Public Art
This 14' x 95' mural is located at David M. Cox Elementary in Henderson, NV.
Okra and the Poppies, 2016, Acrylic on Board, 48 x 96
This mock was submitted in response to a request by Georgetown, Texas. They wanted a mural that would explain the history behind Henry “Okra” Compton and how he was responsible for Georgetown being nicknamed the poppy capital of Texas. The short story is, as a boy he planted fields of okra, thus earning his nickname. And as a soldier returning from World War 1 he brought poppy seeds from France and planted them all around Georgetown earning the town its nickname.
The project was postponed so I never knew if I was selected to do the work, or someone else. I have grown very fond of the painting, however.
Okra and the Poppies was selected for the 2017 Art Pop program in Las Vegas.
Park City, UT has a wild west historic past rich in native american culture, mining, development, and tourism. This mock is for an RFP for art that would be placed in the entrance to their new library. Part of the building was a historic renovation. Their plan was to use a band of decorative metal around both the new and old buildings to combine them and represent the city’s historic mining past.
My proposal was to create poster sized full color paintings on “blueprint” paper of minimalistic, iconic images that represented the different historical periods of Park City. The paintings, done on paper, would include areas of silver leafing to match the exterior of the building. Sketched are three of about 9 images which are wild bison, mining for silver ore, and three historic buildings. Other images would include the Sundance film festival and the winter olympics.
The painted paper would have been framed between floating plexiglass and measure about 4′ in height and 30′ in length.
For a while I was involved in the Spark park committee at the school that my children attend. During that time I created this maquette for an outdoor classroom and public music space. The sides of the open ceiling building would have included a stained glass window, designed by a student and executed by a local artist, and a weather proof display case for student and resident art.
This mock for an RFP out of Salt Lake Community College College of Business, Salt Lake City, UT was a mural depicting the history of capitalism in the United States. I sketched images that represented capitalism through invention, revolution, innovation, and consumer culture.
The completed mural would have been approximately 12′ x 30′.
This mock was for an RFP out of Park City, UT for their ice arena. I wanted to show the direct interaction that the respective athletes have with the ice.
Each image was to be printed on large vinyl banners and hung on the interior arena walls.
