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Originally from South Africa, Lucia is a New Zealand-based mural artist and visual storyteller whose vibrant artworks celebrate the unique stories, cultures, and communities they represent. Since moving to New Zealand in 2017, she has created large-scale murals for schools, public spaces, and community organisations, drawing inspiration from nature and the people she works alongside. Combining acrylics, spray paint, and digital illustration, Lucia collaborates closely with clients to create meaningful artworks that bring colour, connection, and a strong sense of place to every environment. 

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Before European settlement, the Scott Point area, known as Onekiritea, was an important place for Te Kawerau ā Maki. Te Kawerau ā Maki trace their ancestry to the Tainui waka and are named after their ancestor Maki, who settled the northern Auckland region in the early 1600s. Onekiritea was covered in towering kauri and pūriri forests and provided abundant food through fishing, shellfish gathering, birdlife, and kūmara cultivation. The area's distinctive clay soil gave Onekiritea its name and was valued as both a natural pigment and a soap. Today, these stories help us understand the deep cultural and historical connection Māori have with this landscape.

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Hobsonville is named after New Zealand's first Governor, William Hobson, who landed here in 1840 and briefly considered the area as the site for the country's capital. After the Treaty of Waitangi, the Crown purchased Onekiritea in 1853, and the land was subdivided for European settlement. In 1854, Rice Owen Clark recognised the value of the area's rich clay and established Clark's Brickworks. From the 1860s to the 1920s, Hobsonville became the centre of Auckland's clay industry, producing bricks, pipes, pottery, and household goods that helped build the growing city. As local clay supplies declined, the brickworks closed in 1929, ending an industry that played a significant role in the area's development.

After the brickworks closed in 1929, Scott Point returned to its rural roots. For much of the 20th century, the area was known for farming, growing grass seed and oats, and later supporting pasture and market gardens. The landscape remained largely open farmland for many decades. In the early 2000s, Hobsonville and Scott Point began a period of rapid urban growth as new neighbourhoods, parks, and community facilities were developed. Scott Point changed from rural farmland to a thriving suburb within just a decade. Scott Point School opened in 2021; today, the school stands at the heart of a growing community, honouring the area's rich cultural, natural, and historical heritage while looking to the future.