The city of Wilkes-Barre has been great in helping me get this wall covered --- a spray gun makes a huge difference getting into all the nooks and crannies of this old brick wall - my arms are so thankful.... ! Thanks to Dave and Carl for helping me!!!!
The City of Wilkes-Barre has been great in helping prepare the wall and providing a scissor lift for the continuation of the mural on the Bell Furniture Wall. I started yesterday getting the major areas blocked out - Because the brick is so bumpy I'm going to explore using a spayer to get some of the big areas covered in paint. That will save my arms and hands as these murals prove to be rather physical. I love it though --- I love every single bit of the process - working with people, coming up with an idea, hearing the sound of the street, hearing the comments of the people, painting so big, working the scissor lift... going way up high and seeing from another perspective. In yoga there is an idea of standing on your head - to change your perspective plus to get fresh oxygenated blood to your head - I like it when these premises make sense in a practical way. So keep posted - i'll be showing the progession...........
Things are moving along on the First and Second Block of South Main Street in W-B! Dave Lewis is prepping the second section of the Bell Funiture Wall - Jim Bell asked to have his sign repainted which I did over the weekend and the city has asked me to paint murals on two recently boared up store fronts.The plaster has been taken down and will get primed to be a fresh 'canvas'Here I am repainting the Bell Furniture sign - on the scissor lift again!!And here is the repainted sign - what a difference!!!!
It's a Scranton week! Thursday from 9-12 there is a great event happening at the Lackawanna Trolley Museum.... " A presentation will be made by ArtsQuest, a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the arts and culture in and around greater Lehigh Valley, PA. ArtsQuest operates the Banana Factory Arts Center, and presents Musikfest, and is planning for an even brighter future with the SteelStacks community project. For more information on ArtsQuest please visit www.artsquest.org. There will also be an exhibit by many of our talented local artists" (this is where I come in : )) After that some talented students come to my studio for private lessons and then to a dinner and opening at the Everhart museum to see Day of the Dead with Ken Marquis and Trish - yahoo!
This weekend I hung out with my 14 year old niece and we baked a real bonafide apple pie - the crust and all ... plus some healthy oat bread for good measure ( no pun intended... ) ---- here she is before we consumed........
Saturday night was a great experience viewing 50 rooftop murals from 45th to 63 streets along the Market Street corridor in Philadephia via the "L" subway line. The murals collectively express a love letter from a guy to a girl, from an artist to his hometown, and from local residents to their West Philadelphia neighborhood. Once again the arts bring a city together on so many levels - a dreary, monotonous train ride turned into a glimpse of glimmers : )
Detailed view of above paintingJen from Balance Yoga commissioned me to do a wedding anniversary present for her husband Ed to celebrate Year Two!She gave me some specifics in terms of the kids names - important dates - but really left the rest up to me! So here it is -
