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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE-Grand Canyon National Park, South Rim
Julie was selected by the Grand Canyon Association to be their first South Rim Artist in Residence, a program that had been going on for several years on the North rim and other National Parks, but only recently started on the South. She selected as the sight of her mural the Shrine of the…
Read MoreWHAT ARE WE MISSING?
Metro Station, Washington D.C., on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. two thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After three minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed…
Read MoreANTI-HOA PLANT MURALS!
l This first mural was one I did on my own house. My daughter and I were out digging up the latest crop of burned plants we had attempted to plant in hellish Phoenix. Sweet Katie said in her cute little voice, “you know Mommy, we can’t grow them, but we CAN paint them!”…an idea…
Read MoreGRAND CANYON BIGHORN
This big guy was part of the booty I gathered on my photo safari while an Artist in Residence at the Grand Canyon Nat’l Park. One day I took a day off from painting my mural at the Shrine of the Ages and took my camera, car and roomate and just photographed all we saw!…
Read MoreKOLB STUDIO, WELL FRAMED
Kolb Studio is located at the top of the Bright Angel Trail at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. It was sold and is in the permanent collection of the Grand Canyon Association. (see below painting for more of the story!) The idea for the title of this painting came from one of the…
Read MoreMESA CENTENNIAL HALL DIORAMA
THIS IS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MURAL. Scroll down for the right side. There were also other elements of the mural on the side walls and such. Someday, I’ll figure out how to just post a movie of the murals I do so you can see the whole thing at once! Till then….here’s some…
Read MoreThe DOLLY STEAMBOAT at CANYON LAKE murals
This is the finished (but not in the water yet) Dolly Steamboat with my murals at Canyon Lake in…well it’s out beyond Apache Junction, Arizona. This was done in One Shot Lettering Enamel, a paint I usually only use for lettering. The paint needed to be super stout. Good enough to maintain it’s color and…
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