Manchester Arts Mural at the Historic Lyceum

Located just off 141 on Manchester Road in Saint Louis, the historic Lyceum building has lived many lives: a tin shop, general store, hardware store, dance hall, post office, movie theater, ice cream parlor, roller rink, City Hall... and now, the new home of the Manchester Arts program! To commemorate the many past lives of this historic building, I designed a bold, lively mural to act as a backdrop for all the wonderful art that will be created within its walls.

Allianz On-Site Mural for NAPA 401k Summit in Nashville, TN

Over the course of 15+ hours, we translated goals from Post-It notes to artwork, and integrated them into our mural on-site. Attendees returned to the Allianz booth several times to check where their goal had appeared on the mural and to peek at the progress being made throughout both Exhibit Hall days of the conference. The mural was a great point of engagement not just for us as artists, but for the booth reps to make connections with attendees, capturing leads and offering services.

let them eat art

For my art demonstration this year, I decided to do quick portraits (for free!) for whomever wanted one. I ended up doing 30 portraits (about 36-38 faces) in a span of 3 hours! I was confident I’d be able to do it but I had no idea how well it would be received. It was wonderful getting to know the people sitting across from me, learning their names and a little bit about themselves while I studied their face(s).

write_on 2020: love in the time of corona

How fortunate that this bizarre time of self isolation would coincide with National Lettering Writing Month! For the past few years, I’ve been participating in a letterwriting campaign called #write_on. Each day in April, you write a letter. It’s that simple. Make the envelopes as fancy or as simple as you’d like. I prefer to go all-out.

how to paint your first mural (or, at least, how I did it)

Painting a mural… where to start? I work on a pretty small scale - both digitally and traditionally - and my painting experience has been limited to a canvas. Nonetheless, it was an itch I needed to scratch. I saw two options: I could tell clients I was offering this service, make up a pricing structure, have a client sign a contract, and hope for the best… or I could practice and make sure this was a service I could confidently offer.

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