GASSERS' GARAGE

GASSERS’ GARAGE This mural I just finished (2011) is on the side of a barn here in Prescott. It was inspired by this giant sign the client had gotten from her recently deceased brothers’ estate. His last name was Gasser, and he had it made to hang in this huge garage he had for all…

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DOODLINGS WITH HISPANIC FOLK ART (glow in the dark!)

So I’m working on some really different stuff lately.  It is inspired by a potential job coming up (hope, hope).  Here is a sample image, with more to come.  Whether I get the commission or not, I think I will play with this for a while…It’s good to stretch!  This piece is good too because…

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WHISKEY ROW MURALS (Prescott AZ)

You are gonna need to turn your head for this one. In the center of this first streetscape of Whiskey Row, since I needed the painting peopled-up, of course I put friends and relatives in it!  There are lots of  the staple characters of the Row, plus friends and family of the owner of the…

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Indian Motorcycle mural AND LOTS MORE!

James Dean ’53 Indian Chief MOTORCYCLE MURAL  (and LOTS more!) So the first 3 days of this mural were spent sketching!   LOTS AND LOTS OF LITTLE DETAILS that must be exact!  It’s an Indian Chief 1953 with James Dean sitting on it.   Now since JD’s Indian was a 500 and not a Chief,…

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"TILE WORK"

So the marks are put around the words “tile work” because this is 100% paint.  Not real tile.  Several years ago I worked in a set dept. that did all kinds of sets for plays, movies, events and industries.  The joke when i worked there was the bossman would hand us a piece of wood…

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AVEDA MURAL

AVEDA MURAL This mural is a relatively small mural, done in the massage/therapy room of the Prescott AZ Aveda salon.  I wasn’t going to do a “painting progression” on it, but I learned some cool stuff, so here goes: I had 3 problems dealing with the space and colors requested and subject matter.  This is…

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EUROPEAN COUNTRY MURAL

This European countryside mural was done out by Red Mountain in a beautiful castle-like stone home.  This is in the front room behind the most beautiful piano I’ve ever seen (or played!).

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LEARJET MURAL

LEARJET MURAL Look at the tiny light switch on the left to get an idea of the size of this mural.  This jet was photographed while it was on the ground from a high vantage point to get the angle, then superimposed with a few tricks for realism, over some clouds I photographed on a…

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WHAT 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…

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