Dennis Lattimer (1946 - 2025) was a New Zealand mural artist and illustrator. Active during the 1990s through to the mid-2010s, he completed more than 30 permanent outdoor murals, most notably the series that gave the Taranaki town of Ōpunake its reputation as "Mural Town of the West". Career. Lattimer trained as a commercial signwriter before turning to large-scale mural work in the late 1990s. The Paihia project and the Ōpunake pharmacy mural jointly earned him the Resene "Mural Masterpieces" national award for best community mural in 2012.