captures two local Thanet children playing with sandcastles on the beach, water rising all around the castle, and asks whether it is fair to leave this scenario for the young and as-yet unborn to deal with.

Grey herons are unmistakable; tall, long legs, elegant beak with grey, black, and white feathering. The mudflats and salt marshes of Pegwell bay are home to local herons, migrating waders and wildfowl.

Mermaids might be considered fictional characters, but the challenges of cleaning up our oceans and protecting what life is left is a profound reality, and an increasingly pressing issue.

This mural highlights the sad story of six fish swimming as a school trapped inside the classic six pack of plastic rings.

Mural on a 40-ft shipping container behind Turner Contemporary.

Layered onto a brightly coloured camouflage background, the painting creates a juxtaposition with the corals and elevates a notion of being hidden and unknown in plain sight.

Within an ocean forest of local kelps and seaweeds (also known as blue carbon) is a floating plastic bottle. Inside the bottle is a trapped local spotted catshark, shocking reports have averaged 2-3 sharks killed every second.

The commercial fishing industry can have a devastating and irreversible effect on ocean biodiversity; entanglement of species in fishing nets, churning of the ocean rainforest and plastics from ghost nets that are mistaken for food and consumed.

A modern-day folklore based on the Greek goddess of the seas, Amphitrite. The work highlights the stark contrast of the Queen of the seas, now sat in a human-corrupted, faded seascape of bleached corals and plastic waste.

Thanet has its own population of local hermit crabs, which is where the inspiration for this mural was born. Hermit crabs can be found occupying rocky and sandy shorelines.

A litter-picking octopus wrapped around the beach shed.

From a distance, this painting is a highly-rendered mountainscape. The scene begs you to take a closer look, however, plastic bags inform the textures.

Sometimes we just need to highlight wonderful people that give us that little spark of hope. Dr. Amanda Vincent is one such person, driven by a determination to protect our oceans.

The artwork depicts a seal and highlights the issue of ghost netting and plastic waste in the ocean.

Both grey and harbour seals live in Thanet, and can be easily seen from the dunes at Pegwell bay.

Bee with litter picker.