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Martin O'Neill / Binske Luxury Murals

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Martin O'Neill was commissioned to create four large scale collaged murals for installation in Binske's new Luxury Cannabis store in Colorado USA. The illustrations are being used in store and on a range of luxury products and edibles.

The collages were created from hundreds of vintage etchings & watercolor reproductions from the archives of natural history, zoological and botanical worlds.

They were themed to coincide with the stores four elements that run through their products ranges Fire, Water, Wind and Earth. The collages also tied in key organic botanical ingredients in their products.

To view more of Martin's beautiful hand cut collages - click here

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