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Movable Murals : These pieces illustrate a new method that enables me to offer my clients murals and large artwork that can easily move with them. As an artist I very much enjoy creating large pieces. Unfortunately, this can be problematic because of the cost of materials and the difficulty of moving large pieces from my studio to a client, a gallery, or a new studio. While I was attempting to come up with a solution to this problem, I found that I had an overwhelming desire to literally change the shape of my work. I wanted to get away from the traditional idea of rectangular artwork. At the same time, I was fascinated by the idea of windows and having the ability to create murals for my rental. I solved all of these problems by creating movable murals and wall hangings. Movable murals are painted directly on canvas, which is attached to the wall with staples. This format makes it easy to install and remove the artwork. Because they are installed with staples, it is easy to patch the holes in the drywall when the piece is removed. Furthermore, these pieces can easily be rolled up and transported. These new formats allowed me to work with the pushing traditional borders in my work as well as easily altering the shape of my work. This new method of working also enables me to offer my clients murals and large artwork that can easily move with them. Better yet, these pieces can be created without the scheduling hassle that on-site wall murals require.

Movable Murals

These pieces illustrate a new method that enables me to offer my clients murals and large artwork that can easily move with them. As an artist I very much enjoy creating large pieces. Unfortunately, this can be problematic because of the cost of materials and the difficulty of moving large pieces from my studio to a client, a gallery, or ...

Updated: Mar 15, 2007 5:56pm PST

Commissioned Wall Hangings : As an artist I very much enjoy creating large pieces. Unfortunately, this can be problematic because of the cost of materials and the difficulty of moving large pieces from my studio to a client, a gallery, or a new studio. One of my solution to this problem was to create wall hangings. The featured wall hanging, Far Off Travels was created on sewn canvas. This piece is hung from two bamboo rods, at the top and bottom of the piece. This style of hanging work was inspired by a number of Japanese scrolls and screens that I saw at the Walter's Art Gallery. To make the process of working on my large scale work easy to follow, I have included some of the photographs that I used to create the featured piece.

Commissioned Wall Hangings

As an artist I very much enjoy creating large pieces. Unfortunately, this can be problematic because of the cost of materials and the difficulty of moving large pieces from my studio to a client, a gallery, or a new studio. One of my solution to this problem was to create wall hangings. The featured wall hanging, Far Off Travels was crea ...

Updated: Mar 15, 2007 6:00pm PST

Traditional Wall Murals : "Mountain View" was my first attempt at a traditional wall mural. My previous murals were painted on large pieces of canvas that attached to the wall, allowing the owners of the artwork to move their murals as they moved from home to home. Completing this commissioned work presented a series of challenges. While creating this piece, I learned not only about the properties of dry wall and how it reacts to acrylic paint, but also about creating large, time-intensive paintings on location. In fact, this is my largest work to date measuring 8' by 9'. The subject matter for the piece was adapted from a photo I had taken of the Catoctin Mountains in Thurmont, Maryland. Changes made to the subject were done at the client's request. Due to the confines of the room, I have been unable to capture the whole mural with one photo. Instead, this collection contains a number of images ordered in an attempt to give the viewer the chance to see the entire piece.

Traditional Wall Murals

"Mountain View" was my first attempt at a traditional wall mural. My previous murals were painted on large pieces of canvas that attached to the wall, allowing the owners of the artwork to move their murals as they moved from home to home. Completing this commissioned work presented a series of challenges. While creating this piece, I le ...

Updated: Mar 15, 2007 5:49pm PST

Wall Hangings : When I began this series I was still interested in changing the shape of my work and getting away from the traditional idea of rectangular artwork. At the same time, I was fascinated by the idea of windows, bring the outdoors in, and creating pieces that would be personal meditative devices for my viewers, no matter what environment they inhabited. In part this format was essential to my work because it gave me the freedom to shape my work and push the borders of stretched canvas. I was able to branch out of the frame and move my pieces beyond the conventional. However, it was the spiritual connection I felt to the Japanese scrolls and screens on display at the Walters Art Museum that sparked my desire to create a series of wall hangings. Just the simple act of removing these pieces from a frame made them feel precious, special, and almost sacred. Presenting my pieces in this handmade manner helps to deepen the meditative aspect of the work. It brings my art out of the realm of the factory-made canvases and frames, taking away the machine-made perfection that is expected from such presentation. This helps viewer form a personal connection to the subject, and hopefully to nature itself. These pieces are subjects I discovered on meditative walks in the Catoctin Mountains, a place I hiked often as both a child and an adult. Each place that I have chosen to paint stirred something in my soul and made me stop to take in its beauty. My hope is to inspire the viewer to feel the same reverence I felt while looking at the scrolls in the museum's collection and at the inspiring landscape. I believe that creating these connections is essential in a culture where economic forces threaten our planet and in a society that grows further and further from nature with every generation.

Wall Hangings

When I began this series I was still interested in changing the shape of my work and getting away from the traditional idea of rectangular artwork. At the same time, I was fascinated by the idea of windows, bring the outdoors in, and creating pieces that would be personal meditative devices for my viewers, no matter what environment they ...

Updated: Nov 05, 2007 4:36pm PST

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