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Aquarium Mural. Rainforest and jungle murals. Page 2

March 2008. Aquarium of the Lakes. The Lake District. Cumbria. For Creative Theming.

This, the second lakes page covers the rainforest and victorian dive bell areas. My job was to add colour and interest to the otherwise bare walls with murals depicting the creatures on display.

These areas needed to be dark so that visitors could view the creatures, this mean't the murals had to be just bright enough to be seen but not so bright that they distracted the eye.


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Rainforest murals, brighten up dark areas around tanks and doorways.
 
 
The Rainforest
The rainforest murals were spread over three walls. To allow the best possible views for the creatures on display this area was very dark. I decided to keep the walls dark and have jungle vines growing around the walls. This helps in two ways, firstly by allowing me to paint the various plants and creatures on the vines and secondly by brightening up the area without compromising the view of the tanks.
 
Aquarium rainforest murals
Wall one. This wall leads to the amazon lakes area and sits opposite tanks with poison dart frogs in.
 
Two poison dart frogs hop on a vine mural
Two poison arrow frogs hop on the vines in search of food.
 
dart frogs eating ants in jungle mural
Red-eyed tree frog and blue dart frog painting
Here the glow from the tanks is visible in the bottom of the photo.
A red-eyed tree frog and blue poison frog eating ants.
 
Rainforest around vivarium tanks
Wall two. Surrounding tanks this mural had vines that wound their way around the walls. In the wild these
vines are an entire ecosystem where many creatures live including insects, frogs and mammals.

Jungle vines mural
Wall three. Opposite wall two this rainforest mural leads into the mangrove swamp area.
 
The Frogs
Here are the frogs that make an appearance in these rainforest murals.
 
Red dart frog on vine in jungle mural
Red-eyed tree frog in rainforest mural
Lehmann's poison frog (Dendrobates lehmanni).
Red-eyed tree frog (Apalychnis callidryas).

Blue poison dart from in jungle mural
Yellow poison dart frog in rainforest mural
Blue poison frog (Dendrobates Azureus).
Yellow-headed poison frog (Dendrobates leucomelas).
   
The Victorian Dive Bell
 
Relating to the new attraction, (The Victorian Dive Bell) this mural serves the purpose of leading from the rainforest area to the African mangrove swamp area whilst giving the visitor a taster of what is to come with the interactive submergable craft.
 
Rainforest murals with frogs and dive bell
With the rainforest murals on each side the roots and vines give a sense of distance to the swamp mural.
 
Mural aroung frog tanks
This darkened passageway comes to life with the use of jungle vine murals.
 
Dive bell swamp mural
The victorian dive bell, a close up of the submerged vessel.
 
Jungle swamp mural
Looking through the roots and vines into the jungle swamp.
 
tree roots mural
The roots leading out into the swamp really give this mural a sense of depth.
 
rainforest and tree root painting
The filtered lights add to the atmosphere of this swamp mural.
 
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