oh, philadelphia.
so the first trip to jesse's house to see the location where i'll be painting was a success...although i'm not sure how it could have been a failure. anyway, i took some pictures of the space, it's a dynamic staircase, and very tall. i'll most likely be concentrating on one wall, and have the mural extend into fragments on the adjacent walls and most likely the ceiling.
this is the main wall that will contain most of the mural. as you can see, it's very tall, and it will certainly be a challenge physically working in the space. the track lighting jesse installed is very movable and removable, which is great so that we can get to spaces when need be, and when it's all done it can be lit properly. since it was originally a commissioned mural, jesse and i both agreed that it would be fair if he paid for all of the supplies and my gas money to get to-and-fro. so all of the expenses will be covered by him. talking to him more about the subject of the mural, he decided he wants an urban theme to go with the context it's in...an (and i have to add absolutely beautiful) apartment in philadelphia. he described other murals/wall decals that he had seen that interested him, mostly because of their point of view. the city scape idea would certainly be challenging in the space, as it calls for a much more vertical composition than horizontal. so i think it will be better to stick to more of a "zoomed" point of view and add an interesting perspective of an urban philly scene. as for the style of the mural, i suggested to him that i paint it in the style of my 12'x5' painting i did a couple years back, which looks like this:
this painting was a landscape of a valley and the sky, so i know i could easily translate the geometric nature of cities successfully into that style as well. and to keep the vertical composition i would certainly incorporate the sky, and hopefully have it "bleed" onto the adjacent walls and ceiling. jesse expressed concern about having it not look "placed" onto the wall...that he wants it to look like it's meant to be there and that it incorporates the entire space around it. so there you have it, the space and the (tentative) style of the mural-to-be.
so the first trip to jesse's house to see the location where i'll be painting was a success...although i'm not sure how it could have been a failure. anyway, i took some pictures of the space, it's a dynamic staircase, and very tall. i'll most likely be concentrating on one wall, and have the mural extend into fragments on the adjacent walls and most likely the ceiling.
this is the main wall that will contain most of the mural. as you can see, it's very tall, and it will certainly be a challenge physically working in the space. the track lighting jesse installed is very movable and removable, which is great so that we can get to spaces when need be, and when it's all done it can be lit properly. since it was originally a commissioned mural, jesse and i both agreed that it would be fair if he paid for all of the supplies and my gas money to get to-and-fro. so all of the expenses will be covered by him. talking to him more about the subject of the mural, he decided he wants an urban theme to go with the context it's in...an (and i have to add absolutely beautiful) apartment in philadelphia. he described other murals/wall decals that he had seen that interested him, mostly because of their point of view. the city scape idea would certainly be challenging in the space, as it calls for a much more vertical composition than horizontal. so i think it will be better to stick to more of a "zoomed" point of view and add an interesting perspective of an urban philly scene. as for the style of the mural, i suggested to him that i paint it in the style of my 12'x5' painting i did a couple years back, which looks like this:
this painting was a landscape of a valley and the sky, so i know i could easily translate the geometric nature of cities successfully into that style as well. and to keep the vertical composition i would certainly incorporate the sky, and hopefully have it "bleed" onto the adjacent walls and ceiling. jesse expressed concern about having it not look "placed" onto the wall...that he wants it to look like it's meant to be there and that it incorporates the entire space around it. so there you have it, the space and the (tentative) style of the mural-to-be.
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