Dundee Library Mural

This Autumn I will be executing four large murals in the cavernous library of Dundee Elementary. I just got the final go-ahead today and I'm very excited about it all. There will be plenty of work (I'm anticipating to be in the library every day for the next three months), but it will be fun and should look good when I leave. It will also be seen by hundreds of kids every day for a long long time.

These are the elevation views of the mural. The detailed drawings will follow soon.

Oratorio in Retrospect

This past weekend "The Blizzard Voices" oratorio was performed twice. For me, it marked a number of firsts, which was pretty exciting. I'd never been involved with a theatrical production like that, never gotten to take a bow on stage (even though I felt a little out of place, but honored), never collaborated with people I knew (and thought famous) that went well.

I think it went well. The Holland center was full. I liked it...although in no small part because I was so familiar with it and the parts that were totally out of my control (music, singers, etc) sounded much better than I had been thinking they would.

I got a lot of press out of the deal, a nice mention in all the articles about the production. My picture with Ted Kooser in a couple of papers. Lots of reproductions of the drawings. nice nice nice.

I'm sometimes worried about praise, tho, because I don't think people would actually tell me if they hated it or thought my part of it sucked.

But even with that grain of doubt, I had a great time. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. The opera folks were a pleasure to deal with and often had very good input on what I was coming up with.

Dewey Park mural proposal

This is a proposal for a mural on the side of a handball court in Dewey Park. If executed, it would be 20'x40'.