During my painting trip through the otherwise very pleasant country of Laos, one unhappy but important thing I learned about was the amount of UXO (or unexploded ordnance) and the de-mining activities. Although Laos was neutral during the Vietnam War and the United States never officially declared war upon it, US forces dropped over two millionContinue reading "Landmines in Laos"
My Asian Painting Equipment
Here is what I took with me to Asia to paint with. I have an 11 x 14 OpenBox M panel holder. This is the core piece of equipment and I highly recommend this product. I have had this box for 7 or 8 years and it still works great. I had it refurbished byContinue reading "My Asian Painting Equipment"
Tribute to Adrian Booth / Lorna Gray installed in Grand Rapids for Art-Prize Event
I have painted a tribute image of actress Adrian Booth as part of the Artprize event. Mrs. Adrian Booth Brian was born Virginia Pound in Grand Rapids in 1917. The image, an approximately 16 ft. high painting on wood panels was mounted outside “the B.O.B.” nightclub on Fuller at Monroe. It is visible from theContinue reading "Tribute to Adrian Booth / Lorna Gray installed in Grand Rapids for Art-Prize Event"
My Chicago Ave. Green Transportation Mural
This is a mural I painted this summer (2009) in Chicago, Il. The theme is alternative transportation. Done under the auspices of the Westtown Chamber of Commerce.One block west of Halsted on Chicago Ave. About five weeks of really hard work.
Exploring Philadelphia’s Vibrant Mural Arts
A short article about a trip to see the excellent mural art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,
Westown Mural Commision
Recently I was informed that I have been awarded a commission to do a mural in the Westown neighborhood of Chicago. They were looking for street scenes from their area to be painted underneath a Union-Pacific train bridge just west Chicago and Halstead. My theme is a "Utopian vision of an alternative future" where theContinue reading "Westown Mural Commision"
Even More Washington,D.C. Mural Conservation
As my friends know I have been spending a lot of time in the last two years working in Washington, DC on some mural conservations working with an Conservator/artist team to conserve some circa 1880's decorative murals in an executive branch office building near the White House. With Page Conservation. About the 1940's the decorationsContinue reading "Even More Washington,D.C. Mural Conservation"
Art Prize. Wow! Grand Rapids is strutting out!
ArtPrize, created by Rick DeVos, a grandson of both the cofounder of Amway and the founder of the Prince Corp is apparently establishing a kind of huge scale people's choice competition in Grand Rapds, MI. A few years ago I helped paint a Richard Haas designed Mural there and am thinking about creating another publicContinue reading "Art Prize. Wow! Grand Rapids is strutting out!"
More Washington, DC murals
Here is another apparently old mural on 14th street near "U". I can't quite make out what it is supposed to say , perhaps "mothers love"? Maybe it is an old sign. It is peeling quite badly. Also about 50 ft. away I found a beautiful poster applied to a door. Any information about eitherContinue reading "More Washington, DC murals"
Painted Journals 