Muralicious

Here’s a photo-log of Day One painting the Half St mural:

Bicycle is packed up with mural paintings supplies (which made for a rather wobbly ride to the mural site).


Mixing paints.


The beginnings are coming through. Caren is helping me!


Some details are charcoaled in.


Crowds passing by on their way to the baseball game.


pots of bright colors.


Here’s where we stopped for the day. Just a few more details to put in yet…

Mural Scouting: Southwest DC

I glimpsed this swirling sun and tall sprouting sunflower scene while I was over in SW DC yesterday. The designs are painted upon the façade of a school on M St and Delaware Ave. (I believe this is Bowen Elementary School). What I love is the bright color, strong graphics, and empowering words without descending too much into cheesiness. This kind of public art extends respect for kids by giving them art for their world. Who knows… this art may garner subconscious attention that could make differences we will never be able to measure. What I can see just simply as a passerby is the visual flourish it adds to the neighborhood’s identity and charm – taking a tall brick building and awakening it with fresh colors. Which is a cool thing.

Spent several days in Baltimore working a conference. Some scenes and sketches:





sitting in the lobby, sketching the bar folk.




eating candy and doodling.




beautiful public art at the Inner




the bain of my past few days.




pretty sight.




conference attendees.




sun is setting bright pink outside the windows of Baltimore’s Penn Station.