In a cozy downtown Reykjavík apartment, this floral mural offers some color to a bright open space. Blossoming garðasól (papaver croceum), dandelion leaves (taxacum officinale) and ætihvönn (angelica archangelica) were chosen for their aesthetic charm and medicinal properties to symbolize a beautiful and healthy home environment. A nickname for the inhabitants of downtown Reykjavík is miðbæjarrotta or “downtown rat” so I incorporated a snowy white rat greeting the summer flora.

This experiential and playful Brooklyn based plant store wanted a door to another dimension, bursting with flora and fauna. We incorporated rhaphidophora, leafy palm, variegated monstera, alien colored dandelion leaves for some wildness, a big moss ball, begonia maculata, and calathea along with its signature snake.

The Hlemmur mural borrows the typography from the hostel’s outdoor sign and colors from their logo. Ætihvönn (angelica archangelica) is a local medicinal herb, symbolically greeting the travelers seeking rest at the hostel. Garðasól (papaver croceum) is a non-native flower now widespread in Iceland, like the many visitors of Hlemmur Square. While certain birds are admired in Icelandic folk stories and songs, starri (sturnum vulgaris/the common starling), is known to shit on your shoulder as you await your hot dog, reminding us that Icelandic natural elements need to be treated with caution and humor. 

A living room mural in a Reykjavík city centre apartment. The client wanted a jungle to stretch across her wall, a bird which was the mascot for her theatre company, and a sloth as it was the nickname for her sweetheart.

A bedroom wall in East Williamsburg. The blossoming flowers symbolize the feminine within her: the strength of growth, flexibility and fertility, and the birds her masculine qualities: decisiveness, freedom of mobility and desire. The pollen rising is playing on the growth and possibility.