Estuarine

‘Estuarine’ by renowned Auckland artist Louise Purvis has been installed on the seaward end of the new Launch Road. The stunning work, which is made up of about 250 individual gabion baskets filled with red scoria, winds its way over a large retaining wall running alongside the road, transforming the infrastructure with an intriguing and impressive piece of art.
The curvy form of the work references the waterways surrounding Hobsonville Point and early explorations by local couple, Doug and Audrey Mill of Mill House, who photographed the area by air from a Gypsy Moth. The red scoria is a nod to Auckland’s volcanoes.