This wonderful and popular mural is at the corner of Calvert and Connecticut, near the Woodley Park Metro station. Commissioned in 1981 by Roi Barnard of Salon Roi, and painted by John Bailey. There is or was a bronze plaque installed at 2604 Connecticut Avenue naming the artist, but I did not see it. ItContinueContinue reading “Marilyn Monroe Mural, Washington D.C.”
Author Archives: Stephan Giannini
Laser mural
Here is something that is wall art with a twist. It is a laser projection that activates when someone stands in the proper position ( and disappears once you leave). This was in London a couple years ago.
Watermelon Mural
I was out on my bicycle looking for a place to paint when I spotted this wonderful humorous mural near Logan Circle in Washington D.C. I think 14th and Corcoran are the cross streets or nearby.
Old War Department Restoration Continues
I am in Washington,D.C. for most of the first five months of 2009 working with Page Conservation on a restoration of an Executive branch office building that formerly housed the War Department. I am working very near the White House. The building was extensively decorated but unfortunately was over-painted in the late 1940’s. In theContinueContinue reading “Old War Department Restoration Continues”
Working on 18th Century Wallpaper restoration in Washington, D.C.
Here is a look at what I am doing this week in Washington DC. This is an 18th century wallpaper made with woodblock prints . It would have been manufactured by a company like Joseph Dufour et Cie. I’m working with Page Conservation who have mounted the wallpaper on panels and I am very carefullyContinueContinue reading “Working on 18th Century Wallpaper restoration in Washington, D.C.”
In October I will be exhibiting at the Around the Coyote Arts Festival In Chicago…
I was selected as a Curators Choice which is a nice honor and should get me a little more attention. The venue is just west of Chicago’s Loop at: Plumbers Hall, 1340 W. Washington Blvd. Festival Hours: 2008 Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival: October 17-19, 2008 Friday, October 17 from 6pm- 10pm: Opening NightContinueContinue reading “In October I will be exhibiting at the Around the Coyote Arts Festival In Chicago…”
Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition
Oct. 2008 I will have a painting in the Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition to be held at Richland Fine Art in Nashville, Tennessee, October 17 through November 15, 2008.
Oak Park Mural project disappears
Bad news came through this week. Apparently due to a budget shortfall in the Village of Oak Park, it looks like my planned mural project will probably not materialize (or at least be significantly delayed). I originally understood this was a sure thing and the money was budgeted already. But because of a lower taxContinueContinue reading “Oak Park Mural project disappears”
Denver Restoration
This month I am in Denver working on a Mural restoration At the Byron White Federal courthouse in downtown Denver. Herman T. Schladermundt was he original Muralist, and he painted the 4 murals about 1918. Unfortunately a “restoration was done in the 1960’s during which an artist painted garish colors on top of the originalContinueContinue reading “Denver Restoration”
