Los Angeles-based artistAdele Renaultuses city-dwelling pigeons as the muse for kaleidoscopic murals of detailed feathers.
The ongoing series, calledGutter Paradise, decorates building facades across the globe with joyous colors and shapes.
Renault is originally from Ardennes, Belgium, where she grew up on a farm.
“Sunrise Gutter Paradise,” Linköping, Sweden, 2020
Ive always been interested in painting and ingraffiti.
Murals are what comes in the middle I guess.
Its a natural evolution if you come from a graffiti background and spend most of your time creating paintings.
“Sunrise Gutter Paradise,” Linköping, Sweden, 2020
During her early travels, the artist experimented with various mediums, such as oil and spray cans.
She uses the former to create her striking outdoor designs.
The inspiration [forGutter Paradise] comes from pigeon feathers, she continues.
London Mural Festival, 2020
I started painting pigeons because I am always interested in showing beauty where you least expect it.
I wanted to emphasize the peacock-like iridescence of pigeon feathers, of those flying rats living in the gutter.
Hence the name for the series.
London Mural Festival, 2020
I started zooming in more and more on the neck feathers until a detail' became the main subject.
Thats how this series was born, Renault adds.
The more colorful rainbow palette evolved during the second lockdown I think, Renault explains.
SeaH factory, retired chimney 40 meters tall, Pohang, South Korea, 2019 (Photo: Asato Iida & Kenn)
It is also me having fun with moving away from reality.
Many of her newest murals can be seen in different areas of LA.
Belgian artist Adele Renault paints kaleidoscopic murals of feathers.
Feathered Nest in Silverlake, LA, 2019.
The seriesentitledGutter Paradiseshines a light on the underappreciated beauty of pigeon plumage.
Feathered Nest in Silverlake, LA, 2019.
Northwest Walls, Werchter, Belgium, 2019 (Photo: Dan Verbruggen-Ausilio)
La Brea, Los Angeles, 2021
New Brighton, UK, 2021
“Gutter Paradise,” Jacksonville, FL, 2017
“Gutter Paradise,” Punto Urban Art Museum, Salem, MA, 2017
Pow Wow Festival, Long Beach, CA, 2017
