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This all made it ready for its presentation to the public! The truck debuted at Endeavor's First Friday in June, its first public appearance as a functional mobile studio. From there it visited RVA Makers, Build RVA's, Crossroads Art Center, 50 Mile Fest at Gallery 5, Väsen Brewing Co, Studio 23, Peace Love Yoga Fest DC, and Good Day RVA Fest at Hardywood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1518195744127-DUO5V6PQH3S9KDFCQ7BY/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Baby's Second Birthday! And then we were off - the first road trip! The big one! Many firsts happened here, and of course, the Big Breakdown. A mere 2.5 hours from our destination in Burlington, VT, the right rear wheel started working its way off of the axle, resulting in a disfigured axle and a long, long wait in a mechanic's shop far from home. https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/hurry-up-and-wait-our-return-to-glens-falls monthly 0.5 2017-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1502299665376-MBBTPDHNKSX6Y73VOZSI/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington -> Glens Falls -> HOME!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1502299786289-A2O65OHECJR492AK2T4W/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington -> Glens Falls -> HOME!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1502299935122-PTVJC4KTEOG9R1B2TCY0/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington -> Glens Falls -> HOME!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1502300035450-0A7I0BBOYQXPPZ7YIIEI/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington -> Glens Falls -> HOME!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1502319335319-IV3NF2BGNG1LSAY1B6ON/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington -> Glens Falls -> HOME!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1502417537719-2RXMO2GMIZB257IFDBYA/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington -> Glens Falls -> HOME!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1502319540943-XOP1EJUW0U483QOD8VB6/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington -> Glens Falls -> HOME!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1502316789171-YU2OTW4YI5VTE0O3NT2R/Screen+Shot+2017-08-09+at+6.12.41+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington -> Glens Falls -> HOME!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1502301099430-DTKP37AJDRCYNZ1M5K2O/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington -> Glens Falls -> HOME!! Handoff at moonrise to Glens Falls, full of trepidation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1502302775530-VR4CYBBL9IRZKT9923RN/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington -> Glens Falls -> HOME!! Trepidation affirmed. No thank YOU, Adirondack Truck Repair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1502302058926-JFFKCS1ZOGGXLQWEXRY4/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington -> Glens Falls -> HOME!! Time to get me HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1502302551896-Z0FMD3D8902HRCQ96VTC/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington -> Glens Falls -> HOME!! https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/burlington-at-last monthly 0.5 2017-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501524681518-LPONMG5R7UASBPVLC8FN/Screen+Shot+2017-07-31+at+2.11.02+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! - To recap, we broke down about 2 hrs from our final destination. So close, so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501525660215-0F85XVQTNAVYFRHUIGB6/0722172318_HDR.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! - So Tow-Truck Guy (Jeff? Phil? George?) brought us to the heavy truck repair place. We rolled up at about midnight and settled in for the evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501525452235-DCVD0NT9R4W7C4XLB0QH/0723172235.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! - We did indeed sleep in the truck (twice!) It was plenty comfy, a little tight, and plenty private in the truck yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501523612613-9KGO50ZLHGIS2SLM2RO2/0726170806.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! - Poor baby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501526906661-9S718FD4CRFR46HUZ6MQ/IMG_8206.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! - Waiting for a new rear end https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501523612676-O2ZCO50BIICCCUJ7OYSU/0726170807_HDR.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! - "New" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501527350380-CXIGG0TMILTQDKJQZ5MF/IMG_8171.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501527086226-YOO0PBVCENIF1AP9EK28/IMG_8174.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501527057351-6C096ZHHFXSE743WMTKR/0725171204.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! 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- Many lovely folks came to see the "before", learn about what we are doing, and ask where was this truck they'd heard about... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501530361698-V7UJPPPHWMEVCMWP9TCJ/Screen+Shot+2017-07-31+at+1.57.54+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501530908323-723ACLZQY1R7CA3WH2P8/IMG_8226.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501530843159-G2K8XJFAHT9ZTGKIP2QT/0728171115b_HDR.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501530913603-K43040OKTR0EVTULV2SP/IMG_8241.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501530965759-8QNGJIAR2UZZGLSWE4SZ/0728171922.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1501530958496-ZX2EGY0I8YBBW73YBL8D/0728171922c.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Burlington, at last! 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By the end he was all about it, and offered us sandwiches and drinks <3  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500840935134-PAO4ICZKIA88Z5EJGQOI/0718171348.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Philly -> Brooklyn -> Breakdowntown - This is my friend Mary, twice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500840501590-B7WJT9QJGTNLZFTLLNAW/0718171348a.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Philly -> Brooklyn -> Breakdowntown - time 2 go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500841004097-U3S3R1KRSHY6DGG6COPO/0718171649.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Philly -> Brooklyn -> Breakdowntown - sweating through our souls on the way into NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500841034251-9B1GPK7Z6F8JD5HACV9E/0718171953b.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Philly -> Brooklyn -> Breakdowntown - We finally get off the highway into Brooklyn, and see these guys right next to us on the street corner! www.survibe.es shows their journey! Parallel universe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500842881350-0BKISABESMP1FR2PDRKN/IMG_8023.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Philly -> Brooklyn -> Breakdowntown - I met them very briefly in Richmond a week before, and they are wrapping up their last mural in the US before returning to Spain. Road Trip Magic!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500841790764-TG1SN7CTV8S0BZEWM5QO/0719170957_HDR+%281%29.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Philly -> Brooklyn -> Breakdowntown - Not only that, but the owner of the Karate studio has another wall available...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500841792372-1L4BU8TUWBVZBTYQ7F86/0719171256_HDR.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Philly -> Brooklyn -> Breakdowntown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500841863644-RN3AIJTAMJRPKUMCBPOY/0720171352_HDR.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Philly -> Brooklyn -> Breakdowntown - These are all students of this studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500841974668-0WNTW8HB3PVBQIO8NZ79/IMG952887.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Philly -> Brooklyn -> Breakdowntown - Also, we made a tiny friend, who requested we make a small addition to the mural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500841974663-DZ49XSLYOFE1NNGDLHVA/IMG952880.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Philly -> Brooklyn -> Breakdowntown - And we requested that she make a small addition to the truck! 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Sarah's nightmare bridge. That 40mph minimum is a tall order. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500306116204-Z34J0JSL3QS9HVC5TUET/0715171846a_HDR.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - RVA -> DC -> Berryville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500306141789-JCIDKX10ESA29HQD81RC/0715172145.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - RVA -> DC -> Berryville - Landed in DC Smack in the middle of a mural grand-reveal party! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500306139386-UN1IBGAUKDH6ENUQDKJE/0715172147a.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - RVA -> DC -> Berryville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500306140430-87PPLQSQCHT6AWAZQYF6/0715172149a.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - RVA -> DC -> Berryville they had a chandelier hanging from a cherry-picker and i loved it a lot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500306146084-YIT9EK2GEDVRQBFR6QYR/0715172205.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - RVA -> DC -> Berryville they also painted on the ground and it was very pretty in the shadows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500306146549-XRTAA3BVDC3RLGTEJY37/0716171637b_HDR.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - RVA -> DC -> Berryville - Berryville, to paint a tiny house! The first mural of the trip! It's in a tiny house that belongs to my friend Heather, and is being built by Robin of Build Tiny, both wonderful amazing humans. The house will be parked in DC once its finished, and have these lovely ladies ensconced inside. They are DC residents who Heather picked out as movers and shakers Painting in a tiny house is a huge thrill for me- they are the inspiration for the mobile studio, and represent conscious living and personal empowerment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500306148547-9OQ0GV8UACNAXGR16UL5/0716171647.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - RVA -> DC -> Berryville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500306147830-H41UPZ0DSNFKKY4M1PEP/0716171648.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - RVA -> DC -> Berryville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500306151077-VAUZ9JNOQWOZ4IUJYMYX/0716171657b.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - RVA -> DC -> Berryville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500306152280-EIMWUIPFSV67R2U9NJCT/0716171826.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - RVA -> DC -> Berryville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1500306490790-UCZVWZEZ2AT8JHF56YDD/0716171948.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - RVA -> DC -> Berryville Quick! 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(Originally I saw this on fb, then re-found it on this blog.) By Holly VanSchaick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1499095032040-02HC7DFTFFCP52INP5RM/Screen+Shot+2017-07-03+at+11.16.39+AM.png MOBILE STUDIO - ✨ Truck / ⚡️ / Girls✨ - Girls With Hair My compulsive collection of the over-popular tendency of artists to use women as neutral subjects. Roughly, what-not-to-do. 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(old picture, shh) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497889546979-3GNHJ3BYWUX1ZU0F59SC/IMG_1902.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Scout's Honor The Stereo, ugh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497625656550-GAQDDVW3NX9L17TWP1I7/IMG_1854.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Scout's Honor - Old battery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497625664965-K4402LMBFH5HGEK2R5HP/IMG_1856.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Scout's Honor - sheisty front post connection also bullet hole in the corner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497625702916-U3KJRQYGCV72ZD9GAG0T/IMG_1857.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Scout's Honor - Old "terminal," new terminal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497627448527-M2K7ZSPSPKWISCA6O1PL/IMG_0081.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Scout's Honor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497627448571-N6T54J8TVU01B9PWG0II/IMG_0082.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Scout's Honor https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/update monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497300618101-HNN2VRXM37J9U64SAVTD/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497302176589-7YDOUX9255SFG25P464T/IMG_1474.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497302204592-QZJ7LKK2BWPQ1KTET7J6/IMG_1487.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497302222631-PODNZWYKR7JWKVFLLN6B/IMG_1479.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497302315647-BS4D2CKNQNJRTH8SUKKN/IMG_1563.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497302315646-NQFE2JP1Z0S3N56SL45D/IMG_1566.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497302328005-NG6GTLOS83BH9F1LUSS1/IMG_1568.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497302325221-SIQNDJ6ZV1OZ0GJKWT15/IMG_1570.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497302338491-7SJL3ZTDUV6RPJL89AGX/IMG_1571.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497302339879-7685HCC17G323H6XCIEQ/IMG_1551.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497302416153-R8RHOE15YLPX6RJ155C8/IMG_1746.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497302413152-LZQ6CL0C481P2WDVSAVV/IMG_1747.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497302454741-VXBBO3RRTDGJX0CLAQQP/IMG_1740.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497303453268-VOCSE8CQU5G0M1YAN5K5/IMG_1463.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! What a cutie! Just gotta sacrifice his big brother over there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497303393842-01MGAGPT0R2QX1G6TX8S/IMG_1576.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! Shaping the perfect opening for the bowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497303385141-03OAIGA01F7EZTLKGGQK/IMG_1574.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! My job was to watch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497303357405-3QIUOIQV86FYOTVX3CO4/IMG_1580.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! So smooth! So clean! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497303342975-ZD75G3478CJWV3ZSQZ4C/IMG_1591.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! My best picture of the whole assembly at the moment - trust me, it looks GREAT in place in the truck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497303506881-1K4EV23F05DBG1636SF5/IMG_1603.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! Bonus junky picture of all my pens/markers/etc lined up behind the desk! And my batteries powering a light for some nighttime obsessive organization of pens/markers/etc! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497308538876-K2GLBG471DG70WQ2YG1Q/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Updates Updates Updates! https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/girl-gathering-initiate monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/pop-ups-in-richmond monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1495128789814-QCNO4AWLXBML7OPZA7VJ/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - POP-UPS IN RICHMOND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1495129463109-R6XIRHU8KMQSVBDTRS4R/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - POP-UPS IN RICHMOND https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/debutante-first-friday monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494647590683-1WR75GTP5P8EM4QEEHQ5/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Debutante First Friday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494538780170-RS4I0LS14DZHFKOPYA4N/18278948_10212247206557374_3486293902063905603_o.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Debutante First Friday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494538908159-921NEU1M0C7SBDCSJC5K/IMG_1319.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Debutante First Friday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494538928925-DP8RSKZNEDYJ8ZGPI4R7/18221840_10212247247438396_3415585130283895010_n.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Debutante First Friday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494539054751-WAF4VJQSLVY1MVOCQIG9/18319074_10212247251958509_5699684769871855664_o.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Debutante First Friday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494539054614-4IXEGO39W6EQYYNL8HJ5/18275232_10212247228237916_5960689498017407675_n.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Debutante First Friday https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/sun-power-a-desk-and-the-great-beyond monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494272516437-N28PLJXFCETW6MDEXCKL/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Sun Juice, State Inspection, and a Desk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494272537126-KTAMVXJF1JS6MUUNC9X0/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Sun Juice, State Inspection, and a Desk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494272874200-38ABPPI63EGR5TDCTHPK/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Sun Juice, State Inspection, and a Desk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494272959175-EQB3X3O1U3VT0CDFX8AT/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Sun Juice, State Inspection, and a Desk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494273333131-PKO544VSZ2VIRDVTL71Y/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Sun Juice, State Inspection, and a Desk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494273353186-AUP68L2ZTH6CXVG3EJAW/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Sun Juice, State Inspection, and a Desk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494275023360-B1TKL332J0LT3GTH4Y3B/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Sun Juice, State Inspection, and a Desk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494276116903-D2KPUC5DVG6HT7EW62JM/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Sun Juice, State Inspection, and a Desk I added a 4-inch drop tray behind the desk to hold jars of pencils or other miscellaneous little items that I don't want to put away before I have to drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494276128331-OHEKMM8MZTU4BVQN77PY/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Sun Juice, State Inspection, and a Desk Test-fit! The boards I bought are very coincidentally nearly the perfect length - all I had to do was shape the front edge and knock out a little bite for the lip of the paint cabinet back there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494275270623-2WWSV6T94NYZGPIILW8B/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Sun Juice, State Inspection, and a Desk I wanted to use the full depth of the board, but it really needed to slide back to the depth of the paint cabinet. Hopefully this flows well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494275282411-0N4CGVFXSSDXBG39K2XN/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Sun Juice, State Inspection, and a Desk Jeff-the-angel helped me cut the shape I decided on with a jigsaw, and then cleaned it up with a belt sander and palm sander. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494284302434-O88TRP7ABVGS1ESXUWXY/image-asset.gif MOBILE STUDIO - Sun Juice, State Inspection, and a Desk https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/sunshine-magic monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494265249690-UMW0R1IQMJF8N8I1BGAD/IMG_8509.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! Loading the panels up at IPS of VA. This is the part where they told me that scratching or damaging the white vinyl protecting the back of the solar cells would totally void the warranty. Cool! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494265249777-3H7ERAGR77P9JQ75CT6V/IMG_8508.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! They JUST barely fit in my car with the driver's seat alllll the way forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267702705-E4W78P178CS5DVO1NXQL/IMG_9060_1.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! Schlepped em over to SolarMill for installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267683856-5EJ98OL2KD8EDSGYXQZH/IMG_9059.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! Had to interrupt some sun-powered forging - they were melting aluminum to make jewelry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267684677-P1EW7DITKA2141ECHRIE/IMG_9057.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! Putting the little mounting feet on before we heft them onto the roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494265258975-PB2TUD36EVEO38R1UK2G/IMG_9004.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! Mapping out the circuitry to plan wire and connector orders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494265259734-N0FOJC5VBPE15B3FVPTW/IMG_9005.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494265267085-SI6WGJ7MUD7REE9OGRLQ/IMG_9006.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! Test-placing the components https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494265304862-G67BVLK1200FXNHM8KEJ/IMG_9011.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! This is where I wanted to put the batteries (so convenient! What a good use of space!), but Bert convinced me that battery-acid leaking all over my body in the case of an accident was a good reason to rearrange a little bit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267720295-GG555VUZRD8PFXE7M70R/IMG_9071.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! At the end of this day's work, having just brought the batteries inside, I realized i'd left the headlights on in the truck all day. SO I learned how to jump my own battery! AAA be damned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267707681-SF0UHL4OXYROFLUWCI75/IMG_9062_1.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! product placement ;D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267713123-CC7Y97DTKQ8KW5E105W0/IMG_9066.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! drilling THE FIRST HOLE in the roof of the truck! eek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267715445-DTS4A3OOVRLVT32B5E0Q/IMG_9067.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! This is the height of the mounts - just enough to pass wiring under, and allow a little airflow, but still keeping the panels seated in a very low profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267738690-CLGHBLO9FOF2MSALCO5W/IMG_9205.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! Now for the BIG hole. This marine port collects the wires and seals around them to let us connect the panels to the charge controller inside the truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267738608-8QBWQNWVLKKNT313VL0D/IMG_9206.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267747793-POHUAGK4AFKFGGEOXJZ1/IMG_9208.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267744751-9MWF1XQ2K2ZGPAA7EP74/IMG_9210.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! The panels are 2 and 2 in series, so each of these wires goes in one panel and out the next, and then we collect them in a connector box right before bringing the full circuit to the charge controller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267730166-XITLMLRSH7YQ8BVYRUVO/IMG_9204.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267750529-DV036CG09TNBSXXT7RGD/IMG_9211.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267728305-HQELQTXDQKT0I6MWHF8L/IMG_9091.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267723343-JCU6YKTOOQTXSB989HH0/IMG_9094.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267759456-35Q74MU9ZLV2XWZUHGAK/IMG_0966.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! We ended up working at night kind of a lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267760494-BAFK223U2RHL6YNM4DPQ/IMG_0968.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! Test-fitting the 1-aught wire connecting the batteries together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267766577-ETA2HQDXV92F517AZ8O6/IMG_0969.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! Heat-shrink on the ring terminals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267784166-BVAGZGT80K5OV2ZZIVLF/IMG_1267.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! The whole kit and caboodle! (This is a cheat shot from much later once I have some protective walls in) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267787143-G7ILMVSWO78N3KIZV9M7/IMG_1269.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! Look at that elegant wiring <3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267766769-9LTOMTSVYEFTBLULAJPS/IMG_0973.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! - ON! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267784676-L9CQROY7HFWW1A9US9RE/IMG_0982.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! Okay sun, get in my batteries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1494267779004-OXLKWCRAO40RUBJVVOC7/IMG_1001.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Sunshine Magic! annnnd they're full! This is the charge controller screen, showing information about how the panels are charging the batteries - when, how fast, etc. "Floating" means that they are fully charged. https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/mounting-pv-panels monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1483982837319-BUVCZHINMWO5HBXT0DC1/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Mounting PV Panels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1483983064755-646SOSYL7WL0Q8MAYHBZ/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Mounting PV Panels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1483982898891-TZ0J9SCWZ72CIIDZ1MPZ/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Mounting PV Panels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1483983038880-KLDPEUNDVD02ZKE737NC/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Mounting PV Panels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1483983049618-6H0TYGXVCQRZMK9DR0Q4/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Mounting PV Panels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1483983114899-8LX28JVT8FF5NEMCZO3M/IMG_8970.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Mounting PV Panels https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/babys-first-birthday monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1483480221796-9TK2F0TLZ8XC7AXWBAGZ/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Baby's First Birthday! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1483480255748-4VC14AEU83F4ZN4GEHQU/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Baby's First Birthday! on the job at Gather! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1483480888847-3NMZYIVIOGTRJIOQBN0Z/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Baby's First Birthday! on the job with Sarah! https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/solar-warpath monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/the-giant-metal-tween monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476225346509-AT9D08QRUKU4KQHQ7OKU/IMG_4153.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476225345432-FJM4K9FCCTO0S2D6HBFF/IMG_4167.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476225348206-QFEO0RUKA1PVDZ2Q6NYO/IMG_7855.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476225349122-D1MZA4XRLUHOAWPRD1M8/IMG_7856.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476225351028-WW8DRPUDC5AYNPESJ9HX/IMG_7857.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476276906825-MAHPXJVAS9BHWCODUCGV/IMG_7842.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN A sweet craigslist find was modified but cutting it down to size and adding casters to the base. Casters had to be built at different levels, as the back two are resting on the wheel well of the truck, and the front two rest on the floor of the truck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476276906590-SX1P2O96JLMLLNVLDQHV/IMG_7844.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476276912687-7BSZ1LOMHCH04YBQ6CT2/IMG_7845.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN The cart goes into the truck! Next we finished off the framework for the shelf over the wheel well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476276910213-1SGICLP2JQWYUGELG4O2/IMG_7851.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476276916318-23HEVLR9G6OH6532XWN5/IMG_7852.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN Instead of using an expensive drawer mechanism (they exist, but they're like $500), a cart was rigged up to keep the cart rolling smoothly in and out of the framework. To stop it from rolling off the wheel well shelf, these anchors are connected with paracord at the perfect length for the shelves to be all the way out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476276918544-OWRLGLLAW3FOUWJ9LG3M/IMG_7853.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN There is one on the top and bottom of each cart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476276923424-6Z02BA1X1985UMWJWB4U/IMG_7856.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476276925083-YGZDW0P8SXMCC426UDOO/IMG_7857.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476276921936-Q2ODW4ASDZ5OS8ZIFUET/IMG_7855.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN See how the shelving closests are filling out the space! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476277737869-GA1IV2KLHX7KNLVYS7JB/IMG_4138.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN Getting the inside of the ladder closet framed out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476277742715-9DRU5ZVH075HGW1Z2DIF/IMG_4143.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476277748959-EUPJ3W1OOYQPRWD4II03/IMG_8047.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN Setting the height of each shelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476277742027-MQFTDKDS47C2KKFWUZ72/IMG_8048.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN The Shelving was cut to meet flush with the side of the closet, and angles inward to meet with the side of the window on the back door of the truck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476277737708-OCPOY3D1O3CZ689WIKHZ/FullSizeRender+3.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN in Herr Space !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476239681772-UJWRGJNL0CCDLU1LFFJP/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN The current-ish plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1476240927609-E9S628CAOW0VYKGJRC5O/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - THE GIANT METAL TWEEN https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/pechakucha-night-presentation monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/boxes monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471576064493-HZAMXVC4EHQLXKOMP64M/IMG_6211.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471575713648-GRXHWZ12GD8HGKZPGNI1/IMG_6272.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471575712996-YMHUQ3MA1JJC0VME8F8B/IMG_6274.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471575716932-89AFL4SRFFPKULEMNOBM/IMG_6275.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471575720472-1GDXBYA2V5CZ2XNKHHZX/IMG_6276.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471575300348-ZQ8DZPE72CWQB1YV6RFH/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER So much sagging! This is screwed in every foot on the seams, which are at either end of the 4x8 sheets, and in the center. The wires are from the old cab lights - there are switches on the dash for them. Not sure if I'll use them yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471576899797-EO15PLRE9EHLR9G8EQ9T/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER gluing the floor insulation in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471576214706-KCI3PRX31Z0IWVDO447V/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER plywood walls in, floor insulation in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471576226604-159TGYW9BOTIGZO8DRHK/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471576486138-6QO9HH0CK4097BS6DTGC/IMG_7085.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471576485391-RFY9OGISMNOL12ABN1EV/IMG_7086.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471576492765-UB7UBYY0N1LIZEB411JE/IMG_7088.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471576675416-KN9X2Q6RNURD8O7T1HM3/IMG_7254.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471576676495-7A2L77IXINXZOVAYUVZ3/IMG_7255.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471576679740-8IPYBW5G9XV1XDJ4TRMN/IMG_7256.JPG MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471574854812-4VRUB47T1ZU6UEHNOH0Q/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER More work than it looks - steel frame and steel sheet, all welded and ground down to a smooth seam on inner and outer edges. The reclaimed aluminum-framed sliding window was fit in with new gasket after a lot of re-grinding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471574899205-GV21UZOII4OSRRKJB4JM/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER Mouth open. The ramp has a temporary plywood cover, but eventually i'll build mini stair steps onto it since the incline is STEEP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471574975424-RIZD9265U4XRI4OB601U/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER Mouth closed. Everything sits flush when closed, except the little scalloped fringe site over top of the lower door/ramp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1471577328236-HONOWZLBVN27PO6486QZ/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Making a box takes forEVER This place was so so so big. https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/framing-and-insulation monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1468191997077-VNABF1YEDWO413Y1Q14F/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - $$$, Framing, Insulation, Backdoor... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1468161372519-JPQVS764ROPMT1RJ4N8C/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - $$$, Framing, Insulation, Backdoor... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1468161408049-KQ2RJKZ583RVYXIVC1G9/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - $$$, Framing, Insulation, Backdoor... You can see the spray paint bin in the front of the truck here... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1468161836816-Z9QURDI744OQADST2UTO/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - $$$, Framing, Insulation, Backdoor... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1468161822649-YUGW8OO5ECGKY0AFWZO5/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - $$$, Framing, Insulation, Backdoor... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1468162567901-2A9APZTYLV86ITBY28CY/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - $$$, Framing, Insulation, Backdoor... Scheming-on-the-spot for how best to accommodate my sliding shelves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1468163073870-XW2N53DI65FBATMTM99O/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - $$$, Framing, Insulation, Backdoor... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1468175702431-YOMEH3WI32WR9BYXDEMV/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - $$$, Framing, Insulation, Backdoor... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1468175986761-GHMDD5BQ2KL0IDAPA0PF/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - $$$, Framing, Insulation, Backdoor... You can see the black from the outlining spray paint on the wood, and the little shim around the window. I'll wrap a thin aluminum strip along the gasket of the window, resting against the wood, so that I have a leetle tiny windowsill with curved edges :3 The back section on the left is where my scaffolding closet is, so it needs space more than it needs insulation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1468175297810-I0A2BHZ82X31MXASNKBS/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - $$$, Framing, Insulation, Backdoor... color-coded for driver / passenger / back / floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1468175287163-5BRHVBMCE4L8J5LANSKY/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - $$$, Framing, Insulation, Backdoor... purple is the floor, the rest is walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1468176231043-QO4OA8U9DEG29X8DJH2C/Screen+Shot+2016-07-10+at+2.37.19+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - $$$, Framing, Insulation, Backdoor... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1468176227371-PIO366PHFRXR9WFRDHLQ/IMG_5974.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - $$$, Framing, Insulation, Backdoor... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1468176225450-LV18LM7NLC9DWSU7RPCR/IMG_6210.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - $$$, Framing, Insulation, Backdoor... https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/window-means-go monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1463947003952-UWJFYOZARVXLTKCFOAAM/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Window means GO oohlala! It's the same size as one of the windshield panes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1463947150048-IPDS4UD6K1OUCKJ1SC3X/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Window means GO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1463947160117-72XR2LM09MNNYKBB481G/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Window means GO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1463947181485-6Y8ELX24CDBVGY9UVUZ3/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Window means GO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1463947197872-GET2RQ7AD7SZN2U1XBYF/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Window means GO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1463947209528-VQC5LWZTAFBD1RRTD5RY/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Window means GO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1463947222387-U4PAOAHP12ZSGW0JTVG3/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Window means GO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1463947561720-78ZTM96FLONKVCZ9IFS3/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Window means GO https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/much-plan-many-helps monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/k0i4w37ubsrode9ou38qbuttlxd0s8 monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461813716443-WYNH7SKTNPMTS07E1EIN/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? killin it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461813797724-MZ9FG8F1HZDS7J2FXKQR/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461813894127-OWMIED55552D6KWYI3IS/IMG_5456.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461814083162-0N9JT4ALEZZJEAV17J11/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461813839917-3S9DGTRE6PPK8ZNLWVAE/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461813930304-8ZYLY6ALF6VKJSE5GDOI/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461818381951-3RVIWFZSK5L5DKW4FN2D/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? donormobile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461816818753-L0ALDDEFPGCDJBXDI8EN/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? First haul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461817188395-8FBQBQVGHOLLPHJPBGN7/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461817495015-P00XZKZS2HLDI24FK3JC/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461817925367-ZW78FFE0XRAD141NWBTW/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? just stared at it for a while, figuring out what goes where https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461818136440-SDLCIK1AA65GTHMYUCHL/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461818933507-BOT4WR13J9UJ7D9PBU23/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461818941833-1J233YSQAES0TL3JZ1O7/image-asset.png MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461819335643-1SN9TCYRHTZ5RA687L4M/13071836_10209439249404303_4747798544677935735_o.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461819365717-61MH8B7AA7A8JIZRN5BR/IMG_5578.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461819335848-VWLW4WZLDMA2LKL47NJC/13072858_10209439249484305_5265816480566252220_o.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461819335358-46WEM4PO6MI4JIZPK2NM/13064453_10209439258724536_4565555125367474133_o.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461819365836-3YO0GZ3Z34Y0U9SIMXGD/IMG_5579.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461819334906-WTIBB4UBTK2AUZ1HBHWV/13055701_10209439249444304_2187096553074311124_o.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461819334728-8CU7G30D0JBKBASLS7FG/13062375_10208828894341705_7911478995249822291_n.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461819335953-27M4XO93C8E7L4GEQ1VA/13076754_10208828893941695_7988902736289135759_n.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461819336108-0XV0PPIK05FI0U8ZIA9W/13087639_10208828894581711_8769208826473227388_n.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461819367111-WCLLCMW5LA2VDKEM2PZV/IMG_5582.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1461819336211-8XYSWB796DD9B36IBXUP/13102783_10208828893581686_7431820766812605210_n.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Wow, it sure does look like a pile of junk, huh? https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/planning-forever-and-then-a-little-longer monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1459805687993-NEGHETL1YVHKF6BG817A/Screen+Shot+2016-04-04+at+5.30.35+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Caught in flatland - keep it simple, stupid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1459805688552-OOOOH91RO9XLLGHRY4R3/Screen+Shot+2016-04-04+at+5.30.50+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Caught in flatland long, shallow desk in the front with plenty of empty space for spreading out or hauling stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1459805688560-Q3UCW838KYVL7VM53143/Screen+Shot+2016-04-04+at+5.32.28+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Caught in flatland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1459805688839-7EHYAOYIVS7VG5TIGYKD/Screen+Shot+2016-04-04+at+5.33.27+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Caught in flatland sink right by the back opening, with water container above it for a gravity-fed system. lots of shelves, and a space (represented by the big white box) for scaffolding, ladders, panels, etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1459805691422-Q9D0R4QTGOJ1ML0UBCAA/Screen+Shot+2016-04-04+at+5.33.49+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Caught in flatland the blue-ish box is a set of shelves that will roll out to show me all of my paint....! I'm determined to have a slide-out shelf, don't try to stop me >:( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1459806670132-3GPMT3KBIHOIQSLZLW9I/Screen+Shot+2016-04-04+at+5.45.00+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Caught in flatland - model jennytron for reference sink in the front, glass door in the middle wall... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1459806670532-WP1UDGJ09UCE8T1R2YMI/Screen+Shot+2016-04-04+at+5.45.44+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Caught in flatland - nice shelf, nice chair, still no wheel-well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1459806670684-HXOOWYWNGFQA4BJKCFAS/Screen+Shot+2016-04-04+at+5.46.37+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Caught in flatland - revolutionary 'island' scheme... but totally skinny little spaces, not roomy enough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1459806670750-F7WCM5DDCT9JBKQDY48N/Screen+Shot+2016-04-04+at+5.47.23+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Caught in flatland fancy sliding cabinets make up the middle wall and render the wheel-wells invisible, but are so divided that they would make very awkward paint storage (their intended purpose) and a lot of people told me they'd be very difficult and expensive to build. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1459806671010-IBXC842JQI2RMIBNHKRK/Screen+Shot+2016-04-04+at+5.48.11+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Caught in flatland - back of fancy wheel-well plan I really like the shelf divider behind the drivers seat - it even has a fold-up tabletop that acts as a cabinet front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1459806671153-QENIRFQ5HG6FOOWVO4SQ/Screen+Shot+2016-04-04+at+5.48.44+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Caught in flatland modified wheel-well plan where I use it as a walkthrough from the front to the back. even for little Emily, though, it's too narrow to be a comfortable daily-use thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1459806671363-V3MOWPDMLTIVPOYRGEJ1/Screen+Shot+2016-04-04+at+5.49.52+PM.png MOBILE STUDIO - Caught in flatland i got really into paint storage. where will it all go in one place? I want to see all of it at once! really i just want to fit all of cobalt studios into my tiny space. https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/business-crush-2 monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1455039272106-GVQX70FD9F9J12JRKT89/image-asset.jpeg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388813557-IXLUBF60KKM29C4T7N8I/IMG_4091.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 custom dash and storage - very handy spot for immediately accessible stuff for outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388813536-NQVC9WMXTFQF09FLTDNQ/IMG_4092.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 custom dash, carpet lined. outlet near drivers seat (probably not the best placement?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388814399-GXNL44BVQFGMEMUKGNOD/IMG_4093.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 computer setup, and Jamie! He says he's never had a computer malfunction because of the vehicle movement. His backup battery for the computer is what he's pointing to attached to the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388814418-2RZY0QGII16DK1UZMMDZ/IMG_4094.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 interior of the old van: large work surface, rolls of vinyl, LED lights (replacing the fluorescents on the ceiling edge there), printer at the end of the table, speakers in the back wall. A very long, skinny layout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388816554-L8MFG92B36SMLSMPQR9V/IMG_4098.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 Jamie in the space. Skylight above, A/C above, drawer pulled out below. Each drawer has a lock on it for stability when driving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388816771-8XTI7YMOD0XJWS2P51NT/IMG_4099.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 full view from door. the cab area is insulate as much as possible - above the driver window, the ceiling, etc. You can also see the second chair he installed that swivels around to face the front or the computer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388822199-3XXS1TAUSB40XSIH9H94/IMG_4103.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 the rear view: one center door, small ext. aluminum ladder to get to the roof (he says he works on the roof for installations allllll the time) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388820969-5ZHRC2SM2Y8MKJQBWBTG/IMG_4102.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 very sturdy construction: long bolts going both ways, a perpendicular strut and a corner brace, all under the corner of the big table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388822218-Q6YGJFNQ8O8NBXK5E19F/IMG_4104.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 drawers under the vinyl rolls, all with a lock. the ladder fits perfectly between the wheel well and the back wall. Not sure why you'd want carpet in here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388821125-JM9R32XL1QPDOT2HTS6L/IMG_4101.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 panorama of the whole van. the people on the left are sitting in little jump seats attached to the wall just inside the door. The 'reception area' for clients, if you will. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388823283-UGVULVKXSH7OZIE5NVUP/IMG_4105.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 material storage, upper cabinets. the wall was faced with bathroom shower material (it had a name, I didn't write it down). Seemed durable, cheap, and cleanable, but too plasticky for me. The overhead cabinets had the child protective lock on them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388823283-QGLXMM8RNV42DRWANQ69/IMG_4106.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 battery storage, accessible from the exterior only. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388824956-E9B5VH39408HF0I5R04D/IMG_4107.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 the rear signage is the most important! it's the one most people will see for the longest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388824954-3GNR3GNSFTZS0FTL38M1/IMG_4108.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 new truck dash - yet to be customized. overhead storage mounted above the two door frames, hides lots of wiring, comes down to power panel over the driver seat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1454388826733-II9YPBXXYEFZ94LT06VD/IMG_4109.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - Business Crush #2 new truck rear, single center door. the lift gate will come off and go up for sale. He got it a week ago and already has a new outlet installed outside to the left of the door. Ext. power is a good good plan. Int. already has wall and ceiling insulation, pegboard on the ceiling, LED lights, etc. from the previous owners. https://www.herrsuite.com/mobile-studio-blog/before-pics monthly 0.5 2017-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413447596-I1ZVCMML0PV32YTZQYZ6/IMG_3886.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - almost empty - still have to take out the bent grid behind the drivers seat and the E-track along both sides. Both are bolted in - so there'll be holes I have to fill in the walls, ceiling, and floor. I thiiiink the ones in the ceiling are just through the interior sheet, not the actual roof sheet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413447328-80QWQESZ8SAXZTOLWXBS/IMG_3887.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - e-track bolted through the wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413455780-KZXDOI9GSP7KRBXIE9SJ/IMG_3888.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - rusted bumper - and now I have a plan to de-rust it! Thanks Carrick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413454477-NGE8WU2Z9PNPAHQNWYO0/IMG_3889.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - the paint is in pretty okay shape except around the rivets. I've scraped off the little bubbled areas on some, but this will require more research - what kind of paint is it? Do I prime? Do I scrape? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413460773-FT0W3WY7KD7KLIKVWHMC/IMG_3890.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - missing bolt, and the ones left are rusted The only reason I care about this is that I really want to paint the hubcaps. Gotta de-rust and seal I guess? Also I don't want to paint anything shut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413475946-TD4GE3W1FGLLDRZV0W50/IMG_3894.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - same question https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413462506-7FW1I5KJJ9T7B9WVHC7N/IMG_3891.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - The seat is actually pretty good - under the Dickies cover (which is in good shape, just dirty) it's blue vinyl with only a little cracking in the back. Maybe reupholster? Maybe just draw all over the vinyl with a white paint marker? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413468461-SBVY2TO8XJYD1DYV3PF2/IMG_3892.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - The speakers work :) Probably not leaving them there though. I'm planning on insulating this area too, and setting up cabinets kind of like in this couple's conversion: https://www.flickr.com/photos/grummantravels/4787136099/in/album-72157615650626769/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413469467-Z8LU20QZ31SM8S1RS21T/IMG_3893.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - vinyl lettering - how do I get it off? I would just paint over it, but I know you'll be able to see the little shapes and that won't stand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413475317-ONKQGP0S4TVOA4OPNHB2/IMG_3895.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - these work, but are pretty rusted. I haven't driven it in the rain yet, so I'm not sure how well they work. Are the arms something I can fix or should I just replace them? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413483032-XO5UBS1197PRUXKHA9ZR/IMG_3896.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - the whole dash is aluminum with some plastic/metal/glass fixtures. Needs a good cleaning. The steering wheel is also twisted or something? In the 'neutral straight forward' position it looks like this. Also, the engine cover is dirty plastic. I'm thinking I'll clean and then paint it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413483505-QA8KAS2KQXC5N3O48FZ9/IMG_3897.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - More cleaning of aluminum and vinyl removal. Also the sun visor is missing on the right side. Not sure what I'll do with any bare aluminum that I don't cover with insulation etc. Might leave it raw and try to polish it... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413488315-3EU9IAMFVUNIN9NCCDF2/IMG_3898.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - What the sun visor ~should~ look like https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413497321-GDRWQ6NKXO3VNTQ2WZHF/IMG_3900.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - Handle lock doesn't work. Gonna need some good security on this, so I might go for something more than just a new one of these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413497982-X304MKN4OGM7YT2N7LYA/IMG_3901.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - Gonna need a new one of these https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1453413509397-LX4JNLO4WJGMJC0CQCJM/IMG_3905.jpg MOBILE STUDIO - "BEFORE" pics - Empty from the front. 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realized I'd have to find a real firetruck. I learned that many trucks are built-to-order for large firehouses, and so it's hard to find a basic model truck - it's not as simple as looking up 'Honda Civic' in google images, because there are so many custom options and combinations available. This brought me to the 19th Annual Fireman's Parade in West Point, VA to search for the perfect truck. There I reviewed many different trucks, all decked out and polished up for the parade. Just before things started to get rolling, I stumbled upon Project Fightin' 4-1: two retired firefighters and a truck named Amelia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413987554903-OP0AXQV8L7KVCFUY3PGO/DSCF7127.jpg The Firetruck Amelia had the perfect look for this project, and Chuck and Jasen were very gracious and helpful in teaching me about all of the different parts and tools of the truck. They told me this was Project Fightin' 4-1's first parade, and then let me ride on the truck with them, decked out in boots, coat, and hat (!!!!!!!!!!) Thomas, eat your heart out. Amelia also won two awards that night - oldest truck, and furthest travelled to the parade. I took a liberty or two here and there with details, but for the most part this is an accurate representation of Amelia in all her glory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413986973679-ADQ8HKS5UOUCQY8TE1T1/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck cobbled-together collage of photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413986888376-Y0UWHUZRTK27WZU6K8G9/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck pencil drawing of collage (not traced - the perspective wouldn't have been coherent) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413987618811-9UT9K6JOF9KUD6V5Q4WY/image-asset.gif The Firetruck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413986273064-XJZJNXDQQVXMXHHOQ700/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413986395993-MR75PFH9L0URHD2JEHQA/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413986409516-VCTF8GZOW6HRTTAEGMGF/DSCF6762.jpg The Firetruck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413985058352-JR3O9RK8AM2Y2JP0N1D8/truck+process_33.jpg The Firetruck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg The Firetruck - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg The Firetruck - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg The Firetruck - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg The Firetruck - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg The Firetruck - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg The Firetruck - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg The Firetruck - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg The Firetruck - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg The Firetruck - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg The Firetruck - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg The Firetruck - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg The Firetruck - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg The Firetruck - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg The Firetruck - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg The Firetruck - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg The Firetruck - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg The Firetruck - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg The Firetruck - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg The Firetruck - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg The Firetruck - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg The Firetruck - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg The Firetruck - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg The Firetruck - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg The Firetruck - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg The Firetruck - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg The Firetruck - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp The Firetruck - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg The Firetruck - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg The Firetruck - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg The Firetruck - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg The Firetruck - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg The Firetruck - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg The Firetruck - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg The Firetruck - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg The Firetruck - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg The Firetruck - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg The Firetruck - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg The Firetruck - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg The Firetruck - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg The Firetruck - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg The Firetruck - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg The Firetruck - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg The Firetruck - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg The Firetruck - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg The Firetruck - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png The Firetruck - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg The Firetruck - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg The Firetruck - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg The Firetruck - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg The Firetruck - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg The Firetruck - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg The Firetruck - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg The Firetruck - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg The Firetruck - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg The Firetruck - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg The Firetruck - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg The Firetruck - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg The Firetruck - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg The Firetruck - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg The Firetruck - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg The Firetruck - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg The Firetruck - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg The Firetruck - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg The Firetruck - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg The Firetruck - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg The Firetruck - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg The Firetruck - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg The Firetruck - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg The Firetruck - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg The Firetruck - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg The Firetruck - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg The Firetruck - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg The Firetruck - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg The Firetruck - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png The Firetruck - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg The Firetruck - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg The Firetruck - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg The Firetruck - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg The Firetruck - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg The Firetruck - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg The Firetruck - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg The Firetruck - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg The Firetruck - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg The Firetruck - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG The Firetruck - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg The Firetruck - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg The Firetruck - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png The Firetruck - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Henrico HS - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Henrico HS - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Henrico HS - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Henrico HS - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Henrico HS - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Henrico HS - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Henrico HS - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Henrico HS - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Henrico HS - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Henrico HS - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Henrico HS - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Henrico HS - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Henrico HS - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Henrico HS - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Henrico HS - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Henrico HS - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Henrico HS - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Henrico HS - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Henrico HS - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Henrico HS - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Henrico HS - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Henrico HS - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Henrico HS - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Henrico HS - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Henrico HS - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Henrico HS - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Henrico HS - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Henrico HS - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Henrico HS - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Henrico HS - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Henrico HS - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Henrico HS - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Henrico HS - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Henrico HS - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Henrico HS - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Henrico HS - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Henrico HS - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Henrico HS - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Henrico HS - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Henrico HS - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Henrico HS - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Henrico HS - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Henrico HS - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Henrico HS - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Henrico HS - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Henrico HS - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Henrico HS - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Henrico HS - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Henrico HS - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Henrico HS - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Henrico HS - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Henrico HS - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Henrico HS - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Henrico HS - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Henrico HS - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Henrico HS - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Henrico HS - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Henrico HS - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Henrico HS - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Henrico HS - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Henrico HS - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Henrico HS - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Henrico HS - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Henrico HS - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Henrico HS - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Henrico HS - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Henrico HS - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Henrico HS - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Henrico HS - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Henrico HS - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Henrico HS - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Henrico HS - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Henrico HS - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Henrico HS - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Henrico HS - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Henrico HS - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Henrico HS - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Henrico HS - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Henrico HS - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Henrico HS - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Henrico HS - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Henrico HS - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Henrico HS - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Henrico HS - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Henrico HS - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Henrico HS - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Henrico HS - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Henrico HS - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Henrico HS - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Henrico HS - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Henrico HS - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Henrico HS - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Henrico HS - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Henrico HS - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Henrico HS - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Henrico HS - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Henrico HS - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Henrico HS - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Henrico HS - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/seneca-road daily 0.75 2016-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375893342022-CQQWVZIRO12NUF7RF0MT/_MLY6279.jpg Seneca Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375893644473-X1KAPEAGETTW3WJWMHIU/_MLY6320.jpg Seneca Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375893667962-4RPC67XVX52435YZIN5B/_MLY6340.jpg Seneca Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375894164193-U06CMDFF5ZISJ0TEU70Z/_MLY6349.jpg Seneca Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375894928767-0ML923VXJW7CZKJKI2OX/_MLY6358.jpg Seneca Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375894900330-Q8SA46Q3HB64LDRNJ92F/_MLY6365.jpg Seneca Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Seneca Road - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Seneca Road - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Seneca Road - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Seneca Road - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Seneca Road - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Seneca Road - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Seneca Road - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Seneca Road - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Seneca Road - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Seneca Road - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Seneca Road - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Seneca Road - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Seneca Road - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Seneca Road - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Seneca Road - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Seneca Road - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Seneca Road - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Seneca Road - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Seneca Road - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Seneca Road - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Seneca Road - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Seneca Road - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Seneca Road - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Seneca Road - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Seneca Road - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Seneca Road - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Seneca Road - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Seneca Road - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Seneca Road - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Seneca Road - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Seneca Road - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Seneca Road - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Seneca Road - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Seneca Road - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Seneca Road - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Seneca Road - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Seneca Road - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Seneca Road - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Seneca Road - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Seneca Road - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Seneca Road - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Seneca Road - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Seneca Road - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Seneca Road - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Seneca Road - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Seneca Road - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Seneca Road - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Seneca Road - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Seneca Road - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Seneca Road - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Seneca Road - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Seneca Road - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Seneca Road - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Seneca Road - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Seneca Road - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Seneca Road - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Seneca Road - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Seneca Road - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Seneca Road - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Seneca Road - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Seneca Road - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Seneca Road - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Seneca Road - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Seneca Road - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Seneca Road - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Seneca Road - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Seneca Road - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Seneca Road - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Seneca Road - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Seneca Road - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Seneca Road - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Seneca Road - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Seneca Road - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Seneca Road - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Seneca Road - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Seneca Road - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Seneca Road - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Seneca Road - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Seneca Road - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Seneca Road - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Seneca Road - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Seneca Road - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Seneca Road - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Seneca Road - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Seneca Road - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Seneca Road - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Seneca Road - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Seneca Road - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Seneca Road - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Seneca Road - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Seneca Road - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Seneca Road - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Seneca Road - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Seneca Road - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Seneca Road - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Seneca Road - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Seneca Road - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Seneca Road - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Seneca Road - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/curves daily 0.75 2016-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375889147164-LAQ1E7ZGGVJ42GKGR7ME/_MLY6087.jpg Curves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375890313564-AG613DQ6JW1UGXSUL1AG/DSCN3011_1+copy.jpg Curves before https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375890207672-6W3Q8BM6PTFZ7V5CAPTS/DSCN3023_1.jpg Curves after https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375889903385-C5M6WROWSUM6LF6PT2W3/_MLY6101.jpg Curves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375890370570-R2X1IK1DR5TIOSII76SJ/_MLY6085.jpg Curves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375889938338-58CI5EDR6KKB694Z6GNX/_MLY6093.jpg Curves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Curves - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Curves - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Curves - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Curves - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Curves - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Curves - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Curves - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Curves - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Curves - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Curves - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Curves - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Curves - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Curves - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Curves - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Curves - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Curves - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Curves - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Curves - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Curves - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Curves - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Curves - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Curves - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Curves - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Curves - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Curves - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Curves - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Curves - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Curves - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Curves - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Curves - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Curves - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Curves - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Curves - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Curves - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Curves - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Curves - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Curves - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Curves - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Curves - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Curves - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Curves - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Curves - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Curves - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Curves - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Curves - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Curves - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Curves - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Curves - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Curves - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Curves - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Curves - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Curves - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Curves - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Curves - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Curves - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Curves - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Curves - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Curves - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Curves - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Curves - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Curves - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Curves - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Curves - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Curves - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Curves - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Curves - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Curves - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Curves - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Curves - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Curves - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Curves - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Curves - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Curves - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Curves - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Curves - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Curves - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Curves - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Curves - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Curves - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Curves - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Curves - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Curves - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Curves - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Curves - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Curves - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Curves - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Curves - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Curves - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Curves - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Curves - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Curves - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Curves - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Curves - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Curves - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Curves - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Curves - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Curves - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Curves - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Curves - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/cutshaw-place daily 0.75 2016-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375897532292-UNJ7UGMKM2ZGRW64FSYL/_MLY6429.jpg Cutshaw Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375897863417-XO386XPOUBAH7LVKKA4B/web.jpg Cutshaw Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375898074275-NSLWLCU6NY25EUS2FWSP/_MLY6445.jpg Cutshaw Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Cutshaw Place - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Cutshaw Place - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Cutshaw Place - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Cutshaw Place - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Cutshaw Place - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Cutshaw Place - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Cutshaw Place - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Cutshaw Place - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Cutshaw Place - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Cutshaw Place - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Cutshaw Place - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Cutshaw Place - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Cutshaw Place - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Cutshaw Place - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Cutshaw Place - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Cutshaw Place - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Cutshaw Place - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Cutshaw Place - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Cutshaw Place - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Cutshaw Place - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Cutshaw Place - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Cutshaw Place - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Cutshaw Place - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Cutshaw Place - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Cutshaw Place - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Cutshaw Place - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Cutshaw Place - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Cutshaw Place - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Cutshaw Place - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Cutshaw Place - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Cutshaw Place - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Cutshaw Place - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Cutshaw Place - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Cutshaw Place - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Cutshaw Place - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Cutshaw Place - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Cutshaw Place - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Cutshaw Place - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Cutshaw Place - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Cutshaw Place - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Cutshaw Place - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Cutshaw Place - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Cutshaw Place - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Cutshaw Place - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Cutshaw Place - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Cutshaw Place - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Cutshaw Place - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Cutshaw Place - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Cutshaw Place - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Cutshaw Place - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Cutshaw Place - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Cutshaw Place - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Cutshaw Place - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Cutshaw Place - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Cutshaw Place - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Cutshaw Place - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Cutshaw Place - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Cutshaw Place - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Cutshaw Place - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Cutshaw Place - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Cutshaw Place - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Cutshaw Place - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Cutshaw Place - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Cutshaw Place - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Cutshaw Place - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/grove-avenue daily 0.75 2016-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371755146091-6SC9SZL38EPWZIXM0ZXQ/thumbnail.jpg Grove Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1373639062906-THUU413YR4WB5MPR2YRQ/DSCN3101_2.jpg Grove Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1367381075962-5N1OSYX48I1IUMR98NCK/plan.jpg Grove Avenue original sketch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371727453034-C53BC53SRT93LVENPF77/panorama1.jpg Grove Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Grove Avenue - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Grove Avenue - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Grove Avenue - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Grove Avenue - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Grove Avenue - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Grove Avenue - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Grove Avenue - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Grove Avenue - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Grove Avenue - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Grove Avenue - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Grove Avenue - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Grove Avenue - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Grove Avenue - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Grove Avenue - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Grove Avenue - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Grove Avenue - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Grove Avenue - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Grove Avenue - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Grove Avenue - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Grove Avenue - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Grove Avenue - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Grove Avenue - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Grove Avenue - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Grove Avenue - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Grove Avenue - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Grove Avenue - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Grove Avenue - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Grove Avenue - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Grove Avenue - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Grove Avenue - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Grove Avenue - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Grove Avenue - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Grove Avenue - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Grove Avenue - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Grove Avenue - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Grove Avenue - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Grove Avenue - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Grove Avenue - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Grove Avenue - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Grove Avenue - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Grove Avenue - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Grove Avenue - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Grove Avenue - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Grove Avenue - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Grove Avenue - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Grove Avenue - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Grove Avenue - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Grove Avenue - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Grove Avenue - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Grove Avenue - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Grove Avenue - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Grove Avenue - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Grove Avenue - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Grove Avenue - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Grove Avenue - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Grove Avenue - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Grove Avenue - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Grove Avenue - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Grove Avenue - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Grove Avenue - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Grove Avenue - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Grove Avenue - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Grove Avenue - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Grove Avenue - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Grove Avenue - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Grove Avenue - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Grove Avenue - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Grove Avenue - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Grove Avenue - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Grove Avenue - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Grove Avenue - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Grove Avenue - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Grove Avenue - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Grove Avenue - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Grove Avenue - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Grove Avenue - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Grove Avenue - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Grove Avenue - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Grove Avenue - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Grove Avenue - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Grove Avenue - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Grove Avenue - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Grove Avenue - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Grove Avenue - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Grove Avenue - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Grove Avenue - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Grove Avenue - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Grove Avenue - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Grove Avenue - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Grove Avenue - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Grove Avenue - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Grove Avenue - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Grove Avenue - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Grove Avenue - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Grove Avenue - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Grove Avenue - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Grove Avenue - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Grove Avenue - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Grove Avenue - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/patriots-colony daily 0.75 2016-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371754479961-BA1O3MOPS9BRJS813E7S/bridge+detail.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371403973955-Z347M79LZNQ2U40CCB0Z/Octopus.jpg Patriot’s Colony - Octopus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371404325452-81A8BK4PRB3ENSZGD2F7/Hallway+Garden.jpg Patriot’s Colony - Hallway Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375886869763-ZAC8K52JDTOO6L3ASIRP/DSCN3997.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375886870405-ZR2UH6MZ85P8SVFKA89O/DSCN3998.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375886874094-2BKLRRF2BY1RZF7O5Y9N/DSCN4005.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375886874010-55GU1QDEW4OGJX15RTSP/DSCN4000.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371475515375-KT1AXAVJO9DU3M32DR74/Hallway+Garden.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1373738408565-EOA4TE8XBT2MAHCMNT8S/overall.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371473738426-TWDQ3ZD8S4TM2RUY0F67/hallway+process_0004_Layer+1.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371473736493-LYJ1G3RFZLFIPFWO5INE/hallway+process_0003_Layer+2.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371473736412-S0J4DWUR1UWJC77HKINZ/hallway+process_0002_Layer+3.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371473734359-X1NIYZI2NU8GQ11U9NKA/hallway+process_0001_Layer+4.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371473734452-0SIUZQ3XFK22TJ2SI8DO/hallway+process_0000_Layer+5.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371411624332-PIRWOXLUP4P55DJGIZ8Z/mom+helper+copy.jpg Patriot’s Colony my dear old mum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371407032512-0Z5S1JLEOX7KPKK9MDQN/bridge+detail.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371406990399-FFQOD7JRFBXVII1310V7/hydrangea+detail.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371754505550-VA14FVN4OI429KC8O87T/fish+detail.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371406967820-CRV8FRZ8R3QN481M1KBC/signature.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371151747705-CU45TX64Z2KH67268X8F/context-room.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371150410604-1SBW9XIIB76Z1X5TOHQW/context-peeking+in.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1373639486843-1JM8DFWU1PQS6X0RZREK/detail-grabby.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371150512694-B2P7L1ZDYGME26UALHMS/Octopus.jpg Patriot’s Colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371150627332-87BF4E5DQRSO10ZX8VDI/oops+hello.jpg Patriot’s Colony oops, hello https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Patriot’s Colony - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Patriot’s Colony - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Patriot’s Colony - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Patriot’s Colony - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Patriot’s Colony - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Patriot’s Colony - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Patriot’s Colony - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Patriot’s Colony - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Patriot’s Colony - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Patriot’s Colony - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Patriot’s Colony - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Patriot’s Colony - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Patriot’s Colony - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Patriot’s Colony - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Patriot’s Colony - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Patriot’s Colony - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Patriot’s Colony - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Patriot’s Colony - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Patriot’s Colony - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Patriot’s Colony - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Patriot’s Colony - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Patriot’s Colony - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Patriot’s Colony - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Patriot’s Colony - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Patriot’s Colony - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Patriot’s Colony - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Patriot’s Colony - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Patriot’s Colony - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Patriot’s Colony - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Patriot’s Colony - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Patriot’s Colony - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Patriot’s Colony - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Patriot’s Colony - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Patriot’s Colony - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Patriot’s Colony - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Patriot’s Colony - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Patriot’s Colony - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Patriot’s Colony - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Patriot’s Colony - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Patriot’s Colony - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Patriot’s Colony - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Patriot’s Colony - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Patriot’s Colony - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Patriot’s Colony - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Patriot’s Colony - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Patriot’s Colony - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Patriot’s Colony - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Patriot’s Colony - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Patriot’s Colony - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Patriot’s Colony - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Patriot’s Colony - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Patriot’s Colony - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Patriot’s Colony - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Patriot’s Colony - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Patriot’s Colony - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Patriot’s Colony - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Patriot’s Colony - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/calle-13 daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371755230612-4ZT2QRYWCOVL7UVCRAVF/thumbnail.jpg Calle 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371217771011-0HYG2LZAKZMMWTFAKUPU/esteban1+copy.jpg Calle 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371152814199-Z6CCHA73PCFPJ2F6JZD5/DSCN2649.jpg Calle 13 plan, line-drawing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371152343652-MA35MSXZITKNZIKJS82U/colors3.jpg Calle 13 plan, colored https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371217666241-94VGZV6ZA8TYVF5GT1S2/big+shot+copy.jpg Calle 13 context - panorama con Early y Esteban https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371218126792-DFRFO10304JJC90659LV/DSCN2912+copy.jpg Calle 13 los niños y yo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371217935189-40VYBX4BJ86YJIGMZXFL/esteban2+copy.jpg Calle 13 Anderson y su amiga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612546836674-ZSA29CPYN7HVK7YFCJI5/esteban4.jpg Calle 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612546808434-0A2TIADD6QDOS2XF9CCZ/DSCN2909.JPG Calle 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612546836764-751O3ANH5CXL5G1WVKGX/esteban3.jpg Calle 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612546808463-FDDGKWPFTDM5JT8DAR6D/DSCN2910.JPG Calle 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612546771586-F9Y6SP5MZHXKRBJ1H7YI/DSCN2960_1.jpg Calle 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612546814151-Q8NYQYWPZXUDQQHF2UBL/DSCN2889.JPG Calle 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Calle 13 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Calle 13 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Calle 13 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Calle 13 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Calle 13 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Calle 13 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Calle 13 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Calle 13 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Calle 13 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Calle 13 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Calle 13 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Calle 13 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Calle 13 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Calle 13 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Calle 13 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Calle 13 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Calle 13 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Calle 13 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Calle 13 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Calle 13 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Calle 13 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Calle 13 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Calle 13 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Calle 13 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Calle 13 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Calle 13 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Calle 13 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Calle 13 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Calle 13 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Calle 13 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Calle 13 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Calle 13 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Calle 13 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Calle 13 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Calle 13 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Calle 13 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Calle 13 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Calle 13 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Calle 13 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Calle 13 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Calle 13 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Calle 13 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Calle 13 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Calle 13 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Calle 13 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Calle 13 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Calle 13 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Calle 13 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Calle 13 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Calle 13 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Calle 13 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Calle 13 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Calle 13 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Calle 13 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Calle 13 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Calle 13 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Calle 13 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Calle 13 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Calle 13 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Calle 13 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Calle 13 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Calle 13 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Calle 13 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Calle 13 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Calle 13 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Calle 13 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Calle 13 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Calle 13 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Calle 13 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Calle 13 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Calle 13 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Calle 13 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Calle 13 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Calle 13 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Calle 13 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Calle 13 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Calle 13 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Calle 13 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Calle 13 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Calle 13 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Calle 13 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Calle 13 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Calle 13 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Calle 13 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Calle 13 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Calle 13 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Calle 13 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Calle 13 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Calle 13 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Calle 13 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Calle 13 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Calle 13 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Calle 13 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Calle 13 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Calle 13 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Calle 13 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Calle 13 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Calle 13 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Calle 13 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/castlegreen-drive daily 0.75 2021-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371754588395-BX0CCIJGVAH1PB8KT33H/center+close.JPG Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371608864758-4ZJPZRRHN5SMM3N562GL/before+and+after.png Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371608451706-UZCP3C1U9UYAHX1G8ZS1/before+and+after.png Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1392764215030-6U41HVCNGOP8PTZNEQ13/before+and+after.png Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371235206978-1ISWGOHK7POJYYOD48M1/DSCF4614.jpg Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371235206363-777RIVJ2OCIHIIHY7ZYC/DSCF4606.jpg Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371235208707-N37IU84DVPJ371YIS36G/DSCF4619.jpg Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371236661658-8HGCABEBDUT97V5T44EZ/DSCF4582.jpg Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371236666063-OTNVBV1B04CUAW2MGVS3/DSCF4587.jpg Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371235215742-T64PTCBN9GMLVJE4TO0Q/DSCF4626.jpg Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371236664771-46P74T1CH42OATW400WQ/DSCF4585.jpg Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371235221278-KE2HBBNLZ0D0UZFOKG89/DSCF4628.jpg Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371235215468-5MHD322W7MS8D3RGPJQG/DSCF4620.jpg Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371236659793-2R7MX5ZS4DKXCWNPIOZL/DSCF4570.jpg Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371390619259-FE45K527ZMHF0Z6D0DKV/DSCF4504.jpg Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1397507136413-CG7K7HV48O3FCIZ0DWXU/Untitled_Panorama2.jpg Castlegreen Drive This mural faces away from all five doors to this room... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371391147286-TBOP2XXU9XWYR1GMBWG2/DSCF4628.jpg Castlegreen Drive ...but a few yellow stars are visible up there, hinting at something hidden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371340168578-FWCW3BY32KPEL4FFR7IL/_DSF3850.jpg Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371340184037-1VHAAI8UGJ1RD3OJP5T3/_DSF3847.jpg Castlegreen Drive Scaffolding required for this tricky area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371340218137-JWWEH62K2R55CHCUSECV/_DSF3849.jpg Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371340899692-LB1SWTMP6PCKOUT63EI4/_DSF3858.jpg Castlegreen Drive sketch plan #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371340876880-OSCZJ5MYKI8KH2NZPPYF/_DSF3859.jpg Castlegreen Drive sketch plan #2 - EL GANADOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371351321364-VISY4QFLYEWJXVUFKVLX/_DSF3851_1.jpg Castlegreen Drive This was all painted freehand... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371351293080-1IDYXO3OU877WNCY6VWH/_DSF3855.jpg Castlegreen Drive ...roughed out with pencil first, then painted into place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371390306950-QJQXIDYR0FTK5WYUOL41/_DSF3861.jpg Castlegreen Drive Water and earth being woven together~ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371391693326-TOFUAXJ6453L3ANAXMT7/DSCF4610.jpg Castlegreen Drive Spotlit by the new lamp, installed just for this piece! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371391792715-3CU0JFEYC1MSKNFB2PKD/plant+hand.jpg Castlegreen Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371389794683-Z1OJ8793LEEZT1747FSZ/center.jpg Castlegreen Drive Fairies, Cross Stitch, and a Gumball Machine - 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KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Plaza Art - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Plaza Art - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Plaza Art - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Plaza Art - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Plaza Art - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Plaza Art - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Plaza Art - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Plaza Art - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Plaza Art - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Plaza Art - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Plaza Art - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Plaza Art - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Plaza Art - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Plaza Art - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Plaza Art - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Plaza Art - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Plaza Art - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Plaza Art - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Plaza Art - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Plaza Art - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Plaza Art - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Plaza Art - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Plaza Art - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Plaza Art - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Plaza Art - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Plaza Art - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Plaza Art - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Plaza Art - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Plaza Art - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Plaza Art - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Plaza Art - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Plaza Art - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Plaza Art - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Plaza Art - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Plaza Art - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Plaza Art - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Plaza Art - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Plaza Art - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Plaza Art - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Plaza Art - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Plaza Art - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Plaza Art - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Plaza Art - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Plaza Art - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Plaza Art - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Plaza Art - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Plaza Art - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Plaza Art - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Plaza Art - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Plaza Art - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Plaza Art - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Plaza Art - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Plaza Art - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Plaza Art - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Plaza Art - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Plaza Art - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Plaza Art - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Plaza Art - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Plaza Art - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Plaza Art - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Plaza Art - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Plaza Art - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Plaza Art - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Plaza Art - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Plaza Art - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Plaza Art - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Plaza Art - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Plaza Art - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Plaza Art - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Plaza Art - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Plaza Art - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Plaza Art - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Plaza Art - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Plaza Art - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Plaza Art - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Plaza Art - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Plaza Art - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Plaza Art - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Plaza Art - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Plaza Art - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Plaza Art - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Plaza Art - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Plaza Art - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Plaza Art - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Plaza Art - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Plaza Art - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Plaza Art - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Plaza Art - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Plaza Art - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Plaza Art - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Plaza Art - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Plaza Art - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Plaza Art - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Plaza Art - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Plaza Art - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Plaza Art - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Plaza Art - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Plaza Art - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/blue-jay-lane daily 0.75 2021-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371750472950-WTBV3EBQSSWX052E519B/detail.jpg Blue Jay Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371748846830-GACO9NW7YUN2YR2874G3/panorama1.jpg Blue Jay Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371748829869-BQ8DWVZ78XY39IBIZEVP/panorama3.jpg Blue Jay Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371748885438-WH0KQUBIN36MWEKW9671/a-gif.gif Blue Jay Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371748934551-57ELLE444XCIT1MKMQNV/sabs+room.jpg Blue Jay Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371748966741-JQT7XBRHU7NBRA32I3ZF/sabs+room+6.jpg Blue Jay Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371748954859-Z6CBR7J02OVL3J40YJ3U/sabs+room+2_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371749394229-KS10KFCFJ0MXYPY2WDCR/detail.jpg Blue Jay Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Blue Jay Lane - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Blue Jay Lane - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Blue Jay Lane - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Blue Jay Lane - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Blue Jay Lane - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Blue Jay Lane - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Blue Jay Lane - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Blue Jay Lane - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Blue Jay Lane - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Blue Jay Lane - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Blue Jay Lane - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Blue Jay Lane - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Blue Jay Lane - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Blue Jay Lane - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Blue Jay Lane - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Blue Jay Lane - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Blue Jay Lane - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Blue Jay Lane - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Blue Jay Lane - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Blue Jay Lane - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Blue Jay Lane - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Blue Jay Lane - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Blue Jay Lane - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Blue Jay Lane - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Blue Jay Lane - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Blue Jay Lane - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Blue Jay Lane - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Blue Jay Lane - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Blue Jay Lane - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Blue Jay Lane - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Blue Jay Lane - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Blue Jay Lane - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Blue Jay Lane - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Blue Jay Lane - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Blue Jay Lane - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Blue Jay Lane - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Blue Jay Lane - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Blue Jay Lane - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Blue Jay Lane - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Blue Jay Lane - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Blue Jay Lane - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Blue Jay Lane - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Blue Jay Lane - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Blue Jay Lane - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Blue Jay Lane - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Blue Jay Lane - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Blue Jay Lane - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Blue Jay Lane - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Blue Jay Lane - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Blue Jay Lane - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Blue Jay Lane - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Blue Jay Lane - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Blue Jay Lane - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Blue Jay Lane - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Blue Jay Lane - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Blue Jay Lane - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg CMoR - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg CMoR - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg CMoR - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg CMoR - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg CMoR - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg CMoR - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg CMoR - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg CMoR - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg CMoR - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg CMoR - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg CMoR - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg CMoR - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg CMoR - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg CMoR - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg CMoR - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg CMoR - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg CMoR - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg CMoR - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg CMoR - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg CMoR - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg CMoR - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg CMoR - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg CMoR - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg CMoR - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg CMoR - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg CMoR - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg CMoR - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp CMoR - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg CMoR - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg CMoR - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg CMoR - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg CMoR - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg CMoR - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg CMoR - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg CMoR - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg CMoR - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg CMoR - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg CMoR - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg CMoR - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg CMoR - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg CMoR - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg CMoR - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg CMoR - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg CMoR - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg CMoR - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg CMoR - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg CMoR - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png CMoR - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg CMoR - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg CMoR - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg CMoR - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg CMoR - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg CMoR - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg CMoR - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg CMoR - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg CMoR - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg CMoR - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg CMoR - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg CMoR - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg CMoR - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg CMoR - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg CMoR - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg CMoR - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg CMoR - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg CMoR - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg CMoR - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg CMoR - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg CMoR - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg CMoR - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg CMoR - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg CMoR - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg CMoR - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg CMoR - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg CMoR - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg CMoR - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg CMoR - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg CMoR - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg CMoR - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg CMoR - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg CMoR - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg CMoR - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg CMoR - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png CMoR - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg CMoR - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg CMoR - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg CMoR - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg CMoR - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg CMoR - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg CMoR - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg CMoR - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg CMoR - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg CMoR - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG CMoR - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg CMoR - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg CMoR - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg CMoR - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png CMoR - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg CMoR - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/s/talk daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1415913852058-KGPJTKS5WJ5WTVBSV47P/galloping.JPG HELLO https://www.herrsuite.com/horizon-forest daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371754744121-UE5RUPBM08CWGA8QIL9Y/thumbnail.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371837092559-VGRTOVLH1BTIGWIGNSZF/before+and+after+horizon1.png Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371418986605-03K23IRBV1OFV7P42DJ7/Long+Flooring+progress.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371414077501-ULR7BYG05M4ZG0ZQMNAN/horizon+sketches_0000_big+logo.jpg.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371414077974-D0KXZLCL2MS4CPVYK2S3/horizon+sketches_0003_%24650%27.png.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371414078346-KNO8GGUKUH7JVGVGMD2O/horizon+sketches_0007_%24950.png.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371414078382-CTRSW2F0ZSX5MAYDE4U4/horizon+sketches_0005_%24925.png.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371419222456-TEUGPC8A2HAKURIPZ1UA/5.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371609832677-HW09CEOY9VNOXXIQ2M2T/DSCN3027.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371414120745-R95X3B3ZOPG0DBQYBTNL/horizon+sketches_0001_logo+2.jpg.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371414120517-JBSQ7987H0KV4X8Z8TCC/horizon+sketches_0006_%24950-B.png.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371414121066-T7KUV4VUPN9B3ZESCEE6/horizon+sketches_0008_mock+round+2.jpg.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1371415130553-WHXS5Y3MFBWRKUNT1KXS/DSCN3203.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375884348311-AZ5IR8ULHOMS8HBXMR2S/DSCF5733.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375884483073-YCAXNECNW26MYLRNQZIE/DSCF5744.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375884348005-PJC9IZK8DO5RHOGPLFGI/DSCF5729.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375884345347-V4HEZ9VOADDZWZO76VSQ/DSCF5723.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375884349058-LCR13ZMMI3JA1Y0H0WX1/DSCF5736.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375884345200-JZJWAYK3EGFJTKY5ZFK7/DSCF5711.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375884476803-MJ9YL569KL49MPZ2YQPD/DSCF5747.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375884349027-LE3L7L006PSRZTPKYQLR/DSCF5735.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375884346412-WCEHWS7B34CX319SWCZW/DSCF5726.jpg Horizon Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Horizon Forest - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Horizon Forest - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Horizon Forest - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Horizon Forest - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Horizon Forest - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Horizon Forest - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Horizon Forest - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Horizon Forest - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Horizon Forest - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Horizon Forest - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Horizon Forest - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Horizon Forest - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Horizon Forest - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Horizon Forest - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Horizon Forest - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Horizon Forest - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Horizon Forest - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Horizon Forest - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Horizon Forest - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Horizon Forest - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Horizon Forest - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Horizon Forest - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Horizon Forest - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Horizon Forest - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Horizon Forest - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Horizon Forest - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Horizon Forest - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Horizon Forest - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Horizon Forest - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Horizon Forest - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Horizon Forest - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Horizon Forest - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Horizon Forest - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Horizon Forest - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Horizon Forest - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Horizon Forest - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Horizon Forest - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Horizon Forest - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Horizon Forest - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Horizon Forest - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Horizon Forest - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Horizon Forest - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Horizon Forest - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Horizon Forest - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Horizon Forest - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Horizon Forest - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Horizon Forest - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Horizon Forest - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Horizon Forest - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Horizon Forest - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Horizon Forest - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Horizon Forest - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Horizon Forest - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Horizon Forest - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Horizon Forest - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Horizon Forest - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Horizon Forest - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Horizon Forest - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Horizon Forest - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Horizon Forest - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Horizon Forest - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Horizon Forest - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Horizon Forest - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Horizon Forest - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Horizon Forest - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Horizon Forest - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Horizon Forest - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Horizon Forest - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Horizon Forest - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Horizon Forest - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Horizon Forest - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Horizon Forest - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Horizon Forest - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Horizon Forest - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Horizon Forest - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Horizon Forest - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Horizon Forest - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Horizon Forest - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Horizon Forest - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Horizon Forest - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Horizon Forest - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Horizon Forest - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Horizon Forest - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Horizon Forest - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Horizon Forest - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Horizon Forest - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Horizon Forest - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Horizon Forest - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Horizon Forest - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Horizon Forest - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Horizon Forest - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Horizon Forest - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Horizon Forest - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Horizon Forest - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Horizon Forest - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Horizon Forest - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Horizon Forest - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Horizon Forest - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Horizon Forest - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/senior-show-2013 daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372787282568-TSZ7ZQZP41GD2RZ17FYR/detail.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372785462649-R1UJ6UEKE1UVFXYG018M/final2.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372776819160-TRA7QPU8JVSBHX376GKL/final+mural.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372777446462-L6WAOZ9ID29GTOTHB9TP/final1.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372778231762-EOBXD2YS5XY5RQD3SOVZ/tiny.gif Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372780467915-AWMRC18ZOENA831XYX2R/before+and+after.png Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372779922244-XW1AT3R3NV4VAYO2TMRU/process.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372779540394-5BSC59XBKOBAG1H6ME0P/design+process2.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372779563003-QFRYBCJ7N0HYJ3OOQGT1/design+process1.jpg Senior Show 2013 I sketched the design in pencil, traced it in marker, then finished it off digitally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372773752460-QNREBGD8O7L5XVP656CJ/2013_senior_Show070.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372773750971-HZ8Q41J167JG8UJMJ0US/2013_senior_Show042.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372773747296-4GQB01KIVSNPPCN4KFM7/2013_senior_Show005.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372773747770-SF6KNAJ3SQQTUTITWV8F/2013_senior_Show017.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372773748102-EO9IRJUXPOCJ4QCMVD3U/2013_senior_Show019.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372773748408-F7G5G1BEU6ESDV4L6S49/2013_senior_Show024.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372773760958-ZRGSAG4YMXCY0FCIXUN0/2013_senior_Show037.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372773750283-HN9YIXW2Z55T5T43JYH3/2013_senior_Show027.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372785288264-YJMVBG9LA6CT2QZOU39R/simple+postcard.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1375877882914-G4JP8CUAPT5P6G752UAA/poster+real.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1372785222289-EJGR12U9UUA3DD31J0KB/detail.jpg Senior Show 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Senior Show 2013 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Senior Show 2013 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Senior Show 2013 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Senior Show 2013 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Senior Show 2013 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Senior Show 2013 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Senior Show 2013 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Senior Show 2013 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Senior Show 2013 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Senior Show 2013 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Senior Show 2013 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Senior Show 2013 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Senior Show 2013 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Senior Show 2013 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Senior Show 2013 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Senior Show 2013 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Senior Show 2013 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Senior Show 2013 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Senior Show 2013 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Senior Show 2013 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Senior Show 2013 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Senior Show 2013 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Senior Show 2013 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Senior Show 2013 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Senior Show 2013 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Senior Show 2013 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Senior Show 2013 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Senior Show 2013 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Senior Show 2013 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Senior Show 2013 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Senior Show 2013 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Senior Show 2013 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Senior Show 2013 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Senior Show 2013 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Senior Show 2013 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Senior Show 2013 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Senior Show 2013 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Senior Show 2013 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Senior Show 2013 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Senior Show 2013 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Senior Show 2013 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Senior Show 2013 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Senior Show 2013 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Senior Show 2013 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Senior Show 2013 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Senior Show 2013 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Senior Show 2013 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Senior Show 2013 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Senior Show 2013 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Senior Show 2013 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Senior Show 2013 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Senior Show 2013 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Senior Show 2013 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Senior Show 2013 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Senior Show 2013 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Senior Show 2013 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Senior Show 2013 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/mural-portfolio daily 0.75 2024-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1548119413775-UUCNZZOTIQRQ0DQYPQ77/0818180759_HDRnew.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1548119417632-6SJ6TRN5OBD5EL7G0842/0818180758a_HDRnew.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1510096143030-U57RLURXMS2V9Y5K1F4W/HerrSuite+white+scales+flourish.png MURAL PORTFOLIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689900424831-IP57GDJQ1QO20V4DU93B/30beginning+to+endjody+1.png MURAL 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PORTFOLIO SENIOR SHOW 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1404675815898-D01U7UA53VQJSKHS8BUQ/grackle+wren+2.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1404676289303-2S9F5AB4WW0SMDD4S4N2/DSCF6200.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070265104-VU2MB2AJKB3FNLK7ZCWM/0413181051d_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1510096512349-3FOZGLVW5U6NDZT7ITCV/truck+process_48.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1510096540294-X7KUSBWE8P1X6PQTCAF9/DSCF7131cropped.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1510096573701-K2QUREFOU2J7KJ8SBN6K/DSCF7216cropped.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg MURAL PORTFOLIO - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg MURAL PORTFOLIO - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp MURAL PORTFOLIO - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg MURAL PORTFOLIO - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg MURAL PORTFOLIO - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png MURAL PORTFOLIO - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg MURAL PORTFOLIO - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg MURAL PORTFOLIO - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg MURAL PORTFOLIO - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg MURAL PORTFOLIO - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg MURAL PORTFOLIO - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg MURAL PORTFOLIO - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png MURAL PORTFOLIO - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG MURAL PORTFOLIO - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg MURAL PORTFOLIO - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg MURAL PORTFOLIO - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg MURAL PORTFOLIO - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png MURAL PORTFOLIO - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg MURAL PORTFOLIO - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1532093543825-AV6R7S7PHFP4JKWD8RNJ/GGG_Portrait-Crop-B.png MURAL PORTFOLIO https://www.herrsuite.com/west-club-lane daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1385154809253-SQ0Y4MEYLI3EPL9ADGOV/DSCF6180.jpg West Club Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1385158341153-4SC34F7NA9IAMW6HENG9/DSCF6200.jpg West Club Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1385157129816-KV809ZYWLC3X5KRZX6C9/just-green-strings.gif West Club Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1385158476618-00G61BYP43VA12DQHYVH/DSCF6220.jpg West Club Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1385154712787-SK33497GR0OEJE8RP566/vertical+panorama.jpg West Club Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1385158935840-7ZWG4MZ6XYCNF21J0ZBG/DSCF6186.jpg West Club Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1385158950254-7BWDXT8FC4LIN2D6FP2A/DSCF6189.jpg West Club Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg West Club Lane - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg West Club Lane - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg West Club Lane - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg West Club Lane - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg West Club Lane - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg West Club Lane - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg West Club Lane - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg West Club Lane - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg West Club Lane - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg West Club Lane - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg West Club Lane - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg West Club Lane - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg West Club Lane - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg West Club Lane - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg West Club Lane - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg West Club Lane - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg West Club Lane - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg West Club Lane - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg West Club Lane - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg West Club Lane - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg West Club Lane - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg West Club Lane - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg West Club Lane - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg West Club Lane - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg West Club Lane - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg West Club Lane - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg West Club Lane - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg West Club Lane - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp West Club Lane - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg West Club Lane - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg West Club Lane - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg West Club Lane - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg West Club Lane - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg West Club Lane - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg West Club Lane - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg West Club Lane - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg West Club Lane - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg West Club Lane - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg West Club Lane - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg West Club Lane - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg West Club Lane - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg West Club Lane - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg West Club Lane - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg West Club Lane - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg West Club Lane - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg West Club Lane - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg West Club Lane - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg West Club Lane - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png West Club Lane - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg West Club Lane - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg West Club Lane - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg West Club Lane - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg West Club Lane - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg West Club Lane - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg West Club Lane - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg West Club Lane - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg West Club Lane - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg West Club Lane - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg West Club Lane - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg West Club Lane - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg West Club Lane - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg West Club Lane - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg West Club Lane - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg West Club Lane - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg West Club Lane - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg West Club Lane - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg West Club Lane - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg West Club Lane - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg West Club Lane - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg West Club Lane - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg West Club Lane - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg West Club Lane - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg West Club Lane - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg West Club Lane - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg West Club Lane - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg West Club Lane - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg West Club Lane - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg West Club Lane - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg West Club Lane - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg West Club Lane - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg West Club Lane - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg West Club Lane - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg West Club Lane - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png West Club Lane - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg West Club Lane - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg West Club Lane - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg West Club Lane - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg West Club Lane - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg West Club Lane - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg West Club Lane - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg West Club Lane - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg West Club Lane - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg West Club Lane - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG West Club Lane - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg West Club Lane - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg West Club Lane - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg West Club Lane - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png West Club Lane - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg West Club Lane - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/fantasia-planning-page daily 0.75 2013-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386954711825-8NFNIW7DCZYYFA73O5ZE/Screen+Shot+2013-12-13+at+11.07.09+AM.png Fantasia Planning Page - 1 - green based on the olive green we discussed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386955711730-LW07P6C7OLIR6PVPG07F/Screen+Shot+2013-12-13+at+12.27.28+PM.png Fantasia Planning Page - 2 - blue based on the 'cool colors with warm highlights' plan we discussed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386954711832-AA2Y2W4SD54QTAV2N689/Screen+Shot+2013-12-13+at+11.19.44+AM.png Fantasia Planning Page - 3 - neutral dark somewhat more realistic color, but still with that somber mysterious air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386964466680-5KFIR8L5FM6VVOBW9KST/Screen+Shot+2013-12-13+at+2.53.37+PM.png Fantasia Planning Page - 4.5 - blue/neutral dark hybrid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386954712287-QS9Y8CU2JVNWYSMUL3EG/Screen+Shot+2013-12-13+at+11.39.23+AM.png Fantasia Planning Page - 4 - neutral light somewhat more realistic color, a little more winnie-the-pooh than oriental screen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386944694871-9DU3O9S2PFZMAP9LZ0KB/sketch+full+composition+and+values.jpg Fantasia Planning Page full composition and values https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386945865096-ZYM9A8R68PX6EMJAN732/sketch+compilation+edited.jpg Fantasia Planning Page pencil sketch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386779791630-BRNLVVF3GFWK92D1B43D/sketch+-+small+wall.jpg Fantasia Planning Page re-worked composition, with trunk and headboard blocked out trails slightly onto the side walls, and the birds are now flying in from the closet wall. The landscape will trail down behind the bed, but nothing essential will be hidden. There are also a couple more grassy islands between the furniture corners, to make the body of it more centered and less flowing towards the bed corner. $2800 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386780281325-VE6U8PC9UEE807URED5P/mockup.jpg Fantasia Planning Page Josh's measurements with the furniture and mural. (The chest is shown too long, but it's accurate in scale and proportion against the mural wall.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386206992455-2R8O2PZ0BKYVB5VPUNSN/page+1.jpg Fantasia Planning Page original design from 12/4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386207025071-Y3B5Y8NMLQEQNP9N8VDN/background.JPG Fantasia Planning Page background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386207013720-ZP1MSHTYOMW8C0LRVDKB/foreground.JPG Fantasia Planning Page tree and hillside (not background) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386207133730-F4N4SSTLI6W2J90PDY0V/beauty_and_beast6.jpg Fantasia Planning Page tree like this https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386259225032-SKV2M0RPHL810PR22CA3/this+sky+clouds.jpg Fantasia Planning Page sky/clouds like this https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386945632083-1VUQ04DV6DU55N6CJ2R0/hairdo+maybe1.jpg Fantasia Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386945650637-QKOIKOKLLY99GJY3LFH8/hairdo+maybe2.jpg Fantasia Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386207112074-TEM9HUOJ2LK4ZNFHZ5G4/Photo+on+12-4-13+at+6.41+PM+%232+copy.jpg Fantasia Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1386207123385-16S4PB5JUOXAQY2R643X/38_houseonhill.jpg Fantasia Planning Page all but house, also color https://www.herrsuite.com/nursery daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1477432853601-6AFRBKZR7PZ228ZFK7D3/Untitled_Panorama2_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409709935611-F7OL0CCA1YHG2W8QVH4Z/before.jpg Nursery in the Clouds before https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409692876930-60PSGB61G8XQOBLI3YNC/DSCN3023_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds after https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409692951276-GF3IA0TD8VNH3M27J5HP/_MLY6101.jpg Nursery in the Clouds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409692988339-52PX7T2W9YLLALQE5WLW/DSCF6762.jpg Nursery in the Clouds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409693036659-DWNAX2PI0GQ6DEAX2XCZ/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409693107769-007N5EOYPIA1BD6WHJOV/DSCF7165.jpg Nursery in the Clouds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409693141636-D2B3QUI7VLWFGVD7NYT6/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409693064946-3VNSE8KJSBIJSIKVZD4B/DSCF6759.jpg Nursery in the Clouds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409693170391-VQ93SIN8LNUJJWB3TNED/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409693250579-PQ3D79HF4D1FYXX12TGT/DSCF7127.jpg Nursery in the Clouds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Nursery in the Clouds - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Nursery in the Clouds - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Nursery in the Clouds - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Nursery in the Clouds - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Nursery in the Clouds - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Nursery in the Clouds - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Nursery in the Clouds - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/fantasia-drive daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1387821852159-F4V3VNNQGIFR7QOESVVI/full+edited.jpg Fantasia Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1387821979179-EJK3K0VRLLRRAM59BATA/sketch+-+small+wall.jpg Fantasia Drive - initial digital sketch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1387821979643-F0O0AC22BM17ZBQZ0TAX/sketch+compilation+edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - more detailed pencil sketch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1387821995889-ROWZMUM3IH8O80PEJFZA/sketch+full+composition+and+values.jpg Fantasia Drive - value study https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1387822037791-BDHECG2CGM2E8Q9RMR8E/blue-neutral+hybrid.png Fantasia Drive - color study https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1387822918463-B05V1VRVR7PIQKVH7DYN/DSCN4406cropEDITED.jpg Fantasia Drive - watercolor miniature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1387822376996-UTEP5PTFQF59O2Q3LNSY/full-process.gif Fantasia Drive PROCESS GIF - YOU MAY HAVE TO CLICK TO VIEW IT! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1387823005614-HM1V626ET9UTEE38E5KH/cardinal1+copy.jpg Fantasia Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1387822988020-0Z8UQGFENWY5QUO8DW0K/cardinal+female.jpg Fantasia Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1387823312078-WG3HNV65SA78UIKPJ9PA/deer1smaller.jpg Fantasia Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1387823140302-VVP414VEB9K4I2246PW3/center2.jpg Fantasia Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Fantasia Drive - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Fantasia Drive - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Fantasia Drive - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Fantasia Drive - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Fantasia Drive - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Fantasia Drive - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Fantasia Drive - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Fantasia Drive - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Fantasia Drive - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Fantasia Drive - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Fantasia Drive - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Fantasia Drive - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Fantasia Drive - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Fantasia Drive - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Fantasia Drive - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Fantasia Drive - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Fantasia Drive - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Fantasia Drive - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Fantasia Drive - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Fantasia Drive - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Fantasia Drive - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Fantasia Drive - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Fantasia Drive - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Fantasia Drive - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Fantasia Drive - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Fantasia Drive - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Fantasia Drive - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Fantasia Drive - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Fantasia Drive - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Fantasia Drive - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Fantasia Drive - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Fantasia Drive - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Fantasia Drive - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Fantasia Drive - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Fantasia Drive - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Fantasia Drive - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Fantasia Drive - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Fantasia Drive - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Fantasia Drive - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Fantasia Drive - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Fantasia Drive - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Fantasia Drive - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Fantasia Drive - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Fantasia Drive - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Fantasia Drive - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Fantasia Drive - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Fantasia Drive - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Fantasia Drive - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Fantasia Drive - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Fantasia Drive - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Fantasia Drive - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Fantasia Drive - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Fantasia Drive - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Fantasia Drive - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Fantasia Drive - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Fantasia Drive - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Fantasia Drive - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Fantasia Drive - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Fantasia Drive - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Fantasia Drive - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Fantasia Drive - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Fantasia Drive - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Fantasia Drive - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Fantasia Drive - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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I also painted some signage for the front of the store - reverse-painting on the glass! (Painting on the inside so it can be read from the outside) The "Coffee Company" design on the front imitates the owner's handwriting, based on the little baby sign you can just barely see in the left of the exterior picture below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418687969766-CMWOVEY3EVT03KA7U6P1/my+space_2.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418688064930-HS340JA6NIHNGK2YQCHF/sefton_28.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. so cute, right?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Sefton Coffee Co. - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Sefton Coffee Co. - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Sefton Coffee Co. - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Sefton Coffee Co. - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Sefton Coffee Co. - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Sefton Coffee Co. - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Sefton Coffee Co. - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Sefton Coffee Co. - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Sefton Coffee Co. - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Sefton Coffee Co. - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Sefton Coffee Co. - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Sefton Coffee Co. - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Sefton Coffee Co. - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Sefton Coffee Co. - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Sefton Coffee Co. - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Sefton Coffee Co. - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Sefton Coffee Co. - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Sefton Coffee Co. - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Sefton Coffee Co. - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/1680-tavern daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1421470032987-HY5UH3N7NSUZ45E3V1BC/1680+hand_1.jpg 1680 Tavern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1421469906580-ID9LPW6VZUDE7CAE5I9K/after.jpg 1680 Tavern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1421470129496-Y84WP7ME7PQRD0ENW3V4/Connecticut-fine-dining-restaurant-tavern-millwrights-51.jpg 1680 Tavern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1421470111613-H5LKAXDMYQ11X9E4G1TJ/Connecticut-fine-dining-restaurant-tavern-millwrights-51.jpg 1680 Tavern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1421470481907-XM3XDTTO8K3M1FH6QAOS/1680+hand_14.jpg 1680 Tavern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1421470268669-BKNNXZZ6UF432ML0R7SH/1680+hand_17.jpg 1680 Tavern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1421470520647-B61C3V669AUNK32L06MO/1680+hand_14.jpg 1680 Tavern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1421470575445-DAVWUKKYPPMUX9VHPQ6C/1680+hand_23.jpg 1680 Tavern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1421470434543-5CXPT2TFDOIO5Y9IKRVA/1680+hand_41.jpg 1680 Tavern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg 1680 Tavern - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg 1680 Tavern - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg 1680 Tavern - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg 1680 Tavern - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg 1680 Tavern - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg 1680 Tavern - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg 1680 Tavern - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg 1680 Tavern - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg 1680 Tavern - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg 1680 Tavern - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg 1680 Tavern - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg 1680 Tavern - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg 1680 Tavern - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg 1680 Tavern - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg 1680 Tavern - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg 1680 Tavern - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp 1680 Tavern - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg 1680 Tavern - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg 1680 Tavern - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg 1680 Tavern - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg 1680 Tavern - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg 1680 Tavern - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg 1680 Tavern - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg 1680 Tavern - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg 1680 Tavern - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg 1680 Tavern - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg 1680 Tavern - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png 1680 Tavern - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg 1680 Tavern - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg 1680 Tavern - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg 1680 Tavern - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg 1680 Tavern - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg 1680 Tavern - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg 1680 Tavern - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg 1680 Tavern - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg 1680 Tavern - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg 1680 Tavern - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg 1680 Tavern - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg 1680 Tavern - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg 1680 Tavern - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg 1680 Tavern - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg 1680 Tavern - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg 1680 Tavern - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg 1680 Tavern - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg 1680 Tavern - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg 1680 Tavern - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg 1680 Tavern - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg 1680 Tavern - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg 1680 Tavern - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg 1680 Tavern - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg 1680 Tavern - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg 1680 Tavern - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png 1680 Tavern - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg 1680 Tavern - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg 1680 Tavern - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg 1680 Tavern - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg 1680 Tavern - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg 1680 Tavern - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg 1680 Tavern - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG 1680 Tavern - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg 1680 Tavern - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg 1680 Tavern - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg 1680 Tavern - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png 1680 Tavern - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg 1680 Tavern - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/osteopathy-planning-page daily 0.75 2014-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1405470372990-OS9HC1MA84AWR9LST239/letterhead_template_us1.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1405470419449-UUJLCQRWSK139Q0PJEK5/image-asset.jpeg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1405471581721-XSLUKAAMMIYK5A7DQKS2/image-asset.jpeg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1404404670737-CKTCBBTZI6T0B99S2F50/image-asset.jpeg Osteopathy Planning Page Option A: black and white https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1404404651001-C9OE6NKR5REMVAOCB38R/image-asset.jpeg Osteopathy Planning Page Option B: hands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398217241968-GTRXV9L26W9ZXD3TPEK1/mockup+final+one.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page first final design for review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398186297311-6NA9EICYYV0QWFO51WDH/render+front+of+desk.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398186297496-WGE1IIPB0IS68R1VP56V/render+side+wall.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398187020845-NM9LOR4RG853Z4AZJYTI/render+side+desk.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398187216133-GQR6G25EWSCJAE7MMI5F/pencil+circle+and+side+desk.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398187216156-GWPJ3KK1L8VAOGOIQV4V/pencil+growth.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398187216278-DXSL5PUT7O7YI4WYXM1O/pencil+hands+1.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398187216296-5GO9J7RF3JTPMVH30SQL/pencil+hands+2.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398187478202-FAZTHR7PMOMLMWRK8MFB/photo+pencil+circle+hands+1.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398187564733-GHSA3TUWIU1H2GMG82ZG/photo+pencil+growth+hands+2.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398187695890-83R0HK5GIL437FPOJ3CT/photo+pencil+hands+1+high.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398187695915-N6DZO5FT98XQCZKG9LVQ/photo+pencil+hands+1+low.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398187697798-27PAPT44KTN9AW8ZOH23/photo+pencil+hands+2+high.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398187698258-2ROHH04XYU3W916S0675/photo+pencil+hands+2+low.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398195327972-TGGZSHS8ZR51BF7W10I5/image-asset.png Osteopathy Planning Page metal art (click) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398192707435-7EKFII8S0YL10BVJZ6T6/image-asset.jpeg Osteopathy Planning Page more realistic (click) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1398193401111-7UA6SSIR0J10BK6QQV0J/art+piece+little+details.jpg Osteopathy Planning Page - 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You can see more info about this piece at the Ten Thousand Villages website. Their description of it reads as follows: Painted Haitian metalwork makes a bright tropical garden. Among Haiti’s most original art forms, this type of ironwork began in Croix des Bouquets, a small village outside Port-au-Prince. In the early 1930s Georges Liautaud formed imaginative cemetery crosses from recycled metal cut from oil drums. An artistic tradition has grown from those humble beginnings and now the village has become a center for this art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1401657752779-1M80FBMGUGLBFH9BB6YJ/center2.jpg DO, LLC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1401648204976-YCYMEGM1ACVNIWODPTHZ/mike%27s+ofice+06.jpg DO, LLC before https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1401660689775-FPGMTPCLEE4R42R52E2M/DSCF6710.jpg DO, LLC after https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg DO, LLC - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg DO, LLC - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg DO, LLC - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg DO, LLC - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg DO, LLC - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg DO, LLC - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg DO, LLC - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg DO, LLC - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg DO, LLC - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg DO, LLC - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. 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I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg DO, LLC - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg DO, LLC - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg DO, LLC - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg DO, LLC - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg DO, LLC - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg DO, LLC - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg DO, LLC - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg DO, LLC - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg DO, LLC - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg DO, LLC - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg DO, LLC - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg DO, LLC - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp DO, LLC - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg DO, LLC - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg DO, LLC - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg DO, LLC - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg DO, LLC - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg DO, LLC - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg DO, LLC - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg DO, LLC - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg DO, LLC - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg DO, LLC - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg DO, LLC - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg DO, LLC - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg DO, LLC - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg DO, LLC - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg DO, LLC - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg DO, LLC - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg DO, LLC - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg DO, LLC - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg DO, LLC - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg DO, LLC - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png DO, LLC - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg DO, LLC - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg DO, LLC - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg DO, LLC - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg DO, LLC - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg DO, LLC - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg DO, LLC - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg DO, LLC - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg DO, LLC - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg DO, LLC - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg DO, LLC - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg DO, LLC - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg DO, LLC - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg DO, LLC - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg DO, LLC - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg DO, LLC - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg DO, LLC - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg DO, LLC - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg DO, LLC - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg DO, LLC - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg DO, LLC - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg DO, LLC - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg DO, LLC - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg DO, LLC - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg DO, LLC - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg DO, LLC - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg DO, LLC - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg DO, LLC - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg DO, LLC - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg DO, LLC - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg DO, LLC - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg DO, LLC - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg DO, LLC - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg DO, LLC - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg DO, LLC - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png DO, LLC - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg DO, LLC - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg DO, LLC - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg DO, LLC - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg DO, LLC - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg DO, LLC - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg DO, LLC - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg DO, LLC - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg DO, LLC - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg DO, LLC - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG DO, LLC - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg DO, LLC - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg DO, LLC - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg DO, LLC - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png DO, LLC - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg DO, LLC - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/social-52 daily 0.75 2016-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1401936565943-6AF7EA8J41G3C7WBAVN4/DSCF6740.jpg Social 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1401937122210-FWA8NZIJJFK5L1F9D9WZ/before.jpg Social 52 before https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1401937107004-2GPVDZI93GDOGVBVHE9Q/DSCN3023_1.jpg Social 52 after https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1401937408299-SUHY4FTAXHTEYJ4CDID7/_MLY6101.jpg Social 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1401937451804-O4NZGMMAGMY0ASRI30BP/DSCF6762.jpg Social 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1401937479114-G1A5P7SZE7EBC1D0H0T7/DSCF6759.jpg Social 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Social 52 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Social 52 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Social 52 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Social 52 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Social 52 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Social 52 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Social 52 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Social 52 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Social 52 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Social 52 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Social 52 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Social 52 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Social 52 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Social 52 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Social 52 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Social 52 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Social 52 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Social 52 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Social 52 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Social 52 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Social 52 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Social 52 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Social 52 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Social 52 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Social 52 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Social 52 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Social 52 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Social 52 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Social 52 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Social 52 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Social 52 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Social 52 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Social 52 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Social 52 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Social 52 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Social 52 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Social 52 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Social 52 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Social 52 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Social 52 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Social 52 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Social 52 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Social 52 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Social 52 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Social 52 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Social 52 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Social 52 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Social 52 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Social 52 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Social 52 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Social 52 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Social 52 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Social 52 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Social 52 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Social 52 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Social 52 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Social 52 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Social 52 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Social 52 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Social 52 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Social 52 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Social 52 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Social 52 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Social 52 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Social 52 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Social 52 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Social 52 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Social 52 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Social 52 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Social 52 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Social 52 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Social 52 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Social 52 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Social 52 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Social 52 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Social 52 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Social 52 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Social 52 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Social 52 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Social 52 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Social 52 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Social 52 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Social 52 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Social 52 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Social 52 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Social 52 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Social 52 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Social 52 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Social 52 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Social 52 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Social 52 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Social 52 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Social 52 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Social 52 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Social 52 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Social 52 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Social 52 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Social 52 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Social 52 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/halcyon-vintage-planning-page daily 0.75 2014-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1407303340290-DP5G08T136WGD2YYV5QJ/Screen+Shot+2014-08-06+at+12.39.01+AM.png Halcyon Vintage Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1407303404770-RE4PEIIB9B9WBM7QZDZR/Screen+Shot+2014-07-23+at+1.13.55+AM.jpg Halcyon Vintage Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1407303406001-YH2OQ0F82KP0OIM3BMHG/Screen+Shot+2014-07-23+at+1.13.55+AM2.jpg Halcyon Vintage Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1407303574934-XZ94H5LLNIIL69942O5P/Screen+Shot+2014-07-27+at+9.48.16+PM.png Halcyon Vintage Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1407303575148-2R9J31CQDG0SGPSKWTR3/Screen+Shot+2014-08-06+at+12.00.25+AM.png Halcyon Vintage Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1405636920144-MA5XUJ6K7ZJI0N3BDPPG/7-16+value+study+2.jpg Halcyon Vintage Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1405458855451-NN5A6MBM4ZA480RU5HBI/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1405460020101-COMSKLCTB43CF3E9W4TM/7-14+composition+crop.jpg Halcyon Vintage Planning Page - 7-14 composition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1405459781308-0UYBWA9PYCVX8VLWSSTG/7-15+composition+2.jpg Halcyon Vintage Planning Page - new square composition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1405459781491-JJQ970F1NI42F1XABQ2A/7-15+composition.jpg Halcyon Vintage Planning Page - new square composition, more rocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1405431885383-Y2HJ7GMPHADW3ATH2U0M/mock+1.jpg Halcyon Vintage Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1405431876243-YCJM13I40Y59ZP4YCYOF/mock+2.jpg Halcyon Vintage Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1405431875706-BZCZZ30YQSTIXFKDTEUM/mock+3.jpg Halcyon Vintage Planning Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1405370118847-PVENJ6DQ96DDRTTLGRBL/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage Planning Page https://www.herrsuite.com/halcyon-vintage daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409690402267-DQYFB5IFJN3FS7GQF0L1/DSCF6740.jpg Halcyon Vintage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409690602725-US20N06DE7BLZNXUV7DX/before.jpg Halcyon Vintage Billy Pickett’s original sign https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409690692700-GAWTMX6Q73OV6LSOKRJK/DSCN3023_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409690796838-QPAD3SW39XYX3I4Q1GVL/_MLY6101.jpg Halcyon Vintage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409690828273-PSHMHNEQSC68PCHLJR71/DSCF6762.jpg Halcyon Vintage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409691246983-MLOE3OEN5TGA44RCYO61/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409691141086-QQR3T4RFZCKAM5PE7URZ/DSCF6759.jpg Halcyon Vintage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1409691207380-ENH53S8KIQVAVME9HVSP/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage gold accents on jewelry and waves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Halcyon Vintage - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Halcyon Vintage - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Halcyon Vintage - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Halcyon Vintage - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Halcyon Vintage - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Halcyon Vintage - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Halcyon Vintage - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Halcyon Vintage - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Halcyon Vintage - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Halcyon Vintage - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Halcyon Vintage - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Halcyon Vintage - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Halcyon Vintage - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Halcyon Vintage - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Halcyon Vintage - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Halcyon Vintage - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Halcyon Vintage - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Halcyon Vintage - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Halcyon Vintage - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Halcyon Vintage - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Halcyon Vintage - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Halcyon Vintage - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Halcyon Vintage - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Halcyon Vintage - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Halcyon Vintage - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Halcyon Vintage - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Halcyon Vintage - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Halcyon Vintage - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Halcyon Vintage - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Halcyon Vintage - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Halcyon Vintage - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Halcyon Vintage - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Halcyon Vintage - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Halcyon Vintage - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Halcyon Vintage - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Halcyon Vintage - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Halcyon Vintage - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Halcyon Vintage - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Halcyon Vintage - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Halcyon Vintage - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Halcyon Vintage - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Halcyon Vintage - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Halcyon Vintage - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Halcyon Vintage - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Halcyon Vintage - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Halcyon Vintage - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg It's All About Community - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg It's All About Community - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg It's All About Community - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg It's All About Community - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg It's All About Community - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg It's All About Community - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg It's All About Community - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg It's All About Community - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg It's All About Community - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg It's All About Community - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg It's All About Community - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg It's All About Community - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg It's All About Community - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg It's All About Community - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg It's All About Community - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg It's All About Community - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg It's All About Community - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg It's All About Community - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg It's All About Community - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg It's All About Community - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg It's All About Community - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg It's All About Community - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg It's All About Community - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg It's All About Community - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg It's All About Community - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg It's All About Community - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg It's All About Community - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp It's All About Community - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg It's All About Community - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg It's All About Community - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg It's All About Community - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg It's All About Community - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg It's All About Community - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg It's All About Community - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg It's All About Community - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg It's All About Community - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg It's All About Community - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg It's All About Community - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg It's All About Community - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg It's All About Community - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg It's All About Community - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg It's All About Community - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg It's All About Community - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg It's All About Community - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg It's All About Community - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg It's All About Community - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg It's All About Community - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png It's All About Community - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg It's All About Community - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg It's All About Community - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg It's All About Community - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg It's All About Community - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg It's All About Community - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg It's All About Community - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg It's All About Community - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg It's All About Community - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg It's All About Community - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg It's All About Community - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg It's All About Community - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg It's All About Community - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg It's All About Community - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg It's All About Community - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg It's All About Community - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg It's All About Community - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg It's All About Community - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg It's All About Community - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg It's All About Community - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg It's All About Community - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg It's All About Community - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg It's All About Community - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg It's All About Community - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg It's All About Community - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg It's All About Community - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg It's All About Community - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg It's All About Community - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg It's All About Community - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg It's All About Community - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg It's All About Community - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg It's All About Community - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg It's All About Community - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg It's All About Community - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg It's All About Community - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png It's All About Community - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg It's All About Community - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg It's All About Community - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg It's All About Community - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg It's All About Community - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg It's All About Community - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg It's All About Community - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg It's All About Community - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg It's All About Community - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg It's All About Community - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG It's All About Community - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg It's All About Community - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg It's All About Community - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg It's All About Community - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png It's All About Community - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg It's All About Community - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/new-normal-apparel daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444100914892-71LUGUMNEMF4KFGEY5UG/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444100853216-5OFDWPSJZ3D7GB7LRI5X/DSCF6740.jpg New Normal Apparel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612554971734-VSXYA493QW4YC930GA5C/Little+Houses_20.jpg New Normal Apparel the whole show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444101519759-ST7JTNS5K1FLS020L5MC/DSCF6762.jpg New Normal Apparel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444101904829-U9CDM9AY7IL7Z6NP6DWQ/Little+Houses_2.jpg New Normal Apparel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102083948-04JD6N0PNDFXK3IYECLW/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444101724883-KCHF5E8L140FF8CEOE36/New+Normal+pouches_5.jpg New Normal Apparel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444101724975-NJWSPO332I6CHF4JOUMC/New+Normal+pouches_3.jpg New Normal Apparel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444101725932-D9QJGGWND9E2GJOY3EHP/New+Normal+pouches_6.jpg New Normal Apparel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444101726014-N2D2ANNZUIGUZ92AYG2S/New+Normal+pouches_8.jpg New Normal Apparel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444101836023-U4QBQ0ZNPSLXTREBT0CK/Little+Houses_7.jpg New Normal Apparel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444101835785-MVBTILW9EE0LYQFNHNI7/Little+Houses_9.jpg New Normal Apparel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444101836331-B9XS1Z3BF71HOA3T4NHU/Little+Houses_12.jpg New Normal Apparel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102178265-F3H3X1PB4FT4K3YXX2SO/image-asset.png New Normal Apparel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444101410729-XE7R9E26CZHIQD1NOPUT/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg New Normal Apparel - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg New Normal Apparel - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg New Normal Apparel - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg New Normal Apparel - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg New Normal Apparel - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg New Normal Apparel - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg New Normal Apparel - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg New Normal Apparel - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg New Normal Apparel - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg New Normal Apparel - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg New Normal Apparel - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg New Normal Apparel - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg New Normal Apparel - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg New Normal Apparel - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp New Normal Apparel - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg New Normal Apparel - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg New Normal Apparel - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg New Normal Apparel - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg New Normal Apparel - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg New Normal Apparel - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg New Normal Apparel - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg New Normal Apparel - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg New Normal Apparel - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg New Normal Apparel - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png New Normal Apparel - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg New Normal Apparel - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg New Normal Apparel - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg New Normal Apparel - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg New Normal Apparel - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg New Normal Apparel - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg New Normal Apparel - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg New Normal Apparel - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg New Normal Apparel - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg New Normal Apparel - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg New Normal Apparel - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg New Normal Apparel - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg New Normal Apparel - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg New Normal Apparel - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg New Normal Apparel - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg New Normal Apparel - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg New Normal Apparel - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg New Normal Apparel - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg New Normal Apparel - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png New Normal Apparel - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg New Normal Apparel - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg New Normal Apparel - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg New Normal Apparel - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg New Normal Apparel - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg New Normal Apparel - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg New Normal Apparel - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG New Normal Apparel - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg New Normal Apparel - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png New Normal Apparel - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg New Normal Apparel - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/welcoming-walls daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1529960134511-85XS0F2PEZF7MMA0SZ4O/Rise-and-Shine-crop-small.png Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444854820703-E5UD9R8DC2I1QK6P4WZN/DSCF6740.jpg Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444854995308-KPJ4L2JIMMRASTPI8WV0/before.png Welcoming Walls before https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505855573599-ICAOB71N24J461JV3APH/11406643_10207002412964915_6160126831844802231_o.jpg Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444855228411-OXRWDI564FOSB7KOVQ3D/plan.JPG Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444855224610-23UZGKB2S3CHNU290047/IMG_1778.jpg Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444855228454-4N2HTAYZTRII4FXK5FWE/Screen+Shot+2015-06-10+at+10.29.56+PM.png Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444855226199-EYD62Q49Z4IEFAKAQ9YP/IMG_1784.jpg Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444855227934-JYLK1UQCC1UPMNB92ZUQ/Screen+Shot+2015-06-10+at+10.28.01+PM.png Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444855223672-WN90Z4J7Q8X6TGRGGWYO/11357435_429497813920732_1529449091_n.jpg Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444855225594-KDGSTB1S8I05VRFX5VWB/IMG_1780.jpg Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444855227063-SZK0T4ALW6VLISDWK8Y8/IMG_1785.jpg Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444855227344-4I95YERJJTAMIAQ8L4JW/IMG_1797.jpg Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444855620164-NR7E3QO7H4V6MUUAOM41/image-asset.png Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444855848201-MA7PJFL7MEY1O04NYYO7/image-asset.jpeg Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444855689752-ZZFZI84VPKMTIR07O0QR/IMG_1809.jpg Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444855688696-1LHDN19PER9K3YG3GGRP/IMG_1810.jpg Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444855689980-Y9K8F9BVWYQAOB824DKI/IMG_1811.jpg Welcoming Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Welcoming Walls - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Welcoming Walls - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Welcoming Walls - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Welcoming Walls - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Welcoming Walls - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Welcoming Walls - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Welcoming Walls - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Welcoming Walls - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Welcoming Walls - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Welcoming Walls - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Welcoming Walls - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Welcoming Walls - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Welcoming Walls - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Welcoming Walls - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Welcoming Walls - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Welcoming Walls - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Welcoming Walls - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Welcoming Walls - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Welcoming Walls - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Welcoming Walls - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Welcoming Walls - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Welcoming Walls - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Welcoming Walls - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Welcoming Walls - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Welcoming Walls - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Welcoming Walls - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Welcoming Walls - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Welcoming Walls - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Welcoming Walls - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Welcoming Walls - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Welcoming Walls - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Welcoming Walls - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Welcoming Walls - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Welcoming Walls - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Welcoming Walls - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Welcoming Walls - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Welcoming Walls - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Welcoming Walls - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Welcoming Walls - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Welcoming Walls - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Welcoming Walls - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Welcoming Walls - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Welcoming Walls - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Welcoming Walls - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Welcoming Walls - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Welcoming Walls - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Welcoming Walls - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Welcoming Walls - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Welcoming Walls - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Welcoming Walls - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Welcoming Walls - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Welcoming Walls - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Welcoming Walls - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Welcoming Walls - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Welcoming Walls - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Welcoming Walls - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Welcoming Walls - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Welcoming Walls - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Welcoming Walls - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Welcoming Walls - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Welcoming Walls - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Welcoming Walls - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Welcoming Walls - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Welcoming Walls - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Welcoming Walls - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/floyd-ave daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1445896923363-IJI0P3VCJ27033LJZ6FQ/IMG_2674.JPG Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959539167-MUEJGUUQWET98SVYQGBC/delahaye-135m-figonifalaschi-cabriolet-02.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959369607-ULXLHXTD2ADIB1JH7B2J/Screen+Shot+2015-09-13+at+11.38.55+AM.png Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444859956228-B76KPCMYW1PMBKV3JN09/process+3.JPG Floyd Ave Garage graphite mockup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444859914551-FTT20F8H9EXVH7GYX870/process+2.jpg Floyd Ave Garage painted version for color https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444859999771-XFMGD3X2LCHR8NSV3PV9/process+4.JPG Floyd Ave Garage graphite re-composed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444859883135-QZ2DZO5WS63FJQZCUV6M/process+5.jpg Floyd Ave Garage digitized version for color https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444860031976-OFECB4AAFAPTQB0EPF2Y/process+6.jpg Floyd Ave Garage edited and photoshopped onto garage door https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957422212-6F9960CDDOI0KUBHGH0P/1+tape.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957422163-8MJ5YF6RTB9IBZDFS9OT/2+background.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957423946-87SSJFV3BUFOBSXZINY9/3+gradient.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957423746-PHRGC0RYKFFWUCLUFL94/4+gradient.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957425102-RWUHUDN6GR0ZDKSTSM69/5+gradient.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957425273-6X4EBS3N6098B3A1ZDIC/6+gradient.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957425849-YHVNBP06B4Z0WQCBU35K/7+projector.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957426628-XB0CCJ2VNI7M9WD8S8SH/8+new+gradient.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957427697-DKUKH6KLTR17YPK3HUNW/9+projected.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957428109-RW83NFO0EURYMB13Z4VL/10+darks.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957429162-ASH5TOE1E06GWW99W4NF/11+lights.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957429856-727WDPCHQMG7V51YX6WQ/12+midtones.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957430873-6WWDFUC4QDIK5FL3U3TV/13+midtones.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957431223-G4J5EWV0GATPA1PK0UDT/14+ground.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957749098-2IR0NWM0NYIG1KFTVEU1/IMG_1818.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444957897533-B73VMSDZWSE1PAK7KBJ1/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage this location had crazy shadows almost all the time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444958084331-FAMGMCR8YHKAC0ZZAIN5/IMG_2671.JPG Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444958119180-JEPSUPEB8EI5U9FQZKLB/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage The two tenants of the garage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444958626211-MF9RI01LNJBJXP98435N/New+Normal+house+mural_7.jpg Floyd Ave Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Floyd Ave Garage - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Floyd Ave Garage - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Floyd Ave Garage - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Floyd Ave Garage - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Floyd Ave Garage - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Floyd Ave Garage - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave Garage - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/thrive-at-cobalt daily 0.75 2021-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449868908029-JLJNKOVKFK2VVYG2LH4K/IMG_3478_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449769335736-WV8C308Y7L39XNN0MK7K/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449769146812-TDSEWBS4U0CT036BRO30/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449772591625-HE1HXWKQZ5K2L8SX8O5Z/IMG_3453.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449772592018-MSERGNZNJY1B6I30IYIG/IMG_3454.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449772594540-OMRQFJN6M6GFH1T7E6Q6/IMG_3455.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449772594708-0EVNIUFA9K7Z9YJCJO6G/IMG_3456.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449772598240-ZIHI5ZGO2032X4HGVXRI/IMG_3457.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449772600372-LA7WFPX2YMLGJW7QYJ9T/IMG_3459.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449772601325-VR5LJIV3GJRKPZ46J3CY/IMG_3460.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449772603223-O3QPQQ64SH3AELI14VO7/IMG_3461.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773362149-E9PPE1XZ3MDRBOGL32SV/IMG_3467.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773363576-6LONKHD3BTMHPE23SBGS/IMG_3469.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773364567-R3Q1YH0NBA19V4R6B7GZ/IMG_3470.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773366564-SZKPWQYD45P2MIXEMHLD/IMG_3471_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773366515-WZ0Z5J5VTJL02ZD6MB9U/IMG_3473.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773370654-CLF7I6ALZL40NCKOWAW4/IMG_3476.jpg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773428870-EX4ULMPXZQTWP36G754I/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Thrive at Cobalt - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Thrive at Cobalt - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Thrive at Cobalt - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Thrive at Cobalt - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Thrive at Cobalt - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Thrive at Cobalt - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at Cobalt - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/thrive-in-brooklyn daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449869027338-FD9UD1Z6P1YIJ6QG0G5V/IMG_6482_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449775142872-ORGG5AHHL6EAV1P33EB9/IMG_6482.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776638937-JEODZ16QIIULF444JZ99/image-asset.png Thrive in Brooklyn my ‘sketch’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776146024-TC807K007RXCR7TPQGF1/tumblr_nvt4xvvGNk1rsz6mxo1_1280.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn http://edoughty.com/post/130643719364/bushwick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774591042-D7BWTTEAK2HVRJVXHBT7/IMG_4629.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774591024-KB10ITOEODP3THH1T6ZX/IMG_4630.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774592829-0SFKMJ6P2THLO51BPD3Y/IMG_4631.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774592732-X05SUEE4MWKDZF8GAPCW/IMG_4632.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774594732-YKC32D9WU592EWJVCL7I/IMG_4633.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774595084-QUXJVXQZB8LPX69LYP6K/IMG_4634.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774598236-97CG0ZONGLTTF8YBOB34/IMG_4635.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774600420-GGIABOCQXGKHJ64UFE2E/IMG_4636.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774600984-53KCD3Y8BFLGFYOHZL5S/IMG_4637.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774604862-J2Y1L0FA8YWJSU261NKR/IMG_4638.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774605938-4A2F1BPHWMFDP93SKMFF/IMG_4639.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774607114-N8RJP9X19C78PHX2EW5A/IMG_4640.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774608446-RD92PMMXFRE7NWFBL0GQ/IMG_4642.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774610562-O9MR3HBBBQU7536N44AO/IMG_4643.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774611217-XF37GL91T2J1VE9AIMKB/IMG_4644.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774954919-6Z0VGWQDX4T4UWC8IT3T/IMG_3539.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn Babies learning how to spray paint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774973423-DHT9YY68E4ZIBU1GW0J8/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn Babies learning how to spray paint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449774538268-TCAOHO3IQ7KJK1EEXLAE/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn before https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449775192428-7RI4HQQPSIVZ5N7YE29U/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn finished https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Thrive in Brooklyn - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Thrive in Brooklyn - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Thrive in Brooklyn - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Thrive in Brooklyn - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Thrive in Brooklyn - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Thrive in Brooklyn - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Thrive in Brooklyn - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/iceland-in-connecticut daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449869126968-5TXTQTF45I7CLNN3PBGQ/IMG_3526.jpg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449866793080-CGNAYJLE8XLAZIFRGKYG/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449866853239-QPG72AGXRMI063TNBKHP/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867601139-RB0VW2T4WOR3NAGGJ2OP/DSCN4815.JPG Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1450410141588-GOH1CQJPSBM398OC8BQ0/IMG_3607.jpg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1450410140275-CC8RTXFEBP361TPZY3JI/IMG_3606.jpg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1450410133458-S32X8YCGK7YTMPTSAOWO/IMG_3605.jpg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1450410124110-4AKXOXUOLTTDK9D7W856/IMG_3604.jpg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867600657-IOPPGZ0C555E42S7A9UV/IMAG0014.JPG Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867600769-B0VBOC594I9Z47V9XMRU/IMAG0006.JPG Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867600955-FLSM7F1J6TQT3VO13LJC/IMAG0007.JPG Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867601169-MO7JN6T04KPWR31KCW4Y/IMAG0008.JPG Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867601339-3LN5TWRQ5BAACPB8QMU2/IMAG0009.JPG Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867601391-56VYZAO3OB9I49Q8QFTG/IMAG0010.JPG Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867601599-SA4K6LBG6FX4G12PXBHH/IMAG0015.JPG Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867601562-0XJBDQLXEEI4MTJFL9CJ/IMAG0025.JPG Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867602214-1VZAGJPPJ1E08M4EUFQQ/IMAG0026.JPG Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867602568-IPV3PZG6IBS802DGX1VA/vikings+flat+use+this+one.jpg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867603596-T303T04AAU642613L5ZJ/IMG_3498.jpg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867604226-X7YR3TI0IEWY0XG2BAYO/IMG_3499.jpg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867083725-2FJI8WIR4DPX55FRZDNA/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867424104-0PVC18CHDNJCE5XFMRG9/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867181744-CDA7R2CI71UTAQUDCEEB/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867214103-75C6XM34C85OMUKKSFC5/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867336807-E47088U7GGLV5K133YVD/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867106049-0HE0542CHK6FNBAKG469/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867266737-Y80MENNLSW41SSGGVBX2/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449867278826-H0AO3LVIYDUASNSQBJHZ/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Iceland in Connecticut - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Iceland in Connecticut - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Iceland in Connecticut - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Iceland in Connecticut - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Iceland in Connecticut - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Iceland in Connecticut - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Iceland in Connecticut - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/pennsylvania-hummingbird daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449869126968-5TXTQTF45I7CLNN3PBGQ/IMG_3526.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788803856-F8R29WHVV5HGVJH8DPHG/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788110173-6V6EZU6HVTWTUPYQP0S3/IMG_3732.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788161299-FBWPXEA2VM6IE9Q999ZN/Screen+Shot+2016-08-09+at+8.15.19+PM.png Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788111325-4O7PGTT10P2KWD86SDMS/IMG_5322.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788108600-JA1CCLYHBYNMGYK3HQAU/20-93607.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788109616-3HD4R3V02QBOSNT1J6L6/IMG_3202.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788113257-SE6O91K064PQ9TLHGP28/Ruby-throated+Hummingbird3.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788110633-E537FV4CYWKRGPZL5F9X/IMG_5321.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788115477-V2I97GMEZ1H1WW3IDVRU/Screen+Shot+2016-06-05+at+6.34.11+PM.png Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788111917-PIBQNB4VX6WXQXW94N99/IMG_5971.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788112526-SUK7FW8R56CL4Y4DPGP7/IMG_5972.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788113052-5DUZQG32VRUA6KO3D58Z/IMG_5973.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788113723-7DNOAPSX8AA4L0Z1W3M8/IMG_5979.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788098310-ZA0I5H6J8PHKEXY1ZZ4S/IMG_6002.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788098368-HKEKB8CWFDY0ANU7IGHD/IMG_6003.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788099747-M682OA7BNSAKUGPB9GFL/IMG_6007.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788100370-9J426NBC1DV9POCI5B2S/IMG_6008.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788929556-FUKLTCT8E8Y5PWY9BZ4Z/IMG_6018.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788932315-G2JZYW8NMVG5G9A0S9GE/IMG_6023.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788928223-CMZOXTK3R3NP9OGDJQ79/IMG_6013.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789035237-DYVENIFA7W6RGQOXLDAO/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470788969817-6UXQU0W7BFQY6KGI4F84/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Pennsylvania Hummingbird - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Pennsylvania Hummingbird - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Pennsylvania Hummingbird - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Pennsylvania Hummingbird - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Pennsylvania Hummingbird - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Pennsylvania Hummingbird - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/thrive-at-rva-street-art-fest daily 0.75 2023-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449868908029-JLJNKOVKFK2VVYG2LH4K/IMG_3478_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470790953486-57EUPCDQWUILX8O7RSR8/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791040893-2I7CXASRL8MKHD52KXV4/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791029567-2QHNLIALPBD7MM13LDBY/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470790779070-0BECXJXRAKMBQSUIYHH6/IMG_5536.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470790777588-0Y0JC0A9CM6JZ1QTAQIJ/IMG_5541.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470790780203-CA44MN7RTR2SG8JEWCNU/IMG_5563.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470790780192-ZNF02E9N4MNLRPML2KDT/IMG_5567.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470790783466-C5L38WNWTE6M9XMX2BWB/IMG_5570.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470790781054-PKDZCSVRAAHXA4RRMWP0/13041439_10209439261084595_3520560203750936283_o.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470790785650-L3WD2F8TO3Q9DFI1GQ52/Screen+Shot+2016-04-27+at+5.27.17+PM.png Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470790785468-B6K8HBUWJ1QGUWJRWSPO/IMG_5583.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470790989840-72CNE922XFRIGKAKP09S/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Thrive at RVA Street Art Fest - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg BHNY Shiva - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg BHNY Shiva - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg BHNY Shiva - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg BHNY Shiva - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg BHNY Shiva - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg BHNY Shiva - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg BHNY Shiva - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg BHNY Shiva - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg BHNY Shiva - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg BHNY Shiva - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Shiva - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg BHNY Shiva - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg BHNY Shiva - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg BHNY Shiva - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg BHNY Shiva - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp BHNY Shiva - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg BHNY Shiva - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg BHNY Shiva - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg BHNY Shiva - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Shiva - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg BHNY Shiva - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg BHNY Shiva - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg BHNY Shiva - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg BHNY Shiva - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg BHNY Shiva - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg BHNY Shiva - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png BHNY Shiva - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg BHNY Shiva - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg BHNY Shiva - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg BHNY Shiva - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg BHNY Shiva - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg BHNY Shiva - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg BHNY Shiva - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg BHNY Shiva - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg BHNY Shiva - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Shiva - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Shiva - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg BHNY Shiva - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg BHNY Shiva - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg BHNY Shiva - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg BHNY Shiva - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Shiva - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg BHNY Shiva - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Shiva - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg BHNY Shiva - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg BHNY Shiva - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg BHNY Shiva - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Shiva - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg BHNY Shiva - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Shiva - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg BHNY Shiva - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png BHNY Shiva - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg BHNY Shiva - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg BHNY Shiva - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg BHNY Shiva - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg BHNY Shiva - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg BHNY Shiva - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg BHNY Shiva - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG BHNY Shiva - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg BHNY Shiva - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Shiva - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Shiva - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png BHNY Shiva - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg BHNY Ganesha - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg BHNY Ganesha - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg BHNY Ganesha - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. 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I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg BHNY Ganesha - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg BHNY Ganesha - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Ganesha - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg BHNY Ganesha - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg BHNY Ganesha - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg BHNY Ganesha - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp BHNY Ganesha - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg BHNY Ganesha - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg BHNY Ganesha - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg BHNY Ganesha - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Ganesha - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg BHNY Ganesha - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg BHNY Ganesha - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg BHNY Ganesha - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg BHNY Ganesha - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png BHNY Ganesha - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg BHNY Ganesha - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg BHNY Ganesha - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg BHNY Ganesha - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg BHNY Ganesha - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg BHNY Ganesha - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg BHNY Ganesha - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg BHNY Ganesha - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg BHNY Ganesha - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Ganesha - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Ganesha - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg BHNY Ganesha - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg BHNY Ganesha - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg BHNY Ganesha - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Ganesha - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg BHNY Ganesha - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Ganesha - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg BHNY Ganesha - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg BHNY Ganesha - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg BHNY Ganesha - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Ganesha - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg BHNY Ganesha - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Ganesha - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png BHNY Ganesha - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg BHNY Ganesha - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg BHNY Ganesha - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg BHNY Ganesha - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg BHNY Ganesha - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg BHNY Ganesha - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG BHNY Ganesha - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg BHNY Ganesha - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Ganesha - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Ganesha - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png BHNY Ganesha - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Tree of Life - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp BHNY Tree of Life - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Tree of Life - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg BHNY Tree of Life - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png BHNY Tree of Life - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Tree of Life - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Tree of Life - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Tree of Life - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Tree of Life - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Tree of Life - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Tree of Life - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png BHNY Tree of Life - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG BHNY Tree of Life - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg BHNY Tree of Life - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Tree of Life - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Tree of Life - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png BHNY Tree of Life - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg BHNY Hanuman - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg BHNY Hanuman - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg BHNY Hanuman - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg BHNY Hanuman - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg BHNY Hanuman - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg BHNY Hanuman - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg BHNY Hanuman - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg BHNY Hanuman - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Hanuman - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg BHNY Hanuman - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg BHNY Hanuman - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg BHNY Hanuman - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp BHNY Hanuman - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg BHNY Hanuman - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg BHNY Hanuman - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg BHNY Hanuman - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Hanuman - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg BHNY Hanuman - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg BHNY Hanuman - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg BHNY Hanuman - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg BHNY Hanuman - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png BHNY Hanuman - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg BHNY Hanuman - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg BHNY Hanuman - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg BHNY Hanuman - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg BHNY Hanuman - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg BHNY Hanuman - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg BHNY Hanuman - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg BHNY Hanuman - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg BHNY Hanuman - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Hanuman - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Hanuman - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg BHNY Hanuman - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg BHNY Hanuman - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg BHNY Hanuman - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Hanuman - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg BHNY Hanuman - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Hanuman - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg BHNY Hanuman - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg BHNY Hanuman - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg BHNY Hanuman - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Hanuman - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg BHNY Hanuman - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Hanuman - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png BHNY Hanuman - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg BHNY Hanuman - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg BHNY Hanuman - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg BHNY Hanuman - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg BHNY Hanuman - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg BHNY Hanuman - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG BHNY Hanuman - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg BHNY Hanuman - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Hanuman - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Hanuman - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png BHNY Hanuman - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg BHNY Hanuman - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/save-the-bees daily 0.75 2021-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449868908029-JLJNKOVKFK2VVYG2LH4K/IMG_3478_1.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474862168264-5R15HMRHBFEVDXMO5HIX/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475432062782-8LVTKJEL4EBJLWW4KYU9/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474862407272-INPO4P2VDV5MFEXI9VUB/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474861632976-LGN4OI20IVAOLQSKKC33/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474861877036-SXQ3KXXVV1TIHSHI9AP9/IMG_7700.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475369792554-6KLBIVO10NH4VSH1MZ21/IMG_3848_1.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475369792885-Y3N3H83UKOTN5HRBVZ89/IMG_3850_1.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474861877113-U8C45QEVBPGBFQQFSHWF/IMG_7704.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475369907707-CCCDB13GZWE34FGMXL60/IMG_3866_1.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475369907730-RPGKRF789V2ADZZC1PVT/IMG_3872_1.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474862011735-LW5G9VLFJK6JRG8LQL4U/IMG_7710_1.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475370051828-D9JQGGUJF2BZS4MY2037/IMG_3874_1.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474862719284-G2QHG5J6R56SJTTB2BPM/Screen+Shot+2016-09-25+at+11.20.10+PM.png Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474862720203-YC3ECVJ7FQ5G0RXCMHVV/Screen+Shot+2016-09-25+at+11.22.14+PM.png Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474862719855-4II4KSQRADNNPVWHLVFI/Screen+Shot+2016-09-25+at+11.22.53+PM.png Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474863719168-H6RBGYG3XIKY90BY6LW2/Screen+Shot+2016-09-26+at+12.21.29+AM.png Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475431048021-WR48G8YLCCOLVCT0D86C/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475432914789-V4B1W5N0R2GNZR8N40HY/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475432758068-UWSQE5G46FCP12UPSC3U/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475432874473-Z4KLNJUPRFY0V22WEX14/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475430557835-Q7096AB6JJ01EGYKWC9T/IMG_7772.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475430557537-WKXYMN4ZNUGSYWTWD1OW/IMG_7774.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475430558486-AKVMLUVGX5TSTRASLNKB/IMG_7775_1.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475430558620-S59KB1BLARZI29HD2HVS/IMG_7777_1.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475430559253-J44F0KICEBGNVFUSYVPC/IMG_7778_1.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475430559608-CG7I6EUKXHI24ZQRE5ZE/IMG_7779_1.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1475430583942-1C4YUVCXMVICPEIXPFHC/IMG_7791_1.jpg Save the Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Save the Bees - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Save the Bees - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Save the Bees - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Save the Bees - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Save the Bees - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Save the Bees - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Save the Bees - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Save the Bees - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Save the Bees - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Save the Bees - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Save the Bees - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Save the Bees - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Save the Bees - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Save the Bees - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Save the Bees - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Save the Bees - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Save the Bees - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Save the Bees - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Save the Bees - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Save the Bees - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Save the Bees - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Save the Bees - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Save the Bees - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Save the Bees - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Save the Bees - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Save the Bees - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Save the Bees - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Save the Bees - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Save the Bees - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Save the Bees - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Save the Bees - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Save the Bees - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Save the Bees - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Save the Bees - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Save the Bees - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Save the Bees - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Save the Bees - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Save the Bees - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Save the Bees - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Save the Bees - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Save the Bees - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Save the Bees - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Save the Bees - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Save the Bees - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Save the Bees - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Save the Bees - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Save the Bees - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Save the Bees - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Save the Bees - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Save the Bees - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Save the Bees - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Save the Bees - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Save the Bees - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Save the Bees - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Save the Bees - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Save the Bees - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Save the Bees - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Save the Bees - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Save the Bees - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Save the Bees - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Save the Bees - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Save the Bees - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Save the Bees - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Save the Bees - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Save the Bees - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Save the Bees - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Save the Bees - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Save the Bees - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Save the Bees - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Save the Bees - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Save the Bees - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Save the Bees - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Save the Bees - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Save the Bees - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Save the Bees - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Save the Bees - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Save the Bees - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Save the Bees - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Save the Bees - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Save the Bees - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Save the Bees - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Save the Bees - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Save the Bees - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Save the Bees - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Save the Bees - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Save the Bees - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Save the Bees - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Save the Bees - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/7th-st-supply-co daily 0.75 2021-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1477406310594-EP1ZF2K61DBDSAJ9OWM2/again2_4.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478796687342-IQW4SWWDMR4TQ4FIB527/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478796832217-UIURBUM6IHHT4THGFN3N/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1477406788873-8E3YCCVE3G1Y71Y674WU/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1477406813335-PQ6B2QP9XMQZZOAERY9M/_MG_9463.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1477406042990-RHZ7PTX5E2ANZGAJAN5G/_MLY6101.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1477407899267-QL1I28FT4N81MI33QXA9/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478795897291-K27GXXXMRAU0YJOSQVG3/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1477407932573-5F1SRIUHERUC1OW65N5W/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478796080119-DB6AFSVN4K4R5I1ENMMM/before+before.png 7th St. Supply Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478796079358-QBCMSWTIHP7S6LFP2LS2/before.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478796159088-LVW3OJM72OLSQ98LYYHA/again2_7.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp 7th St. Supply Co. - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png 7th St. Supply Co. - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png 7th St. Supply Co. - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG 7th St. Supply Co. - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg 7th St. Supply Co. - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg 7th St. Supply Co. - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png 7th St. Supply Co. - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave. Elevator - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Floyd Ave. Elevator - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave. Elevator - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Floyd Ave. Elevator - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Floyd Ave. Elevator - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave. Elevator - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave. Elevator - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave. Elevator - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave. Elevator - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave. Elevator - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave. Elevator - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Floyd Ave. Elevator - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Floyd Ave. Elevator - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Floyd Ave. Elevator - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave. Elevator - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave. Elevator - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Floyd Ave. Elevator - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Floyd Ave. Elevator - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/toni-beach-scene daily 0.75 2021-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449869126968-5TXTQTF45I7CLNN3PBGQ/IMG_3526.jpg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484062347313-59T6M8MT5VTGHRWDMEIX/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484060910639-6N1TD7Z1IBT7I8XK8J2P/il_fullxfull.907750836_glwx.jpg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484061051204-EJ2ZFKI32WCZOUK27IWU/cd1ce5cf759efebb609f4fd5434bd9ec.jpg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484061050986-NSJ4H6KKWS09D73BU9L8/IMG_6098.JPG Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484061712707-ENX2OLF2WX4NOQLIATF1/IMG_6119_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484061702535-FGR6ILEC99WIARHJ2L8N/IMG_6121_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484061714788-ZLXRX3CAFCBH0563LENC/IMG_6118_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484061705989-L5EFXRDZ4U9OCKR9RBE1/IMG_6120_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484061324814-6CVHRHBTZ598STR310MT/working.jpg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484060910084-483S6GUK4QY7ASWZUUSS/IMG_7271.jpg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484061471608-ENL9B8XNXBO157FBXPTH/IMG_7278.jpg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484060910131-ZF5VM52M8NGQZ63NU4SX/IMG_7279.jpg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484060811811-P73BPM556JUWR4Y7IJQP/IMG_7289.jpg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484060804908-VYVC08VU5GQZLNGXJKLQ/IMG_7339.jpg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484060809315-1H8VNU4LVFZ8OEIZTML7/IMG_7293.jpg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484063361912-QSTW6AIWIYDOPZCV60D6/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484063631787-YV44JBGXVBCVQW3JJWHC/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484063858550-GY7FZ9V0W3L8GS9PWWVG/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484063689881-6D8137FFEYK830FOY1CF/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484062550480-V476WEEJP7COXLVWH1NM/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Toni Beach Scene - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Toni Beach Scene - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Toni Beach Scene - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Toni Beach Scene - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Toni Beach Scene - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Toni Beach Scene - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Toni Beach Scene - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Toni Beach Scene - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Toni Beach Scene - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Toni Beach Scene - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Toni Beach Scene - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Toni Beach Scene - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Toni Beach Scene - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Toni Beach Scene - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Toni Beach Scene - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Toni Beach Scene - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Toni Beach Scene - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Toni Beach Scene - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Toni Beach Scene - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Toni Beach Scene - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Toni Beach Scene - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Toni Beach Scene - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Toni Beach Scene - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Toni Beach Scene - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Toni Beach Scene - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Toni Beach Scene - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Toni Beach Scene - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Toni Beach Scene - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Toni Beach Scene - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Toni Beach Scene - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Toni Beach Scene - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Toni Beach Scene - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Toni Beach Scene - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Toni Beach Scene - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Toni Beach Scene - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Toni Beach Scene - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Toni Beach Scene - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Toni Beach Scene - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Toni Beach Scene - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Toni Beach Scene - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Toni Beach Scene - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Toni Beach Scene - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Toni Beach Scene - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Toni Beach Scene - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Toni Beach Scene - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Toni Beach Scene - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/girlsgirlsgirls-garage daily 0.75 2021-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449869126968-5TXTQTF45I7CLNN3PBGQ/IMG_3526.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! 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Garage - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Girls!Girls!Girls! Garage - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/sugar-twine daily 0.75 2021-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497408171696-D9VKBNY5SCCJ09P6MJJI/sefton+redo_2.jpg Sugar + Twine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497409114614-HA5SJ0K2QVVXAPES1679/IMG_9237.jpg Sugar + Twine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497410058056-W7FNP7HW4958TMA5KFAE/sefton+redo_1.jpg Sugar + Twine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497409989513-CR58KNF4DOV8SCFSC78G/sefton+redo_7.jpg Sugar + Twine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497410130660-G89J4S5H1TC9Z8BA9VRC/IMG_9270.jpg Sugar + Twine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497410314565-P3H8NJECYJLN3EX53USU/IMG_9264.jpg Sugar + Twine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497410282753-PEX6AARJCAOY6SWOWRZP/sefton+redo_6.jpg Sugar + Twine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497410386996-DJRE28H1CO3GYENSM3H9/sefton_28.jpg Sugar + Twine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497408116223-L4Y20B1Q0D7Q76548E2I/before+bw.jpg Sugar + Twine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497408735238-GO613AV20ICALZUIIP7U/IMG_9196.jpg Sugar + Twine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Sugar + Twine - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Sugar + Twine - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Sugar + Twine - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Sugar + Twine - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Sugar + Twine - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Sugar + Twine - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Sugar + Twine - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Sugar + Twine - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Sugar + Twine - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Sugar + Twine - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Sugar + Twine - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Sugar + Twine - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Sugar + Twine - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Sugar + Twine - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Sugar + Twine - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Sugar + Twine - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Sugar + Twine - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Sugar + Twine - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Sugar + Twine - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Sugar + Twine - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Sugar + Twine - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Sugar + Twine - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Sugar + Twine - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Sugar + Twine - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Sugar + Twine - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Sugar + Twine - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Sugar + Twine - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Sugar + Twine - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Sugar + Twine - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Sugar + Twine - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Sugar + Twine - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Sugar + Twine - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Sugar + Twine - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Sugar + Twine - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Sugar + Twine - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Sugar + Twine - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Sugar + Twine - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Sugar + Twine - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Sugar + Twine - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Sugar + Twine - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Sugar + Twine - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Sugar + Twine - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Sugar + Twine - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Sugar + Twine - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Sugar + Twine - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Sugar + Twine - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Sugar + Twine - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Sugar + Twine - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Sugar + Twine - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Sugar + Twine - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Sugar + Twine - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Sugar + Twine - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Sugar + Twine - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Sugar + Twine - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Sugar + Twine - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Sugar + Twine - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Sugar + Twine - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Sugar + Twine - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Sugar + Twine - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Sugar + Twine - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Sugar + Twine - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Sugar + Twine - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Sugar + Twine - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Sugar + Twine - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Sugar + Twine - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/charlottesville-day-school daily 0.75 2021-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449869126968-5TXTQTF45I7CLNN3PBGQ/IMG_3526.jpg Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1512408619802-A1XD169DBZ0117EDFX76/IMG_1190_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1512408743898-PKPM8G12LE4LBAYQGWDK/1021171152.jpg Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1512408728609-WPOE155DF9FP1INZPXGK/image-asset.jpeg Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608818315-ZZKUXB933JPZKG6AQ2PF/image-asset.jpeg Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608787332-SFN7DHBPPYYUR0QYGPKQ/IMG_1169_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505609861768-A6UCB1378IGDZMOVRHCU/IMG_1039.jpg Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505610088535-RVIVAZDZ9GQ6NN494VQ0/Screen+Shot+2017-05-01+at+5.54.36+PM.png Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505609899974-QEZING5BAN6OKRJGKRPQ/Jenna20170412_0001.png Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505609900339-2Q2RK4AC1SQ64HKPMVVI/Jenna20170412_0029.png Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505609917259-DZ02QI3RLVW35QEGL74F/Jenna20170412_0002.png Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505610030616-7ADFJ7QL2WM5NC7TP8IQ/Jenna20170412_0020.png Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505609936387-23TL547NMWM2YOQ5QPGI/Jenna20170412_0010.png Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505609945948-GIDD0OP6Z9ERUVWOTIH8/Jenna20170412_0003.png Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505609983103-CW4PT9RI8E7HHHDW95YF/Jenna20170412_0004.png Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505609995429-PM6LKYG16M4U6ZXSNBKH/Jenna20170412_0005.png Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505609991484-U8BZQ5NRKA5A61V2QEHI/IMG_1062.jpg Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505610092318-ARIVNYGY0K1KOKXBRBC5/Jenna20170412_0026.png Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505610086988-LDY5LAREIXXAURIRR6R8/Screen+Shot+2017-05-01+at+5.53.00+PM.png Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505609988561-HEEW4X7MABB7ETL1TA6B/IMG_1121.jpg Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505610085321-5BF6X3Q6HFB6HKLRRO0F/Jenna20170412_0016.png Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505610043316-HDDV7VCVDMHGEWI4NOLY/Jenna20170412_0022.png Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505610088430-OAD9ENTJISHXT0XKFLCR/Jenna20170412_0023.png Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505610038803-RVURUCWJICLB84DNK0GF/IMG_1077.jpg Charlottesville Day School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Charlottesville Day School - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Charlottesville Day School - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Charlottesville Day School - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Charlottesville Day School - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Charlottesville Day School - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Charlottesville Day School - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Charlottesville Day School - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Charlottesville Day School - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Charlottesville Day School - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Charlottesville Day School - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Charlottesville Day School - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Charlottesville Day School - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Charlottesville Day School - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Charlottesville Day School - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Charlottesville Day School - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Charlottesville Day School - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Charlottesville Day School - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Charlottesville Day School - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Charlottesville Day School - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Charlottesville Day School - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Charlottesville Day School - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Charlottesville Day School - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Charlottesville Day School - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Charlottesville Day School - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Charlottesville Day School - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Charlottesville Day School - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Charlottesville Day School - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Charlottesville Day School - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Charlottesville Day School - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Charlottesville Day School - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Charlottesville Day School - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Charlottesville Day School - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Charlottesville Day School - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Charlottesville Day School - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Charlottesville Day School - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Charlottesville Day School - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Charlottesville Day School - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Charlottesville Day School - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Charlottesville Day School - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Charlottesville Day School - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Charlottesville Day School - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Charlottesville Day School - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Charlottesville Day School - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Charlottesville Day School - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Charlottesville Day School - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Charlottesville Day School - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Charlottesville Day School - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Charlottesville Day School - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Charlottesville Day School - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Charlottesville Day School - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Charlottesville Day School - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Charlottesville Day School - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Charlottesville Day School - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Charlottesville Day School - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Charlottesville Day School - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Charlottesville Day School - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Charlottesville Day School - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/gather-on-broad daily 0.75 2021-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493673652263-KZEEWRTUL15MB8G1TNWC/sefton+redo_4.jpg Gather on Broad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493673709061-934XND6875OS1JBZUSHY/before+bw.jpg Gather on Broad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493673754810-7K7A997UW2UYC59UWT47/sefton+redo_2.jpg Gather on Broad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493673788137-K7G19UXF31Z6SWCRXTD0/sefton+redo_5.jpg Gather on Broad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493674917981-5J0HUJVXK75N424PURH3/image-asset.jpeg Gather on Broad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493673810707-IZOCJR0MCXC6G8LMGAGA/sefton+redo_1.jpg Gather on Broad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493673843623-KQTVF2MX5XL11U1R0RMN/sefton+redo_7.jpg Gather on Broad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Gather on Broad - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Gather on Broad - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Gather on Broad - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Gather on Broad - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Gather on Broad - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Gather on Broad - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Gather on Broad - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Gather on Broad - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Gather on Broad - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Gather on Broad - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Gather on Broad - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Gather on Broad - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Gather on Broad - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Gather on Broad - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Gather on Broad - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Gather on Broad - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Gather on Broad - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Gather on Broad - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Gather on Broad - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Gather on Broad - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Gather on Broad - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Gather on Broad - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Gather on Broad - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Gather on Broad - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Gather on Broad - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Gather on Broad - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Gather on Broad - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Gather on Broad - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Gather on Broad - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Gather on Broad - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Gather on Broad - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Gather on Broad - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Gather on Broad - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Gather on Broad - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Gather on Broad - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Gather on Broad - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Gather on Broad - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Gather on Broad - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Gather on Broad - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Gather on Broad - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Gather on Broad - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Gather on Broad - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Gather on Broad - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Gather on Broad - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Gather on Broad - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Gather on Broad - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Gather on Broad - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Gather on Broad - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Gather on Broad - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Gather on Broad - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Gather on Broad - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Gather on Broad - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Gather on Broad - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Gather on Broad - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Gather on Broad - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Gather on Broad - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Gather on Broad - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Gather on Broad - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Gather on Broad - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Gather on Broad - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Gather on Broad - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Gather on Broad - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Gather on Broad - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Gather on Broad - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Gather on Broad - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Gather on Broad - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Gather on Broad - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Gather on Broad - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Gather on Broad - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Gather on Broad - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Gather on Broad - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Gather on Broad - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Gather on Broad - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Gather on Broad - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Gather on Broad - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Gather on Broad - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Gather on Broad - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Gather on Broad - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Gather on Broad - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Gather on Broad - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Gather on Broad - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Gather on Broad - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Gather on Broad - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Gather on Broad - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Gather on Broad - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Gather on Broad - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Gather on Broad - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Gather on Broad - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Gather on Broad - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Gather on Broad - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Gather on Broad - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Gather on Broad - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Gather on Broad - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Gather on Broad - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Gather on Broad - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Gather on Broad - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Gather on Broad - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Gather on Broad - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Gather on Broad - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/best-friends-forever daily 0.75 2021-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505603022684-EFABHK1VTZI6ZYBPUSB6/11+months020.jpg Best Friends Forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505603905394-UUROGBBXZBIH35ZIRU35/image-asset.png Best Friends Forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505602993316-6V1PK8PPBNCXMUNITQJE/image-asset.jpeg Best Friends Forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505603701750-5WM58BA3ORK6ES0GEXPP/11+months004_1.jpg Best Friends Forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505604355621-KUPF05GCE4QQQSF0TDPA/11+months050.jpg Best Friends Forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505604380232-GDE4TW398BAQOZAOSLXI/11+months045.jpg Best Friends Forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505604381805-6XVRS04R6T8W2WGMEEVT/11+months047.jpg Best Friends Forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505604411593-3B3JQM2CY8VRGA5ATS9L/11+months043.jpg Best Friends Forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505604458152-ON8RB5R0JGEEW50J4QTL/11+months037.jpg Best Friends Forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505604420457-PO9PMBV3D05NK6KMJ093/11+months039_1.jpg Best Friends Forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505604513311-DXBY1WK2EJDWUPTWC0RC/11+months031.jpg Best Friends Forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505604468771-PYR7KGH9XAY9HR4JOH9S/11+months035_1.jpg Best Friends Forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505604822910-7WPTL6KE8Q60CQNAG73X/11+months028.jpg Best Friends Forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Best Friends Forever - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Best Friends Forever - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Best Friends Forever - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Best Friends Forever - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Best Friends Forever - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Best Friends Forever - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Best Friends Forever - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Best Friends Forever - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Best Friends Forever - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Best Friends Forever - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Best Friends Forever - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Best Friends Forever - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Best Friends Forever - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Best Friends Forever - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Best Friends Forever - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Best Friends Forever - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Best Friends Forever - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Best Friends Forever - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Best Friends Forever - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Best Friends Forever - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Best Friends Forever - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Best Friends Forever - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Best Friends Forever - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Best Friends Forever - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Best Friends Forever - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Best Friends Forever - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Best Friends Forever - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Best Friends Forever - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Best Friends Forever - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Best Friends Forever - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Best Friends Forever - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Best Friends Forever - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Best Friends Forever - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Best Friends Forever - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Best Friends Forever - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Best Friends Forever - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Best Friends Forever - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Best Friends Forever - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Best Friends Forever - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Best Friends Forever - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Best Friends Forever - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Best Friends Forever - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Best Friends Forever - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Best Friends Forever - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Best Friends Forever - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Best Friends Forever - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Best Friends Forever - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Best Friends Forever - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Best Friends Forever - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Best Friends Forever - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Best Friends Forever - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Best Friends Forever - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Best Friends Forever - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Best Friends Forever - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Best Friends Forever - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Best Friends Forever - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Best Friends Forever - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Best Friends Forever - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Best Friends Forever - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Best Friends Forever - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Best Friends Forever - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Best Friends Forever - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Best Friends Forever - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Best Friends Forever - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Best Friends Forever - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/girlsgirlsgirls daily 0.75 2024-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497629416994-ZJKO8A8NQ9Z4A0HYCBUQ/image-asset.png GIRLS! GIRLS! 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GIRLS! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1546875879561-LWXTLAP54AYAPAGELAZI/IMG_20180212_145714_720.jpg GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1546875893189-SLG5DG92GN3GZT9YYW7R/0212181437.jpg GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1546875878681-616VCOLSQIQY4Q2T2YLJ/0212181437b.jpg GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1546875906070-YIGNXP6P5PVZ5PDQK4EN/0212181435c.jpg GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1546875891338-7CEEOS1KPJCNS74MHC7T/IMG_20180212_145714_724.jpg GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1497409771667-TGIVHWR6MF6DATEPUWS0/girlsgirlsgirl.jpg GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1510882333077-13TNJQVI0C1B5GNZXEO0/terriorist1.png GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1498264106515-FDCQY5ASH4IOHMT4ZXJ8/image-asset.jpeg GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! - About the Artist My name is Emily Herr, and I’m a muralist based in Richmond, VA. I work out of a step van that I’ve converted into a one-of-a-kind Mobile Mural Studio. This July, I’m going to embark with my friend and assistant Sarah Apple in this rolling studio on an epic Girls!Girls!Girls!-themed mural painting tour up the east coast, from Virginia to Vermont. My goal is to create a public mural series that visually celebrates women as complex human beings, in contrast to the ubiquitous public imagery that flattens us into simple objects. The spark for this trip is my awe of the Women’s March and my frustration with poor representation of women in media, combined with a love of adventure and travel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1499098169707-0IWCK2VKTPMZY19IBILT/image-asset.jpeg GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! Strategic graphic identities, websites, interior environments, and marketing plans for creative businesses. Campfire & Co. is a Richmond Sponsor of this this tour - thank you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1499098489459-97X8PW2UQN37UPZUVPL5/CB-Community_Logo_295_CMYK_DIG_3-15.jpg GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! 116 year old community bank with roots in the Northern Neck of Virginia. Spreading the good word of responsible community based banking. Chesapeake Bank is a Richmond Sponsor of this tour - thank you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1499098476820-0P9J3L3P39MV2B5XHHFN/w4w-logo-720x573-red-whitebg.png GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! Motorcycle apparel for women, made in USA by women who ride. All products manufactured in Richmond, Virginia, USA. Worse for Wear is a Richmond Sponsor of this tour - thank you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1499098029854-VPHP8TZE6FQVMA7FTNC1/image-asset.jpeg GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! Original and custom artwork prints, screen printed by hand by a husband & wife artist duo in Richmond, VA. Inspired by architecture, food, and travel. Lightbox Print Co. printed our kickass posters for the tour - thank you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1499097935678-15LLPLDBW4OVZUBB6JG7/Cut+Cut+Creative GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! Cut Cut uses commercial printmaking processes to create engaging, personal, and site -specific products and displays. 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identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg GGG Burlington - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg GGG Burlington - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg GGG Burlington - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg GGG Burlington - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg GGG Burlington - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg GGG Burlington - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg GGG Burlington - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg GGG Burlington - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg GGG Burlington - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. 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I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg GGG Burlington - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg GGG Burlington - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg GGG Burlington - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg GGG Burlington - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg GGG Burlington - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg GGG Burlington - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg GGG Burlington - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg GGG Burlington - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg GGG Burlington - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg GGG Burlington - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg GGG Burlington - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg GGG Burlington - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp GGG Burlington - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg GGG Burlington - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg GGG Burlington - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg GGG Burlington - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg GGG Burlington - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg GGG Burlington - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg GGG Burlington - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg GGG Burlington - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg GGG Burlington - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg GGG Burlington - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg GGG Burlington - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg GGG Burlington - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg GGG Burlington - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg GGG Burlington - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg GGG Burlington - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg GGG Burlington - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg GGG Burlington - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg GGG Burlington - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg GGG Burlington - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg GGG Burlington - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png GGG Burlington - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg GGG Burlington - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg GGG Burlington - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg GGG Burlington - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg GGG Burlington - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg GGG Burlington - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg GGG Burlington - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg GGG Burlington - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg GGG Burlington - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg GGG Burlington - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg GGG Burlington - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg GGG Burlington - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg GGG Burlington - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg GGG Burlington - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg GGG Burlington - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg GGG Burlington - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg GGG Burlington - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg GGG Burlington - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg GGG Burlington - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg GGG Burlington - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg GGG Burlington - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg GGG Burlington - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg GGG Burlington - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg GGG Burlington - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg GGG Burlington - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg GGG Burlington - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg GGG Burlington - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg GGG Burlington - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg GGG Burlington - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg GGG Burlington - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg GGG Burlington - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg GGG Burlington - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg GGG Burlington - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg GGG Burlington - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg GGG Burlington - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png GGG Burlington - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg GGG Burlington - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg GGG Burlington - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg GGG Burlington - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg GGG Burlington - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg GGG Burlington - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg GGG Burlington - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg GGG Burlington - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg GGG Burlington - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg GGG Burlington - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG GGG Burlington - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg GGG Burlington - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg GGG Burlington - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg GGG Burlington - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png GGG Burlington - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg GGG Burlington - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/panamericas-picnic-basket daily 0.75 2021-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449869126968-5TXTQTF45I7CLNN3PBGQ/IMG_3526.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1504462193872-A61KZB4GX1NZVXNXJHVV/GOPR07921.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1504462282177-DBSJON3TQRSLL4T2BNL5/image-asset.jpeg Panamerica's Picnic Basket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1504462563174-1RJQWUSMCDV5M3W432MV/IMG_1058.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1504462463222-2HZUUUKWELWKW3JP6POP/IMG_1069.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1504462596785-0YIQEKQTAX42GDKB3RG7/IMG_1059.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505607481341-YCN33PGUB594I68FPXG3/GOPR0788.JPG Panamerica's Picnic Basket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1504461623859-AL1I4ZCTTM71M7CGCHU4/IMG_1064.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Panamerica's Picnic Basket - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Panamerica's Picnic Basket - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Panamerica's Picnic Basket - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Panamerica's Picnic Basket - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Panamerica's Picnic Basket - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Panamerica's Picnic Basket - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Ellwood Thompson's - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Ellwood Thompson's - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Ellwood Thompson's - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Ellwood Thompson's - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Ellwood Thompson's - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Ellwood Thompson's - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Ellwood Thompson's - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Ellwood Thompson's - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Ellwood Thompson's - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Ellwood Thompson's - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Ellwood Thompson's - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Ellwood Thompson's - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Ellwood Thompson's - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Ellwood Thompson's - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Ellwood Thompson's - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Ellwood Thompson's - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Ellwood Thompson's - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg The Broad - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg The Broad - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg The Broad - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg The Broad - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg The Broad - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg The Broad - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg The Broad - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg The Broad - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg The Broad - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg The Broad - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg The Broad - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg The Broad - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg The Broad - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg The Broad - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg The Broad - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg The Broad - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg The Broad - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg The Broad - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg The Broad - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg The Broad - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg The Broad - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg The Broad - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg The Broad - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg The Broad - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg The Broad - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg The Broad - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg The Broad - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp The Broad - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg The Broad - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg The Broad - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg The Broad - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg The Broad - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg The Broad - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg The Broad - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg The Broad - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg The Broad - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg The Broad - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg The Broad - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg The Broad - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg The Broad - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg The Broad - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg The Broad - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg The Broad - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg The Broad - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg The Broad - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg The Broad - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg The Broad - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png The Broad - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg The Broad - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg The Broad - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg The Broad - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg The Broad - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg The Broad - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg The Broad - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg The Broad - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg The Broad - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg The Broad - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg The Broad - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg The Broad - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg The Broad - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg The Broad - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg The Broad - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg The Broad - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg The Broad - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg The Broad - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg The Broad - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg The Broad - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg The Broad - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg The Broad - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg The Broad - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg The Broad - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg The Broad - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg The Broad - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg The Broad - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg The Broad - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg The Broad - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg The Broad - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg The Broad - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg The Broad - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg The Broad - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg The Broad - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg The Broad - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png The Broad - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg The Broad - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg The Broad - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg The Broad - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg The Broad - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg The Broad - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg The Broad - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg The Broad - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg The Broad - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg The Broad - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG The Broad - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg The Broad - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg The Broad - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg The Broad - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png The Broad - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg The Broad - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/gather-in-short-pump daily 0.75 2021-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517898705476-6G5EKJ6X5K30WHY51IB3/sefton+redo_4.jpg Gather in Short Pump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517893155166-V27TCV45ES2U9QUX6MEE/2d443bbe2bf48074baa4894496870d6c.jpg Gather in Short Pump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517893155123-POI0WOG8LJS5EHGINEJ7/47fe4af0d8da108e4d5ba7f4ac57dc24.jpg Gather in Short Pump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517893155380-JNBBKF34K36IVU2LP4OE/61ea28a6501c3d6a0337556df1e09774.jpg Gather in Short Pump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517893155337-8XMRWKSGCQXDG9MREFUL/83e9945687b0329cecf070515f4f369f.jpg Gather in Short Pump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517893155445-NO8PJ2PI6WG0W9YY7L5S/918d81990454c144d9424d022582969b.jpg Gather in Short Pump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517893155544-YCFWSQZDATNN4Y8IJA77/c26862fd36c4310135f95441f2e0d130.jpg Gather in Short Pump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517898541370-PYWJ43S790DHHXCK1UBU/0124181047new.jpg Gather in Short Pump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517893248281-URG5H5T60AQW4FHQNB05/Screen+Shot+2017-12-11+at+10.25.07+AM+copycrop.png Gather in Short Pump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517898918817-SDEJRKYKFALQJ63L6SQT/IMG_20180112_195228_589.jpg Gather in Short Pump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899125295-IJI79SHBW6XR9TJW4TFT/image-asset.jpeg Gather in Short Pump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899394395-XMGIA51GVECOIGT23AB1/0124181051newcrop.jpg Gather in Short Pump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899426313-139FYL9S35032DAC121S/image-asset.jpeg Gather in Short Pump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899484398-DAKP0BBYA0V1H7VJN3VL/image-asset.jpeg Gather in Short Pump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Gather in Short Pump - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Gather in Short Pump - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Gather in Short Pump - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Gather in Short Pump - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Gather in Short Pump - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Gather in Short Pump - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Gather in Short Pump - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Gather in Short Pump - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Gather in Short Pump - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Gather in Short Pump - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Gather in Short Pump - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Gather in Short Pump - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Gather in Short Pump - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Gather in Short Pump - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Gather in Short Pump - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Gather in Short Pump - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Gather in Short Pump - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Gather in Short Pump - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Gather in Short Pump - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Gather in Short Pump - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Gather in Short Pump - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Gather in Short Pump - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Gather in Short Pump - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Gather in Short Pump - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Gather in Short Pump - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Gather in Short Pump - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Gather in Short Pump - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Gather in Short Pump - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Gather in Short Pump - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Gather in Short Pump - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Gather in Short Pump - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Gather in Short Pump - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Gather in Short Pump - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Gather in Short Pump - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Gather in Short Pump - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Gather in Short Pump - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Gather in Short Pump - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Gather in Short Pump - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Gather in Short Pump - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Gather in Short Pump - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Gather in Short Pump - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Gather in Short Pump - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Gather in Short Pump - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Gather in Short Pump - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Gather in Short Pump - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Gather in Short Pump - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Gather in Short Pump - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Gather in Short Pump - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Gather in Short Pump - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Gather in Short Pump - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Gather in Short Pump - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Gather in Short Pump - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Gather in Short Pump - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Gather in Short Pump - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Gather in Short Pump - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Gather in Short Pump - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Väsen Brewery 2017 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Väsen Brewery 2017 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Väsen Brewery 2017 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Väsen Brewery 2017 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Väsen Brewery 2017 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Väsen Brewery 2017 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Väsen Brewery 2017 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Väsen Brewery 2017 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Väsen Brewery 2017 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Väsen Brewery 2017 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Väsen Brewery 2017 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Väsen Brewery 2017 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Väsen Brewery 2017 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Väsen Brewery 2017 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Väsen Brewery 2017 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Väsen Brewery 2017 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Väsen Brewery 2017 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Väsen Brewery 2017 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/roka daily 0.75 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/ccdb7fd0-0fdb-4936-8a3f-0749b12d808d/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Roka 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1c55f467-0640-4240-855e-e8506a14324c/Perch+Design.jpg Roka 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/a0993c65-c8a6-4f4f-826f-7107368a25e9/20240701_105717.jpg Roka 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/69364d78-1f0f-454c-862c-8c2036c2f4ec/20240702_101426.jpg Roka 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/8b689ed3-1afb-4ed0-a52b-bb85b86402f3/20240704_153247.jpg Roka 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/8f90b469-9152-4aee-ba19-bc11efd5efc5/20240708_175719_1_1.jpg Roka 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/f9b38476-bb72-4d1c-9e27-57e70bc11630/20240708_180259_1_1.jpg Roka 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/f455780b-9609-4a27-8623-245baf96d1f0/20240708_180106_1_1.jpg Roka 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/510f6489-d2c5-4928-9ccd-58222bb1916b/20240708_180215_1_1.jpg Roka 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/463db67d-c5bf-4268-adc5-9455e6fa066d/20240708_180154_1_1.jpg Roka 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/d94176b5-38d9-49f6-a8e4-96ce5334a126/20240708_175858_1_1.jpg Roka 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Roka 2024 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Roka 2024 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Roka 2024 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Roka 2024 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Roka 2024 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Roka 2024 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Roka 2024 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Roka 2024 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Roka 2024 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Roka 2024 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Roka 2024 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Roka 2024 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Roka 2024 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Roka 2024 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Roka 2024 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Roka 2024 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Roka 2024 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Roka 2024 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Roka 2024 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Roka 2024 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Roka 2024 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Roka 2024 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Roka 2024 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Roka 2024 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Roka 2024 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Roka 2024 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Roka 2024 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Roka 2024 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Roka 2024 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Roka 2024 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Roka 2024 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Roka 2024 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Roka 2024 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Roka 2024 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Roka 2024 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Roka 2024 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Roka 2024 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Roka 2024 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Roka 2024 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Roka 2024 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Roka 2024 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Roka 2024 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Roka 2024 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Roka 2024 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Roka 2024 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Roka 2024 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Roka 2024 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Roka 2024 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Roka 2024 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Roka 2024 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Roka 2024 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Roka 2024 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Roka 2024 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Roka 2024 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Roka 2024 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Roka 2024 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Roka 2024 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Roka 2024 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Roka 2024 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Roka 2024 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Roka 2024 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Roka 2024 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Roka 2024 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Roka 2024 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Roka 2024 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Roka 2024 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Roka 2024 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Roka 2024 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Roka 2024 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Roka 2024 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Roka 2024 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Roka 2024 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Roka 2024 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Roka 2024 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Roka 2024 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Roka 2024 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Roka 2024 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Roka 2024 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Roka 2024 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Roka 2024 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Roka 2024 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Roka 2024 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Roka 2024 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Roka 2024 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Roka 2024 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Roka 2024 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Roka 2024 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Roka 2024 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Roka 2024 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Roka 2024 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Roka 2024 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Roka 2024 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Roka 2024 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Roka 2024 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Roka 2024 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Roka 2024 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Roka 2024 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Roka 2024 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Roka 2024 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/virago-tasting-room daily 0.75 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561429567049-HLJDVMY1FTDA8QHEDAFE/untitled-31small.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561428316243-LMZ61P865E2EOC52WL19/image-asset.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561428339566-JFEO1KAMJTXWJPXQ1W7L/image-asset.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561428362825-PU5N4A4NZ7R554Q130BC/image-asset.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 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The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. 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I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Virago Tasting Room 2018 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Virago Tasting Room 2018 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Virago Tasting Room 2018 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Virago Tasting Room 2018 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Virago Tasting Room 2018 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Virago Tasting Room 2018 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/nursery-flowers daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517607050473-GDUYUCDIJRL7F2P6R932/24852471_1980178652253568_2791295282894329650_n.jpg Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561068202768-9V476156LR52TBDXH1EK/Untitled_Panorama14.jpg Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561068569551-QV4SZ2VB3JU2GFNWR8OQ/phone-square-process-third-size.gif Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561068595281-NL6V8FS1OVEBV04W8BJA/0411181623.jpg Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561068639139-8EIEX4OBUK5102LYD7DJ/IMG_20180413_111443_553.jpg Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888293864-3MG6DQ3FA2Z5HY13PJD0/vertical+line.png Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561068670276-2H3WUECAB5XCSDQECSNE/IMG_20180413_153157_202.jpg Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888311106-AUK11B3CCE8X1BVRJYYK/vertical+line.png Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561068663736-8HOAXR91RG693VB7WSP0/IMG_20180413_152906_354.jpg Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888317952-SJJPH263YRN6IGUVRGX0/vertical+line.png Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561069027829-RV84OA2QERC3IZ1VLHC5/0413181051d_1.jpg Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888323079-FG7DGW8TF0EB6X42QK77/vertical+line.png Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561069027223-AFW29BF6MVMU2SDVH9KM/0413181049d_1.jpg Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888333045-31Q6XP4NRV75MUOC23IL/vertical+line.png Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561069028841-SI6KP1Z4T51QJVAV6OND/0413181052a_1.jpg Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561069176821-6JXDM2HZXRB9M5I4UM7I/IMG_20180413_152906_346.jpg Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561069267459-H4TR1YZA9ZHVUGDCEBAE/1208171632d_1.jpg Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561069328115-H9NN7SF5ITBN19GW1KK7/0109180915anew.jpg Nursery Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Nursery Flowers - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Nursery Flowers - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Nursery Flowers - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Nursery Flowers - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Nursery Flowers - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Nursery Flowers - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Nursery Flowers - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Nursery Flowers - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Nursery Flowers - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Nursery Flowers - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Nursery Flowers - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Nursery Flowers - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Nursery Flowers - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Nursery Flowers - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Nursery Flowers - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Nursery Flowers - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Nursery Flowers - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Nursery Flowers - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Nursery Flowers - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Nursery Flowers - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Nursery Flowers - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Nursery Flowers - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Nursery Flowers - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Nursery Flowers - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Nursery Flowers - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Nursery Flowers - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Nursery Flowers - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Nursery Flowers - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Nursery Flowers - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Nursery Flowers - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Nursery Flowers - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Nursery Flowers - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Nursery Flowers - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Nursery Flowers - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Nursery Flowers - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Nursery Flowers - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Nursery Flowers - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Nursery Flowers - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Nursery Flowers - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Nursery Flowers - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Nursery Flowers - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Nursery Flowers - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Nursery Flowers - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Nursery Flowers - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Nursery Flowers - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Nursery Flowers - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Nursery Flowers - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Nursery Flowers - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Nursery Flowers - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Nursery Flowers - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Nursery Flowers - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Nursery Flowers - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Nursery Flowers - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Nursery Flowers - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Nursery Flowers - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Nursery Flowers - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Nursery Flowers - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Nursery Flowers - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Nursery Flowers - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Nursery Flowers - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Nursery Flowers - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Nursery Flowers - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Nursery Flowers - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Nursery Flowers - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Nursery Flowers - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/graphic daily 0.75 2021-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612399386995-UTTWT089E8JRKAI07PD2/IMG_8233.jpg graphic - graphic SIMPLE DESIGNS FLAT COLOR https://www.herrsuite.com/triangle-rock-club daily 0.75 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378203549-9OVHAEP4KRB3Z0FOWLLT/0323181101new.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612303562756-B5718595KUXQSLG61X6I/image-asset.png Triangle Rock Club 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612297676545-J6CONGCYI5EP3BZL4KSD/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-03-18%2Bat%2B11.57.48%2BPM.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612299332781-0DYJXWZWPTMLMQIY47YY/triangle-rock-club-painting-process.gif Triangle Rock Club 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612298368673-QD743T2RAONG8B1PFTSF/Screen+Shot+2018-06-25+at+5.59.01+PM.png Triangle Rock Club 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612300993004-QAED9GQ1KXHT540T0FSW/0323181101new.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612301081869-OMQFHHYXQU56WB5J39H4/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612301108540-PEVOR1ZXHYVGW087H6LJ/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612301191922-HQBF5XL98OELC75UARZE/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612301167779-3AOR27TRO6AHB8ZDGSK7/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1612301271910-0IJBUH8VHK42MNH82ZCR/0323181100new.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Triangle Rock Club 2018 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Triangle Rock Club 2018 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Triangle Rock Club 2018 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Triangle Rock Club 2018 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Triangle Rock Club 2018 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Triangle Rock Club 2018 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Church Hill 2019 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Church Hill 2019 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Church Hill 2019 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Church Hill 2019 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Church Hill 2019 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Church Hill 2019 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Church Hill 2019 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Church Hill 2019 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Church Hill 2019 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Church Hill 2019 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Church Hill 2019 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Church Hill 2019 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Church Hill 2019 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Church Hill 2019 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Church Hill 2019 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Church Hill 2019 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Church Hill 2019 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Church Hill 2019 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Church Hill 2019 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Church Hill 2019 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Church Hill 2019 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Church Hill 2019 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Church Hill 2019 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Church Hill 2019 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Church Hill 2019 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Church Hill 2019 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Church Hill 2019 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Church Hill 2019 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Church Hill 2019 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Church Hill 2019 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Church Hill 2019 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Church Hill 2019 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Church Hill 2019 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Church Hill 2019 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Church Hill 2019 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Church Hill 2019 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Church Hill 2019 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Church Hill 2019 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Church Hill 2019 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Church Hill 2019 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Church Hill 2019 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Church Hill 2019 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Church Hill 2019 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Church Hill 2019 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Church Hill 2019 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Church Hill 2019 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Church Hill 2019 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Church Hill 2019 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Church Hill 2019 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Church Hill 2019 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Church Hill 2019 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Church Hill 2019 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Church Hill 2019 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Church Hill 2019 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Church Hill 2019 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Church Hill 2019 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/ginger-juice daily 0.75 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517607050473-GDUYUCDIJRL7F2P6R932/24852471_1980178652253568_2791295282894329650_n.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614374277337-3DWNCDIUZUZZAJK2AEQ2/EDIT_0619181707.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614373714276-GVLN8ERM1NJGYCAPQECB/EDIT_0619181233d.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614373704489-4X10ZI8PGPF2J9END51G/EDIT_0619181233c.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614373704446-HV6T2ZQ6KJRMIEW43CYV/EDIT_0619181233b.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614373688964-FEAZJUJ7ABNR63UC4YFM/EDIT_0619181233a.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614373690837-UVOEQFLBFLL2UGDA8E8I/EDIT_0619181233.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614374909078-0OJ2RY2AMU4R9LY5DAR7/EDIT_0619181708e.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614374255741-KMB3Y649CEOBOE5F4QE1/0619181707b.jpeg Ginger Juice 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614374694904-UEQFK51AQS4EP7U6EEE6/EDIT_0619181708c.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Ginger Juice 2018 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Ginger Juice 2018 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Ginger Juice 2018 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Ginger Juice 2018 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Ginger Juice 2018 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Ginger Juice 2018 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Ginger Juice 2018 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Ginger Juice 2018 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Ginger Juice 2018 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Ginger Juice 2018 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Ginger Juice 2018 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Ginger Juice 2018 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Ginger Juice 2018 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Ginger Juice 2018 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Ginger Juice 2018 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Ginger Juice 2018 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Ginger Juice 2018 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Ginger Juice 2018 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Ginger Juice 2018 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/kroger-office daily 0.75 2023-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480289074-CI8ZZR4ZULO9ZQU31HKP/20230216_121126_1_1.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1b396bdd-5fff-4608-a9eb-9aa700b23060/20230216_121143_1.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/622dff29-8f2f-476b-9c26-b73d36e7f40b/20230216_121126_1.jpg Kroger Office - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/9075e9d5-fd4d-409f-a923-9c322684d0f4/20230216_120938_1.jpg Kroger Office - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/2052373c-7358-488c-9f0b-1934ff44adcf/20230216_121039_1.jpg Kroger Office - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/07117a33-1b66-4498-b2ed-de6e37069013/prelim+1+-+Holding+Hands.jpg Kroger Office - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/fd273f71-fdeb-4893-b9eb-e4bcfd289819/Screen+Shot+2023-03-10+at+2.58.20+PM.png Kroger Office - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/4f5b9a5a-3234-4e98-9d72-e1fe7808b26b/Screen+Shot+2023-03-10+at+3.01.37+PM.png Kroger Office - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/0d8b5189-c389-435c-ac17-9fd5921de133/20230213_151608.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/255d58ea-0b2a-4edc-af55-b6c1444743e0/20230210_163006.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678479545032-EVK5G9U21D55R4E5TSS9/20230216_121413_1.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678479542531-X2KAEB29VC047UCXX828/20230216_121350_1.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678479542503-AGQL1V4131ZI70ATUAIS/20230216_121400_1.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678479544829-KFE323URSMO04DPUEDM8/20230216_121432_1.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678479546951-K70B6TU4CD75YN7URVFV/20230216_121443_1.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678479547585-12BZRW6KLI1F6ZJ8QFTH/20230216_121503_1.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678479427141-7IMAUWYPTVCYPD24LJ34/20230216_121208_1.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678479427161-Z48HLE1X50W51H4B5O0B/20230216_121216_1.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678479429246-XTXNLFQC0V3M2VF3YHUC/20230216_121226_1.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678479429408-PHTO7GO83C25IXURLZI2/20230216_121241_1.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678479431309-301YY9GH4WCJL3MV72I0/20230216_121250_1.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678479431555-0SW8LGML1GB190NNCV7B/20230216_121325_1.jpg Kroger Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/6bc2358c-6632-402b-83b1-4b38a3d45e69/20230216_121020_1.jpg Kroger Office - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/3f7e7bce-2fe5-403c-9d26-550b319495a5/20230216_121423_1.jpg Kroger Office - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Kroger Office - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Kroger Office - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Kroger Office - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Kroger Office - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Kroger Office - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Kroger Office - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Kroger Office - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Kroger Office - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Kroger Office - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Kroger Office - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Kroger Office - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Kroger Office - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Kroger Office - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Kroger Office - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Kroger Office - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Kroger Office - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Kroger Office - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Kroger Office - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Kroger Office - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Kroger Office - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Kroger Office - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Kroger Office - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Kroger Office - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Kroger Office - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Kroger Office - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Kroger Office - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Kroger Office - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Kroger Office - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Kroger Office - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Kroger Office - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Kroger Office - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Kroger Office - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Kroger Office - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Kroger Office - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Kroger Office - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Kroger Office - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Kroger Office - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Kroger Office - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Kroger Office - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Kroger Office - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Kroger Office - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Kroger Office - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Kroger Office - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Kroger Office - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Kroger Office - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Kroger Office - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Kroger Office - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Kroger Office - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Kroger Office - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Kroger Office - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Kroger Office - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Kroger Office - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Kroger Office - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Kroger Office - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Kroger Office - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Kroger Office - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Kroger Office - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Kroger Office - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Kroger Office - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Kroger Office - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Kroger Office - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Kroger Office - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Kroger Office - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Kroger Office - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Kroger Office - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Kroger Office - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Kroger Office - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Kroger Office - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Kroger Office - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Kroger Office - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Kroger Office - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Kroger Office - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Kroger Office - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Kroger Office - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Kroger Office - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Kroger Office - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Kroger Office - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Kroger Office - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Kroger Office - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Kroger Office - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Kroger Office - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Kroger Office - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Kroger Office - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Kroger Office - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Kroger Office - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Kroger Office - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Kroger Office - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Kroger Office - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Kroger Office - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Kroger Office - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Kroger Office - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Kroger Office - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Kroger Office - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Kroger Office - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Kroger Office - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Kroger Office - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Kroger Office - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Kroger Office - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Kroger Office - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/street-art-fest-2022 daily 0.75 2023-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517607050473-GDUYUCDIJRL7F2P6R932/24852471_1980178652253568_2791295282894329650_n.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/3327f389-1eeb-4056-89f2-89fcb51507d0/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/6a4d87de-f4ae-42f6-872e-065354f13e91/tomb+raiders+sample.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898673882-2SM34ACCI83K5ATUSD86/Screen+Shot+2022-09-12+at+1.15.01+PM.png Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898660400-P1DZ2TIGUJMJ2GSYNZ9D/IMG_4354.jpeg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898663363-EOUNHSJW4ZBB990M2AFK/01beginning+to+endScreenshot_20220913-102852_Instagram.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898668261-4C5GNQRVUR8IFVP7IBJY/02beginning+to+end20220913_135928.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898674342-Q7GKXIBG5Y3A4VP8PP3K/04beginning+to+end20220913_153449.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898674987-OINMB0W9YDT3P9HPX0GQ/14beginning+to+endScreenshot_20220918-231315_Instagram_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898679485-FMVSL6HWGOPLM2ZMDHF0/17beginning+to+end20220914_171143.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898676047-3N8KD4FPJEEUTT6GP7GJ/19beginning+to+endIMG_20220919_112739_644_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898680195-32TMD7636ZL3VL0W6HCU/20beginning+to+end20220916_104406.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898682370-RSSX4ZRUGY575ID054S9/22beginning+to+end20220916_182044_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898681621-982NXZAGZGT5K2PL7EBG/26beginning+to+endScreenshot_20220918-230909_Instagram%281%29_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898682757-EGZMPMJ43D79HGVXTUMW/27beginning+to+endmedia-1663706123330-Sep_17_2022_2_41_PM.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898683944-9F9ZW1TYMOUOFAM6JT7V/30beginning+to+endjody+1.png Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898683676-N8DM33JUYSHZ0EX1SMD7/36beginning+to+endIMG_20220918_230754_078.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898684505-SL1EPSHA7NCN13KRCY3B/37beginning+to+endIMG_20220919_012113_005.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898684787-JX3GYFV6IB81PDL80NY3/39beginning+to+endIMG_20220927_134002_076.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898687564-93M8KC6YBX26HGII9MJY/48beginning+to+end20220918_201641_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689898687770-BFSKD54027MTWOA5YR41/49beginning+to+end20220918_201700_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/62dcb559-8f7a-485d-b843-d61f1b4e24a8/12edited+IMG_20220921_192841_337edited+copy.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/fc636103-1790-4544-92d3-a3cabef98e23/10edited+IMG_20220921_192841_439edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/361c662d-2a35-4b2f-a063-ce9f8e18aaa5/07edited+IMG_20220921_192841_230edited+copy.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/e5306eea-b048-46ed-a3a5-41e945ef95f1/11edited+20220919_134704edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/f2e41944-c50b-4b4b-9d05-e34f715eb6d1/05edited+20220919_134638edited+copy.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/53bcc9c8-b56d-4819-a218-4799cc48da3c/15edited+vegology.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Street Art Fest 2022 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Street Art Fest 2022 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Street Art Fest 2022 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Street Art Fest 2022 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Street Art Fest 2022 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Street Art Fest 2022 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Street Art Fest 2022 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Street Art Fest 2022 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Street Art Fest 2022 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Street Art Fest 2022 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Street Art Fest 2022 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Street Art Fest 2022 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Street Art Fest 2022 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Street Art Fest 2022 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Street Art Fest 2022 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Street Art Fest 2022 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Street Art Fest 2022 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Street Art Fest 2022 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Street Art Fest 2022 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/summit-alley daily 0.75 2023-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420492883-T1MZ312SLJBFFMZN03AQ/0603201730+copy.jpg Summit Alley 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/a434f85e-4145-48a8-baf3-c85bfabf70d2/0603201730+copy.jpg Summit Alley 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/6d248368-2862-4913-bf80-937bb797580a/0604201007.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/b77de531-20d8-409f-935a-fd02c3d4c447/0531201151_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/746e233e-2ffe-46ce-bab8-e0f5b1822eda/0604201008d_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/24c1e001-f42c-4859-ace7-0cf8313eb056/0604201009_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/34116dfe-2989-4584-8de1-d20cd4adcef1/0604201008c_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/7603e864-5ea3-47c4-ac3d-38ba57da7392/0604201008f_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/f7ade5c4-5d7f-4551-864b-d00e25c8f91c/0604201009a_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/c3c14793-13df-4373-b234-6d202540f3ff/0417201715.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/aaaff4e8-906e-48d4-b32d-f8cf2202c579/30final+design.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/07d0077d-0ea1-4915-9cc2-bf961d695b77/0524201928_HDR.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/f52862b3-d202-44e8-9899-d3e5b1c61423/IMG_20200527_174323_698.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/405fb142-6f50-466c-99f8-afe332729bd1/IMG_20200527_174912_839.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/afd46779-08e6-4370-a56f-7befa3903671/0529201825_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/82dd3353-7ba1-42ca-bf62-a80a58744dc4/0602201903b.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/17ed9f23-97f5-4c3b-9286-b97f3049b0b6/0602201918_HDR.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1b664e55-1502-45d8-acc0-3e673de88fbb/0603201731.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/fdd836bd-0c07-4ee2-b876-97997e7d7f7b/8rcbv67+.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Summit Alley 2020 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Summit Alley 2020 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Summit Alley 2020 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Summit Alley 2020 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Summit Alley 2020 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Summit Alley 2020 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Summit Alley 2020 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Summit Alley 2020 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Summit Alley 2020 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Summit Alley 2020 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Summit Alley 2020 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Summit Alley 2020 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Summit Alley 2020 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Summit Alley 2020 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Summit Alley 2020 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Summit Alley 2020 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Summit Alley 2020 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Summit Alley 2020 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Summit Alley 2020 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/plum-st-alley-2023 daily 0.75 2023-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893582517-XVPB7IS339A36FFI4DH9/20230617_104619_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/7b145462-a5fc-4c96-bf45-c317774141d3/20230617_104210_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/9af74edb-a83a-4503-9aa7-98c7c9f88335/20230617_104559_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/3db86953-dda6-4c47-969d-7ac90dcff48a/20230605_142147_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/4c90e90d-b911-4e65-827e-6517959a17a7/20230608_092628_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/96d0c1e3-d147-453c-916a-9852a7cbd3f3/20230617_094615_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/66865c9d-5cbe-4787-966b-38d6d99c6ca0/20230615_150014.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/a4b2eb97-cf2c-4226-afba-c5dee5067b6d/20230615_200110.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/6599d03c-bd84-4359-a15b-4ae7e116600c/20230617_104426_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/7f92fcd4-2c7c-4a7a-a2f3-8ca6b18daa5c/20230617_104644_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/c8f1dd0b-4723-4ea4-a564-c09092ca22a4/20230617_104619_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/a97e6faf-f568-4127-9ad7-80f9f110555f/20230617_110708_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/97fed5d5-82c2-4dae-9c89-6388a8cde094/20230617_104323_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/2789285c-5fc3-4019-b31c-83cb7e78469e/panorama_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Plum St Alley 2023 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Plum St Alley 2023 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Plum St Alley 2023 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Plum St Alley 2023 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Plum St Alley 2023 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Plum St Alley 2023 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Plum St Alley 2023 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Plum St Alley 2023 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Plum St Alley 2023 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Plum St Alley 2023 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Plum St Alley 2023 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Plum St Alley 2023 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Plum St Alley 2023 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Plum St Alley 2023 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Plum St Alley 2023 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Plum St Alley 2023 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Plum St Alley 2023 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Plum St Alley 2023 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/6fb66221-cba8-414f-839f-cb24b2e12452/027_1212191101a_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/ac480266-d622-4af0-8a01-b28d33ca6aad/028_1212191058b_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/e2e24811-139e-43da-98ed-62a219bc8eeb/029_1212191059_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/57db1d4c-3455-47c7-a2da-c842e307f947/035_1212191108e_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/31b0eb42-6582-43c5-8d12-fcaa0cf5bb20/041_1212191106_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/d83262f8-b669-4eb0-9f9b-1cbd22919347/059_1212191058a_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/db409384-1274-4aa0-ba91-1da115f85b11/056_1211191935c_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/9e03c49b-a359-44e7-89f2-1af282155137/070_1212191057a_HDR_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/f6ae3393-11a8-4750-b9ba-3aae8efa4c48/ig+post+1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/fbad811c-906a-4b23-ab3c-2ae7b9d71e56/ig+post+2.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/a9d033f4-e388-45c3-8e92-3015025763fe/ig+post+3.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/e94e0788-9cc0-4c3e-adf3-2a2729a26769/ig+post+4.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Facebook Ashburn 2019 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Facebook Ashburn 2019 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Facebook Ashburn 2019 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Facebook Ashburn 2019 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Facebook Ashburn 2019 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Ashburn 2019 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/facebook-richmond daily 0.75 2023-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907419181-9MLF7FV4P7ZFS53KR6X2/0224200925edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/438f46ee-2d62-4d19-8d41-06f9c2c74c3a/0224200925edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689905215796-WEAUYZ0SYQ3WBVP6Z7Q6/fb+trees+colorway+1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689905214495-CF3BZXKX1GK6JJ6CI6CC/IMG_1190_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689905365571-V2R76PBSFJVZ2J1SV661/fb+foxes+mural+design+elevation+2.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689905346982-WM231BIIQ6Z29RR86APW/Screen+Shot+2019-06-07+at+12.54.51+PM.png Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689905346484-4XBVPLEZ65LKZNQ0VJEK/Screen+Shot+2019-06-07+at+2.27.42+PM.png Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689905348049-2N8R5D67IBXOQU2OS66C/Screen+Shot+2019-07-25+at+2.28.52+PM.png Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/ee333a75-04a8-401f-91af-f621ff8128be/media-1565740314139-Aug_13_2019_7_10_PM.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689906473049-81KQ5NKFWTBK1WLM7AMK/0224200944edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689906467093-KJZ1XRQ51ZEV2BTGGA4B/0224200943edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689906466840-6VQG07BO1M095TJ1E9XN/0224200926edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689906460620-L74EL80QDI611RF8EHOD/0224200924bedited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689906461429-5HIDD1316KV49SWXCPNT/0224200923bedited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/ac924a67-9b26-4559-b84c-03fe2dda20de/0224200922edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/baaeccaa-ee5b-4453-ac15-dd1c6fbc2bf3/0224200938bedited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Richmond 2019 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Richmond 2019 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Facebook Richmond 2019 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Richmond 2019 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Facebook Richmond 2019 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Facebook Richmond 2019 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Richmond 2019 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Richmond 2019 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Richmond 2019 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Richmond 2019 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Richmond 2019 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Richmond 2019 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Facebook Richmond 2019 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Facebook Richmond 2019 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Facebook Richmond 2019 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Richmond 2019 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Richmond 2019 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Facebook Richmond 2019 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Facebook Richmond 2019 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/quirk-artist-room daily 0.75 2023-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049226492-62R7LJT3DNPYZYUH8QSE/Herr+Suite+Mural.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/26c93324-2c9f-4fc1-a7af-1a0fc0739dd2/DSC_0826edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/6dd7dee2-f42a-497e-814b-d4a692db127a/DSC_0835edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/56d26438-ea1e-47d2-9129-4c71b5c6fb2f/0923191442a_HDR.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/9428a969-deb8-4a4a-b4bb-62661efb615c/0924191911_HDRedited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/209f6597-d4c2-47e4-8fc1-b005d44f78d1/0924191855cedited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/4dbe9c40-ffcd-4b1f-83c6-3ca2da5d951e/0924191858bedited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692048240792-LGA8ZWDF5L26EV7FA0OS/0924191829edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692048240849-WM7MRLEKF6IBZR401VRB/0924191910dedited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692048242605-R1QIURABA3EPCGNMJ8G9/0924191911edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692048477795-215VQZ92HLN0KKIQ2PKN/DSC_0829edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/809dbd7b-2be9-4595-ad8a-a10bf6accce6/0924191857_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/c3001ba6-9c6c-4629-9952-9fff0afaca4f/DSC_0848edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1a61cb18-2eba-4ce9-a59b-1770a940c30f/Screen+Shot+2020-09-17+at+4.01.32+PM.png Quirk Artist Room 2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Quirk Artist Room 2019 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Quirk Artist Room 2019 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Quirk Artist Room 2019 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Quirk Artist Room 2019 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Quirk Artist Room 2019 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Artist Room 2019 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/quirk-charlottesville-rooftop daily 0.75 2023-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702400072507-XEOJYCUNRTXDZ4FAOCK7/Quirk+hotel+cville+complete.png Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/60e4af5b-6873-49a1-b33c-ab95e5148c01/20220818_171021edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1e62f7bc-2c33-47db-b1cd-a50326dc40bb/20220818_171130edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692063875070-SHAAM2OCTI0UTT4AOIQN/andre1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692063879159-BKZU16YN6ATK0FF4WEJJ/andre6.png Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692063883168-GF88B87S6C022WQXT87R/emily5.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692063880820-U47989B4PMPHOEG3MWHX/emily6.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/7c4c74b6-6a78-45ce-b0ce-d39189b873a6/0108202257edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/e98ffad3-eb72-4064-9b3b-9ee982c39b03/0109201618bedited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692064230885-88RZ6JLXCB8CYH133HPM/0110201316edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692064230607-CK4W0EBLKMXC9ET3PWGI/0110201352aedited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692064239206-6U6QQD34RTYMZTPU9C6Y/0110201352fedited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692064234247-ZF907NXUJJC9TOS3LC8V/0110201352bedited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692064234249-EMGAI4GQF26D0HX0QTEO/0110201352cedited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692064239056-11U9LGKMDJJMTQKCDK8Q/0110201353aedited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/78374403-cbc1-4d90-882f-4b0e6155da74/20220818_171041edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/2be9ced6-2ac5-4ebd-acc2-1475e670a989/20220818_171116edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/6b1dc699-ce84-4af6-8420-3558b28c5a43/20220818_171142edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/46ddc14d-dd9e-4636-b477-fbfb504ae37e/20220818_171054edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/013113dd-a621-4539-8827-25903d1c3443/Quirk+hotel+cville+complete.png Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Quirk Charlottesville Rooftop 2020 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/kosova daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701898820360-IWUYIK6WGNT6ETUO41FL/Kosovo+Mural+Finished21.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/bf011cef-43b9-41e8-b7d5-f559729f408b/Kosovo+Mural+Finished21.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895254241-BFT8SSJFR3C39SFKE9JO/mural+study+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895266793-ZZ083N9I7092IMKCL4AG/pool+view+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895234007-89CPTTTV1MRGOU9LPM84/church+and+mosque+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895231054-HZNMHWW5FLMLIW90SLDZ/car+overlook+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895236665-XYMI2A0WOGBE2ACE18TF/cold+alley+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895240391-FA9DRFPZH4I9N4SS9SHF/highrise+view+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895243141-5EPL24O2Y4BKW4ZR0PWE/hillside+mosque+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895247658-S5QVFY4F8M9I3T9FG41U/mannequins+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895247270-W86RHL6FBCPQHUE0SOYQ/hilltop+patio+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895254357-4M6PDJCO270XLNOZHKCM/mountain+view+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895260465-EG7IFWEG6CUQ180IWX36/patio+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895259106-8FAEV0RTCKG8L1AIP9FY/pencil+townscape+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895264117-3UVJJKV55LGB2HZL34ED/pink+neighborhood+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895267514-SCC0MYQTNB5CKZ6TO1JJ/snow+school+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895271904-QMXF42AYFXXXQ9VOBW7J/townscape+2+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895273530-BWOTN6LESH2TTL2VPLSQ/townscape+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701895275608-2XYBC6V95F9C25IRK4IS/unveiling+front.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/5c1d0ff7-d3ea-4cb9-8188-59b7d7355423/20231125_135808.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/58263aa6-d8af-493c-a0ca-96530321b713/IMG_20231129_105825_944.jpeg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/b8c6080e-6745-454f-9b52-5e937ad6ee8d/DSC_0487.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/0ca96d38-be24-4a56-a7dd-965b2d39ebae/IMG-20220128-WA0003.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/90a7736e-8a9f-4f8e-b1d0-46eed1cf5fad/IMG-20220128-WA0005.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/0fc6c235-9abe-4ed4-8736-5e89edd6769a/IMG-20220128-WA0006.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/0563996e-844f-43e9-85fa-db87c8d96685/Kosovo+Mural+Process03.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/e5adad00-d0e5-4232-8e04-ea41536d9c94/IMG_20220124_182109_220.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/c71cd036-40ab-46e8-b258-e668fa5ed74e/Kosovo+Mural+Process05.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/8e3ae571-5768-4db8-84fe-37471d0d587a/Kosovo+Mural+Process01.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/fb2024ed-86db-44c5-b1c6-e809597ce239/Kosovo+Mural+Process07.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/b97248f1-fc53-4ea1-adf7-c4c1f12bd397/Kosovo+Mural+Process08.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/4f388f1e-71d3-4f8c-b3c9-884f918d4948/Kosovo+Mural+Finished20.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/cf5972a4-003c-484e-b4c4-3d3464e2fdfd/Kosovo+Mural+Finished23.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/401cd447-7d1c-4f75-ae1b-ccb1b8806bee/Kosovo+Mural+Finished29.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/995efe70-4959-47ab-8fae-029600e6cadb/Kosovo+Mural+Finished28.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/701b1005-f5d3-411d-8192-c2e6fcefef75/Kosovo+Mural+Finished27.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/72aa0d83-b6fa-43bd-ae3e-382db0a7f9d5/Kosovo+Mural+Finished26.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Kosova MuralFest 2022 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Kosova MuralFest 2022 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Kosova MuralFest 2022 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Kosova MuralFest 2022 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Kosova MuralFest 2022 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Kosova MuralFest 2022 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Spang TV 2022 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Spang TV 2022 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Spang TV 2022 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Spang TV 2022 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Spang TV 2022 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Spang TV 2022 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Spang TV 2022 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Spang TV 2022 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Spang TV 2022 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Spang TV 2022 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Spang TV 2022 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Spang TV 2022 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Spang TV 2022 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Spang TV 2022 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Spang TV 2022 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Spang TV 2022 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Spang TV 2022 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Spang TV 2022 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Spang TV 2022 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Spang TV 2022 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Spang TV 2022 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Spang TV 2022 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Spang TV 2022 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Spang TV 2022 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Spang TV 2022 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Spang TV 2022 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Spang TV 2022 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Spang TV 2022 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Spang TV 2022 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Spang TV 2022 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Spang TV 2022 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Spang TV 2022 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Spang TV 2022 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Spang TV 2022 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Spang TV 2022 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Spang TV 2022 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Spang TV 2022 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Spang TV 2022 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Spang TV 2022 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Spang TV 2022 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Spang TV 2022 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Spang TV 2022 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Spang TV 2022 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Spang TV 2022 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Spang TV 2022 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Spang TV 2022 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Spang TV 2022 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Spang TV 2022 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Spang TV 2022 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Spang TV 2022 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Spang TV 2022 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Spang TV 2022 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Spang TV 2022 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Spang TV 2022 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Spang TV 2022 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Spang TV 2022 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/model-tobacco daily 0.75 2023-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409627393-R4VV4IMCVWHBS4WKGOI5/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/9a4ebc6d-fc94-4153-9ae7-4f2699df23a0/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702408723531-76VVIZWJUMZJPIB41YS9/AA1-207.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702408789627-KTXU2IVGM5S41KI54TGO/20230622_185951.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702408720710-GOJ7O9DTCQPMO9XJXB0E/c7181d960daaefd88a54ac5538fe0868.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702408719823-YEO0ZJMM3ULSX135BJIF/20230622_130136.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702408722606-I75ACDS1MHWMXUY56E92/d01398d4e0767216c3c57d2a72a379e6.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702408719709-82Y01Q4AEHTOXCJ88ZYF/20230622_130143.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702408722794-IW3A8UCPHSWF9BP4HJH3/20230622_130655.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702408721518-CIYNZVFKUGHYKSC6PSL4/Antique-Tobacco-Tins-8-each-Dealer-4337-540x477.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702408763911-O31W9NX8T8K3N2JJYB8G/20230622_184844.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702408762070-7YTGZG2MTGGMHKRRQ4B5/20230622_184915.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702408656168-LOV2ZKOBUTSPHV7KUMCE/20230622_180943.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/174810d4-fc33-41c4-98c2-d351f29a0fee/20230816_214828.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1adbd250-8f34-4c60-b640-ce469997ae58/20230818_104232.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/f400a90e-2ac1-4815-bca6-f50bfd3b4308/media-1692739466525-Aug_22_2023_5_23_PM.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/0e7f9794-e8cc-4b76-a458-c43511d537bb/20230822_200413.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409367767-0O8LY4V2ZW8KSZMCZOZV/Model+Tobacco+Finished+12.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409331561-260JDWO8H4ZMQ5HCI7MZ/Model+Tobacco+Finished+15.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409351496-MSEI0H361BQLOM00XFSJ/Model+Tobacco+Finished+06.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409373064-BO1FK3SMM540F5KKGXZ1/Model+Tobacco+Finished+18.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/e8aea2c1-68cd-497f-89f5-9c8f6ab22e90/Model+Tobacco+Finished+19.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/927b85cf-cbbc-410c-a677-63cc7261a36e/Model+Tobacco+Finished+16.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/0c7049ec-7fb0-4e6a-871c-405acfea769b/Model+Tobacco+Finished+09.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Model Tobacco 2023 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Model Tobacco 2023 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Model Tobacco 2023 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Model Tobacco 2023 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Model Tobacco 2023 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Model Tobacco 2023 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Model Tobacco 2023 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/113923e0-7d25-43e5-a51f-aa6848431b9b/20240430_081942_1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Nate's Bagels 2024 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. 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I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Nate's Bagels 2024 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. 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(Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Nate's Bagels 2024 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Nate's Bagels 2024 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Nate's Bagels 2024 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Nate's Bagels 2024 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Nate's Bagels 2024 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Nate's Bagels 2024 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Nate's Bagels 2024 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Nate's Bagels 2024 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Nate's Bagels 2024 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Nate's Bagels 2024 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Nate's Bagels 2024 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Nate's Bagels 2024 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Nate's Bagels 2024 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Nate's Bagels 2024 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Nate's Bagels 2024 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Nate's Bagels 2024 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Mural Flash - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Mural Flash - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Mural Flash - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Mural Flash - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Mural Flash - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Mural Flash - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Mural Flash - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Mural Flash - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Mural Flash - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Mural Flash - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Mural Flash - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Mural Flash - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Mural Flash - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Mural Flash - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Mural Flash - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Mural Flash - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Mural Flash - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Mural Flash - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Mural Flash - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Mural Flash - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Mural Flash - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Mural Flash - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Mural Flash - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Mural Flash - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Mural Flash - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Mural Flash - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Mural Flash - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Mural Flash - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Mural Flash - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Mural Flash - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Mural Flash - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Mural Flash - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Mural Flash - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Mural Flash - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Mural Flash - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Mural Flash - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Mural Flash - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Mural Flash - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Mural Flash - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Mural Flash - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Mural Flash - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Mural Flash - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Mural Flash - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Mural Flash - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Mural Flash - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Mural Flash - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Mural Flash - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Mural Flash - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Mural Flash - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Mural Flash - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Mural Flash - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Mural Flash - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Mural Flash - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Mural Flash - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Mural Flash - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Mural Flash - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Mural Flash - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Mural Flash - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Mural Flash - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Mural Flash - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Mural Flash - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Mural Flash - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Mural Flash - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Mural Flash - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Mural Flash - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Mural Flash - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Mural Flash - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Mural Flash - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Mural Flash - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Mural Flash - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Mural Flash - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Mural Flash - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Mural Flash - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Mural Flash - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Mural Flash - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Mural Flash - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Mural Flash - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Mural Flash - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Mural Flash - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Mural Flash - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Mural Flash - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Mural Flash - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Mural Flash - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Mural Flash - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Mural Flash - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Mural Flash - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Mural Flash - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Mural Flash - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Mural Flash - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Mural Flash - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Mural Flash - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Mural Flash - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Mural Flash - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Mural Flash - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Mural Flash - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Mural Flash - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Mural Flash - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. 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The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp 2025 The Bower - Where Here - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png 2025 The Bower - Where Here - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png 2025 The Bower - Where Here - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG 2025 The Bower - Where Here - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png 2025 The Bower - Where Here - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg 2025 The Bower - Where Here - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/hal-olivia daily 0.75 2026-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517607050473-GDUYUCDIJRL7F2P6R932/24852471_1980178652253568_2791295282894329650_n.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/d96c6437-2512-470c-9c11-9fde2cfb5486/Hal+and+Olivia+Finished_17.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464199253-4K2ZZVN1STYSQ26TD1CO/colors.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464199599-Z38VN7RXPUCGKRQSNENV/pattern.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464200348-TFNA608FGBO63000GAD1/pulse-image-1749732922168.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464200593-K18VPO31LV28CUC8IFBU/pulse-image-1749732939246.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464201480-686E1LPTDPMTJ0ELO8BP/pulse-image-1749732959642.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464202620-JMS2HRF06SHR8B77K7UY/skull.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464211679-DELNG8XAOMNLS6PZX2X4/reina+de+mexico.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464202667-LBMIWLOPYBG4M58J1E5C/talavera+2.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464215034-EL6EECDLEUDX0R6A64QY/Screen+Shot+2025-08-22+at+6.16.38+PM.png Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464203698-ZN7H4W1AKDPPA9X7B4DD/tile+2.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464205398-UUTVXJUOD2ASZ1BBGJ6Z/tiles.png Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464206026-FVE3QKQKH72UJZKGO9W5/tree+of+life.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1f1bfa3a-1345-426e-beeb-4caed70ca1fd/sketch.jpg Hal & Olivia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/70383ea5-82d8-40da-bcf8-e9d7d4e149f9/20250906_131749.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/d272f333-c23d-4690-8a11-dacc5984855c/20250904_161636.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464471046-E11PJT4SWH4KZNM4D2SU/Hal+and+Olivia+Finished_11.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464471526-RL5JAOELG1ES5JRIX1DJ/Hal+and+Olivia+Finished_12.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464484356-ZJB7PVEPA57UODKVKZWW/Hal+and+Olivia+Finished_13.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464484159-15QUD07QAP63S9M2LBT7/Hal+and+Olivia+Finished_14.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464490357-TURCWPBZ7AM3MJ6P8616/Hal+and+Olivia+Finished_16.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464550556-R1N8PW1NGJR8GTLZL2XK/Hal+and+Olivia+Finished_2.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464550168-YGIOLVLH5UFF1K2AVADF/Hal+and+Olivia+Finished_3.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771464561026-YQBXK695UHZ518X3R86X/Hal+and+Olivia+Finished_4.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/e6a98ad5-d03c-49e7-aee0-7f3a9c0371a4/Hal+and+Olivia+Finished_6.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/6a8bc758-01cb-436b-86ed-f9b332f62ebe/media-1757258976428-Sep_6_2025_7_30_PM.jpg Hal & Olivia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Hal & Olivia - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Hal & Olivia - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Hal & Olivia - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Hal & Olivia - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Hal & Olivia - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Hal & Olivia - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Hal & Olivia - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Hal & Olivia - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Hal & Olivia - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Hal & Olivia - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Hal & Olivia - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Hal & Olivia - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Hal & Olivia - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Hal & Olivia - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Hal & Olivia - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Hal & Olivia - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Hal & Olivia - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Hal & Olivia - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Hal & Olivia - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Hal & Olivia - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Hal & Olivia - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Hal & Olivia - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Hal & Olivia - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Hal & Olivia - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Hal & Olivia - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Hal & Olivia - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Hal & Olivia - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Hal & Olivia - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Hal & Olivia - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Hal & Olivia - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Hal & Olivia - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Hal & Olivia - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Hal & Olivia - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Hal & Olivia - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Hal & Olivia - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Hal & Olivia - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Hal & Olivia - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Hal & Olivia - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Hal & Olivia - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Hal & Olivia - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Hal & Olivia - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Hal & Olivia - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Hal & Olivia - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Hal & Olivia - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Hal & Olivia - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Hal & Olivia - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Hal & Olivia - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Hal & Olivia - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Hal & Olivia - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Hal & Olivia - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Hal & Olivia - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Hal & Olivia - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Hal & Olivia - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Hal & Olivia - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Hal & Olivia - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Hal & Olivia - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Hal & Olivia - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Hal & Olivia - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Hal & Olivia - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Hal & Olivia - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Hal & Olivia - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Hal & Olivia - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Hal & Olivia - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Hal & Olivia - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Hal & Olivia - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY! https://www.herrsuite.com/robious-elementary daily 0.75 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/29205141-c74a-4795-956e-456c7bc12fb9/20250509_184546.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/49bf216b-a09f-4040-affb-efc74eb3d88f/20250509_184147.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/ac9d2049-6a08-45dc-bd5c-15d89eeb91c0/template-for-instagram-sliced_05.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771467172187-F16EMFERT211HZT51P8X/template-for-instagram-sliced_01.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771467172352-NPF8PA8H5ZWCQVM1BL8Q/template-for-instagram-sliced_02.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771467174420-OR3YVYJD4YWNBT0TJYXL/template-for-instagram-sliced_04.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771467176111-66BE1BQI2GHSMZOYCWBJ/template-for-instagram-sliced_06.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771467176808-87RQAKTY1BADU3W9GZTD/template-for-instagram-sliced_07.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771467250022-KJE3FCR8ACBWYANWQX3I/20250506_122808_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/f13c3627-e1b2-4804-ab8b-55facd9455b2/20250509_184720.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/301797d5-e4a9-438d-8621-a7e18167846b/20250509_184042.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1d0dc812-3b31-4426-8eb2-cccaec8c5ea3/20250509_184047.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/3c0bf4b2-5912-4763-9f47-d5567eb3c718/20250509_184120.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/47ed339e-844c-413b-8ef0-cb2d6b2c2b22/20250509_184512.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771467516838-8SEKD7M18EQLNFQ8ZRTV/20250509_184022.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771467515938-W7FGHA0RK92DNYJS2FPU/20250509_184027.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771467523673-6VSGLK3QFBR9BBH6XM26/20250509_184243.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771467535462-S6QVLHIR9CDQGZPNLIJH/20250509_184559.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771467543899-CBP442VESCI0NM2F6CLP/20250509_184100.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1771467552576-J17UQPSW7RR656IOC0B1/20250509_184017.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/9b1e88c3-df5e-455c-ac63-3f6450e31ee6/IMG_1528_1.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/72a67b43-0316-482d-bc05-0d5afc57adb4/signal-2025-05-09-21-58-29-248-1.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1701899170522-GN8JP2QYIHBSPCP2OLN4/image-asset.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - KOSOVA MURALFEST 2022 Kosovo is a young country with a long history, and its identity is in the hands of today's young people. The locations depicted are scenes from my introduction to Ferizaj, where the city streets are busy and close, and the consistent background of the mountains is revealed between buildings. The blank wall at the center is a message of possibility to the students in the university who will see this in class. This is the first indoor wall to be part of this program, located at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj. I was blown away by the amazing program of MuralFest Kosova and how much this team has positively impacted their city, not just during a summer art festival but year-round, for seven years. My hope is that this mural can symbolize the impact they have had, and hold it up as an example for how to involve oneself in the work being done to build the future of your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704324689101-DGDSAUPWPP82VKA8JWH8/20221007_163752edit.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - STARTING SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689893163325-H28DQVISVS72B1BCA6IL/20230617_104311_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - PLUM ST ALLEY These clients wanted a cover-up for the graffiti on the side of their home, and requested an unusually delightful range of subject ideas: Tulips, daffodils, red poppies, snapdragons. Frogs, dragons, lizards, bugs, mosquitos, bees, beetles, lightning bugs. (No monkeys! No snakes! No birds!) Following the trail of the dragon, I learned that Sabrina’s father had told her stories of Springdale the Dragon while she was growing up. He ate tulips (red to breathe fire, purple otherwise) and lived in a windmill and was friends with the three Watchfrogs. This design pays homage to those stories in a playful surprise for the many folks who stroll through this alley to get to the nearby market or walk their kids around the block to the park. Springdale dreams of critters and flowers curling through his smokey breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689899950338-WDK3MC3BLXLBXRXBD5IW/04edited+IMG_20220921_192840_975.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - STREET ART FEST 2022 The street art festival is my favorite event in Richmond hands down. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to paint in such an iconic place with so many iconic artists! This one is open to your interpretation, and I'd love to hear your take on it, or just hear you take a big breath ;) Thanks to my wall neighbors Chris Visions and Sean McClintock and to my whole famdamly for showing up to say hi. Also big thanks to Zammuto for writing a song that kept me company and helped me and my friends laugh during some of the most baffling moments of 2020. It Can Feel So Good is a banger forever. The fire is from a photograph of a wildfire that started in a national park in Tennessee near Chattanooga and Dollywood in 2016, and was the most fatal fire on this side of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772765941340-DQGKUENNWBXS40G4WLRI/20240430_081914_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - NATE'S BAGELS This mural is designed create a backdrop for additional patio seating, which will be shaded by a couple of lovely red umbrellas. The design is intentionally lacking a single focal point because it is more about creating a sense of environment for the people walking and sitting near it, rather than a spectacle for people whipping by in cars (and MAN y'all be whipping down Cary St, more like Scary St am I right???) This is one of my favorite pieces I've gotten to paint, and a color palette I don't usually find myself using. It was deliciously satisfying, and I would love to do more in this style! The Dome shape is something I keep returning to in concept sketches because of that sense of space that it creates- I think peering at this from across the street feels like looking into a magical portal, and standing next to it feels like a cozy enclosure :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1688420100411-ZDR65ELYNPX9YSCAC56I/0603201730+copy.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - SUMMIT ALLEY This wall is squinched between a few buildings in Scott’s Addition, an old industrial neighborhood in Richmond, VA that now has fresh crops of co-working spaces, luxury apartments, breweries, etc. This mural adds some life to an otherwise sterile alley between an excellent coffee shop (Afterglow) and an extraordinary restaurant (Brenner Pass) and my now-deceased favorite coffee shop in the city (Chairlift, RIP) There's a mix of concepts that got me to this final design, including trust, safety, passing time, and the complex beauty of the world around us. I designed and painted this in the first couple months of the COVID-19 lockdown period, just before some of the first moments of the 2020 uprising. Even though it’s one of my more abstract designs, it’s very informed by that deeply charged period of time. I think that the doorway is an interesting feature of the wall, so I used it as a place for people to 'find' a quote that ties into my inspiration for the design, led there by the rest of the composition. “You are BORN. You was NOT. Now you IS.” is a quote from Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman. It’s an amazing kid’s book about all the ways you can live your life, as long as you’ve got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702917309345-XGSFMN531OMES72AYTFA/1024201028c_HDRedited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - CAPITAL ONE PARKING LOT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704319460016-TSGVMZYPX7YFCI3GVNNM/IMG_20210622_231222_600edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - NIGHT CLIMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1772763999344-YA8J57YITH0NGX0SYXE4/20240708_175535_1_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - ROKA Everything comes full circle when you paint in a round building. This is my second project in this historic circular office, and a reminder of the tidal rhythms we are all connected to. Thank you @holyrivermusic for inspiring my working time with your music! and to @fultzsingharchitects for bringing me back to this amazing space. @walterparksarchitects did the restoration of this mid century treasure for @ellwoodsrva back in 2017, and they hired me to paint the 5 panels you'll see snuck into this video halfway through. This time, before I started working on my mural for Roka Partners (the current owners), @modernrichmond brought back the various occupants of this amazing space through the years to speak on its history. To see the original floor plans and photos of the carefully designed building and then learn how diligent all of these people have been in caring for the space was quite touching. Here's to stewardship may we extend it to the land and water around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614296282619-TOCVH91S433MTZSXA5B0/1220191824_1_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - CHURCH HILL An unconventional portrait of Richmond, viewed from within. Painted in a historic residence, built 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1571453839984-KSQA2WA4GJNZ6TPRJCCG/Virago-Sarah_Der-07.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - VIRAGO TASTING ROOM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702926081871-7AAWT6KNTCA2GYYJDEMX/IMG_7603edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - INTERGALACTIC TACOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703106356644-2PKNRCIKNZHWG6T8B1CG/IMG_20210501_080317_946.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - WESTRAY'S FINEST ICE CREAM TRUCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704311567015-VFS68IJTLP5C44F2FA1J/0607201040a_HDR.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - HOME MURALFEST 2020 WITH VOID PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704312162462-1XURHWOS7X79GVZXSUG5/IMG_20210515_153902_542edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - HENRICO HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1689907473039-F344ZJL1ZHYC3DCHMF6Z/0224200925edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - FACEBOOK RICHMOND Way out on the edge of the city of Richmond, just past the airport, Meta née Facebook built a data center. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. I seek to bring an illustrative mindset to muralism, creating a sense of place, character, and narrative. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347528379-PESZS1RB2JVZ9PLLRBPB/moonlight+1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - TOM TOM FEST 2017 Mural in Charlottesville, VA painted for Tom Tom Fest 2017 on Charlottesville Day School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1553060294596-1XM7I1VPV5ZLY7CK3E55/Temp.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - VÄSEN BREWERY Painted for Väsen Brewery. The guys at Väsen brought me in on this project really early- when I first visited the site they didn't even have a floor, much less walls. They talked to me about their inspiration and experiences of Scandinavian shamans and outdoor lifestyles and nature spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415675705-NC80P1ZFVS3VLDWUSHS5/20211009_142349.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - OAKLAND SEALS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703957538041-QNLQIVTNYD10ITT0Y3LZ/20211028_171858edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - PRONGHORNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1678480433097-3EKNZTCVFN6FDF4MP1P0/image-asset.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - KROGER OFFICE This office in Glen Allen houses support for all of the Kroger grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. I got to bring some easy, fun imagery into their entryway to greet employees, visitors, and the many many shipping and receiving workers that flow in and out of this space every day. The imagery of this design was inspired by Kroger’s Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission: Zero Hunger | Zero Waste is Kroger’s mission and goal to eliminate hunger in our communities and waste in our stores by 2025. We donate food we can’t sell (and even some we can sell) to food banks, we compost, recycle, etc. at all levels of the business to support our communities and protect the earth. These goals are very important to us and drive a lot of charitable giving and community events, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517899682280-D1JZKPQKMUE0KCE8GH1F/0124181040a_HDRnew.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - GATHER SHORT PUMP Campfire & Co.'s interior design for Gather, a co-working space opening their third location, called for an accent wall flowing abstract colors reminiscent of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703121423473-C938E8OVFE9RZ391P6ZQ/1114201551a_HDRedited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - FLEET FEET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158406498-XIC50OG8YL6NH0L6L0DI/Girls+Garage05.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1515386365972-SS78GKW8LQ8G6RNVH7S6/0720171352_HDR_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - #GIRLSGIRLSGIRLSTOUR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516134896118-1U0J1NYGG35JVIHTCWRJ/group5_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! BURLINGTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702920807790-FR07P0OPX335YLXACE2Q/0807201932edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - "HOPE" WITH CHRIS VISIONS “Hope Mural, located at 2907 Marshall. Chris Visions collaborated with Emily Herr in creating a tribute Mural to lost loved ones in the midst of riots and unrest in the city. Those portrayed are Elijah McClain (Left, Murdered 2019), Marcus David Peters (Center, Murdered 2018), Brandon Gerald Robertson (Right, Lost to Suicide 2019). (Painted in the Summer of 2020)” - Chris Visions’ portfolio www.chrisvisions.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702921227475-4VU6ORFXMS3WN0BWNCQA/Amiri%26Emily-GloryShot090620-0211.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - "I CAN/T BREATHE" WITH AMIRI RICHARDSON-KEYS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1774369653389-31Q0NHBC01SYFVK85EEU/image-asset.webp Robious Elementary 2025 - ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY 100 fifth graders + 6 colors + 5 days....! I spent a week encouraging dozens of fifth graders (who needed no encouragement) to paint whatever they want on a wall. Then I spent another week massaging the whole explosion into a cohesive design. I've done this process many times now, allowing a large group of people to paint anything anything anything they want in layered chaos, then circling back and creating a unified composition out of it. This is the most colorful I've ever dared go with it, and I'm delighted with the results. I always try to leave as much of the intentional marks as possible - framing and sculpting rather than covering. My hope for a wall like this is that anyone who touched it feels that they contributed meaningfully to a huge beautiful work of art, and that anyone who comes after enjoys discovering new details forever. This wall was a capstone project for the graduating fifth grade class, and I hope it inspires many classes to come. Thanks to the 5th grade class of Robious Elementary for doing all the interesting parts and rolling with the punches when your parts got painted over (and over and over and over). Thanks to all the students, the school, and to Mr. Woodward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703389014757-4CZZN2GGVWP04QMQYZ5M/IMG_20210113_190001_787edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - MARTIN AGENCY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915346461-GOZVX4HMPDGAQL4FJEMC/EDIT_Pink_1004181522_HDR-Pano.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - CHINA BRIDGE PARKING DECK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704316492792-D7TNI611VA6IUE1GIBAV/20210810_154719edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - "HOME: A COLLABORATION" FOR THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM SHOW "WORK IN PROGRESS" https://thehermitagemuseum.org/homelessness-resources/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702399908894-AAG7XY2FG5T3PJ1GUU8X/20220818_171021edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - QUIRK ROOFTOP WITH ANDRÉ SHANK When Quirk Hotel started work on a second location, I was absolutely delighted to work with André Shank to create something special for their rooftop bar and restaurant. Since we’d both worked with Quirk before on a few different projects, this was a comfortable opportunity to go out on a limb! They entrusted us with a free-reign approach, and the two of us approached the wall with only an idea for the process but no design. André and I were able to bounce off of each other’s colors and shapes to discover this footloose and fancy-free mural that surprised both of us! Huge thanks to André for being an extraordinary vibesmith and to Adam Dorland and Katie Ukrop for encouraging our experimentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1692049275446-T8DWS5QPF8ZN4I7MWC2O/DSC_0826edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - QUIRK HOTEL ROOM 402 This piece is a love letter and an invitation to love. A pair of roses silhouette a painted collage - the pictures I filled this space with are all slices of Richmond. Glimpses of skyline, reflections on the river, phone lines against the sky all blur together to create a warm textured portrait of the city. As shown below, the first layer of this process is the energetic broad strokes of this portrait, creating an abstract frenzy of color. The second layer is the delicate transparent white that carves away at the frenzy to sculpt the shapes of the two roses. For me this is a joyful and honest display of the creative process - “write drunk, edit sober” as they say. It also alludes to the romaticization of everyday life - every day is over-filled with criss-crossing intentions and plot-lines, but with a gentle and visionary hand, you can compose the story of your experience that you want to tell. From Quirk Hotel’s website: Each room not only spotlights Richmond's established artists, but supports its next generation of talent with a percentage of each booking benefiting VisArt's Make Space, a program pairing sixth-grade girls with female artists for a year of mentorship and art-making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704766719074-MOKK8AL80GJ9HWGTRKNM/0818180759_HDR.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - MOBILE MURAL STUDIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561070012406-DEWX2A30ONBUTJ44BC16/04131810565.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - NURSERY FLOWERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702415208936-M6W5VP6TV0EODA0K9NNX/20210328_092032edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - SPLIT FIGURE / SPLIT WALLS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702405730880-JAK9PIE65DYSGKE4R2FL/image-asset.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - SPANG TV Spang TV is a video production company based in Richmond, with a glorious production space in Northside. THIS space is a smaller, cozier office nestled downtown for post-production. Here, the magic of graphics, animation, color-correction, music, formatting take place. Here, they bring it all together and add the final touches. This mural in their entryway acts as a sign, but also sets the mood for making the magic happen. I had fun with this opportunity to embellish a typical botanical landscape with luxurious color and imagined elements. The shape of the logo acts as a viewfinder for the lush landscape overflowing the wall - inside the viewfinder, everything is a little brighter, richer, and more intriguing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1517888835176-Y4L3IED53VNFS2JW5VGZ/0109180913bnew.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - THE BROAD This accent wall was designed for The Broad. From their site: "The Broad is a MAKING SPACE in Richmond. A community center where we can learn from each other, a workspace where we can get it done, and a clubhouse where we can connect IRL - a place that exists to make more space for women* in Richmond, in our community, and in our world. A space to take a meeting over coffee, catch up with a friend with a glass (or two) of wine, put in some work during the 9-5, get your yoga on in our weekly classes, enjoy a workshop or a panel on art or money or flower arranging or love - because we are multifaceted people in a multifaceted world and it's totally cool to be into astronomy AND astrology, curious about super serums AND the supernatural, and invested in the stock market AND the outcome of Bachelor In Paradise. At The Broad, we're making space so you have space. Space to learn, grow, connect, work, and BE. The Broad is a space for us. *The Broad is an LGBTQIA+ Friendly Space that does not have a binary view of womanhood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411969386-RSDV27CH3TS122APDC94/20220727_154113edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - INSIGHT GLOBAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704321792816-HYDY52DVAMZ8UMMIMPTH/20210924_171548edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - "SECRET RECIPE" FOR LYNCHBURG ARTS DISTRICT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1690302380727-QG3681DD7TVW5LVD3ISX/046_1212191108_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - FACEBOOK ASHBURN Outside of Washington DC, “the majority of the world’s internet traffic passes through the town of Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, home to one of the world's major internet exchanges.” Meta née Facebook built a data center there in 2019. 90% of the building is for the electronics, and in the last 10% they did a lot to make the meatspace pleasant for their employees. In such a digital environment, an injection of the natural world acts as an agent of balance. This design is collaged together from my gouache paintings of many places I've been, put through the filter of my eyes and brain and hands and paint and paper and computer and projector and eyes and brain and hands and friend and paint again. Smooshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702409647579-6U7WBID10HNXOLG9Q8A4/Model+Tobacco+Finished+04.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - MODEL TOBACCO WITH NICOLE BOURGEA Nicole Bourgea, a prolific muralist from DC, invited me to collaborate on this fun and decorative piece for the Model Tobacco Lofts in Richmond. After chatting online for a few years, this was an opportunity to meet in person and jam on a design together! The complex is an impressive brick factory from Richmond’s notorious tobacco-based economic history, with many hints of art deco design throughout the property. We took the excuse to get inspired by local history, visiting the Valentine Museum and the VMFA to find some examples of tobacco ephemera and art deco design. Our custom tobacco tin references this time period, the cash crop itself, and the luxurious feel the developers aim to provide for their tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703101831810-QY7PMSRB4XPLXY7MSALH/Screen+Shot+2019-09-16+at+4.58.46+PMedited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702411136536-IUC741T8KYNZBIW8UYEH/20220523_141643.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - WEST AVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702927053674-WXOH9H44MGG5A31NJ9R3/20230926_144725edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - LAURA LEE'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703103333270-DET50MNRX53D92GCKC7I/0626201424dedited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - THE BROADS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416191387-78H5612SG3SXAHHPU6MK/0619181707b.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - GINGER JUICE A simple, sweet, healthy display to call attention to the fruits and vegetables behind the colorful juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243468796-4CFX9ULFOR67K6YJYRZ8/hands.png Robious Elementary 2025 - ELLWOOD THOMPSON'S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416626268-ITLA2FQ3P1KMRMZL7Q7L/11+months031.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Two walls painted for a new restaurant under Campfire & Co's design direction, in just 12 hours, with the help of two awesome friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702416426288-SUMOQNORA38SUAOTGP1W/%26.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - SUGAR + TWINE Definitely definitely go eat at Sugar & Twine, best cookies, best sandwiches, best people <3 I worked with the owner to select a range of birds native to the area, all gathering nesting material appropriate to their species, flying together to build a nest at the center “&” of the logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702414213374-4O8HJ5KG5FSR6JM8QFR5/20211222_080316edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - WATERFORD WILDLIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704318200988-18QZV4ZIYGYNIKGPZ0N4/20210521_123228edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - MIGRATORY BIRDS OF CAPE CHARLES At Hotel Cape Charles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1505608022972-2FEN8IF3HUNX5QT5JI9H/GOPR07921.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - PANAMERICA'S PICNIC BASKET Painted for a tiny pizzeria / bakery / cafe tucked into a corner of Bolivia, on the town square in Copacabana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1561065502720-95C9NH3U543B1LPI1JVJ/individuality.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - PATRIOT'S COLONY AT WILLIAMSBURG Individuality, Vitality, Community, Service, Respect, and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493675055591-F4M26DO57YCY09G4W93U/IMG_8233.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - GATHER SCOTT'S ADDITION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1493671446526-OHLM727CVJ2A1YV2RDIH/DSC_3103.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - FLOYD AVE ELEVATOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1484158578201-1FQ5ZND4BK10ENKZ91TM/IMG_7353_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - DINING ROOM AT THE BEACH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243945703-72G1P2819LFYMVK7JLAH/153A1940+copycrop_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - BHNY GANESHA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702244085554-6LFBGQ1PH06WPRL9S8H3/Untitled_Panorama1cropped.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - BHNY SHIVA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1474235861081-YTHDJ71GXFEXYBSC07LP/153A1888+copy_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - BHNY HANUMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702243727060-IOYQ8HU9B751LKKXOAQF/11419052_775117699276006_2103328491_n.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - BHNY TREE OF LIFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704313227239-SD53FKPELD3VML3K1SPO/20211115_122051edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - GREENCASTLE OCTOPUS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350938889-A73HKZ6C6AGQTIID0ACD/image-asset.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - ICELAND IN CONNECTICUT The mystical creatures overlooking this simplified Icelandic countryside are all based on real motifs in viking artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703386581585-J4AW4RMG4K97D43N7QE8/Cutie+Pie+Club+2023edited_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - ESTATE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350736682-I9HHXS9ONIBHBLGL4BO4/image-asset.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - FANTASIA DRIVE Charlotte's mom Sarah wanted to give her (extremely adorable) child the mural that she wished she'd had in her room as a little girl. We gathered lots of reference images - Edmund Dulac illustrations, chinoiserie, art deco paintings, illustrated manuscripts, persian miniatures - and made a big list of colors and subject matter. Once I had some sketches to work with, we went back and forth on composition, layout, color ways, and little additions (like tiny deer in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702922167342-Q0VJ9J8NNM36L4NIZ99E/0204201730_HDRedited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - ALTAMONTE SPRINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470789275029-XMFDDF6ETELTUHJ2VZ5Q/IMG_6023.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - PENNSYLVANIA HUMMINGBIRD On my grandfather's shed, I painted a collage of important icons: the Pennsylvania Railroad, the beautiful rolling countryside, and a ruby-throated hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702915451798-QJWJ2V64N10J03JH6UH6/cville+finished083new.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - "SPIRITS OF THE PIEDMONT" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702916082169-2BBWTYVHMPC5GO1AF5TV/EDIT_ellie+vienna_IMG_2441.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - "W&OD TRAIL: HIGHWAY OF COMMUNITY" WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704764192388-9YPHLXC2PWWXKNKBJFEV/20230417_155906edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - RICHMOND FRINGE FEST - COMMUNITY CHAOS MURAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449776291363-CTC7Y0F8283T7V74L7LG/image-asset.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - THRIVE IN BROOKLYN WITH ELEANOR DOUGHTY My friend Ellie and I threw this cutie up in just NINE HOURS! Basically from sunup to sundown (winter sunlight, what can i say) we did some quick painting and decision-making, not to mention learning how to use spray paint for the first time. The design is based on a print Ellie did of this neighborhood (Bushwick), smooshed with my Thrive motif. This is a communal wall offered by a spray paint shop called Low Brow Artique, which means we painted over someone else's art to put ours up. In turn our mural was painted over after just two days - unusually fast for that spot, but our image was also a pretty unusual style in a neighborhood totally covered in all kinds of graffiti. Next time, we're determined to find somewhere a little more permanent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1470791827741-Q9LKDBY3WTLZAWWLDVHM/IMG_5607.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - THRIVE AT RVA STREET ART FESTIVAL 2016 is my second year participating in the RVA Street Art Festival, which is a local event run by some of the most active art proponents in the city: Ed Trask and Jon Baliles. This was the VIP lounge for the duration of the festival - I painted the front, and Sir James Thornhill painted the back. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago, crossed with a small piece I did for Light Grey Art Lab's show Botanica. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449773773591-PRX48F2FWASGK33P7Y0F/image-asset.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - THRIVE AT COBALT STUDIOS Cobalt Studios is a top-tier scenic painting studio in White Lake, NY. I was lucky enough to spend part of a summer there learning about scenic painting techniques with the inimitable Rachel Keebler and Kimb Williamson. As part of a much longer trip, I found some time to stop back by Cobalt and throw some paint around in the house where students live while enrolled. My friend Sarah Abernathy gave me a great excuse to come visit and a helpful hand in the actual painting. This design is based on a little silk painting I did a while ago and fell in love with. The word "thrive" has really stuck with me, and I think it's a message I'm willing to repeat over and over. Words are often a natural addition to a lot of my design solutions, but I avoid them because I think they narrow the possible interpretations of an image. Sometimes, however, they amplify or focus the imagery in a totally positive way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130931802-HBN5PLNFV104UBJPIZ8C/IMG_7721_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - #SAVETHEBEES This design was inspired partly by a friend's band, Early Bizrd and the Bees, and partly by this wonderful campaign by Louis Masai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1516130778426-HKYIHLRQRL9T9WGFEAPX/IMG_7795_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - #THEYDIEWEDIE I got to join a dozen other painters at the Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival and put up another little bee lady. She was painted 8’ x 8’ on plywood and later auctioned off to benefit Art 180. ART 180 is a Richmond, Virginia based group that creates and provides art-related programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging personal and community change through self-expression with the goal of turning lives and communities around 180 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1449875311525-EN9HXIOZ5KPZVKE2E23V/thumb.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - PARK AVE NURSERY In preparing for their third child, the Carleys decided they would leave the gender of the baby a surprise. Therefore the room they converted to a nursery needed to be warm, comforting, whimsical, and gender-neutral. Hopefully these clouds will inspire the newest Carley's imagination as she or he grows up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702347806792-T40VCETUW77HB5H579Z9/DSCF6189.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - SECRET GARDEN SUNROOM This mural is grown from 15 different kinds of flowering plants that are native to Virginia and loved by butterflies. One plant of each species is labeled with a little blue banner announcing its common name. A light smattering of butterflies populate the room, representing some of the more creatively named species local to the region. For example: The Hackberry Emperor, the Ruddy Daggerwing, and the Little Metalmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1478797762934-ZT7IQGDL7FOJ3N1SZ98U/spot.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - 7TH ST. SUPPLY CO. The owner of Sefton Coffee Co. and Apropos is opening a new store just around the corner called 7th St. Supply Co. She asked for a mural that was flowery and subtle, matching the colors that she had already picked for the building's exterior. To accommodate the giant plate windows, I worked with Cut Cut: a vinyl shop just next door that specializes in working on unique creative projects. They took my design and applied vinyl that carried the flowers from wall to window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1418671707118-KZNTPGEBE34NC6MGDY3V/image-asset.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - SEFTON COFFEE CO. Sefton Coffee Co. is my new favorite coffee shop in Richmond because of their sweet and airy space, extensive menu (for a coffee shop), and friendly folk. I'm lucky enough that in addition to these nice qualities they also had a big blank wall that needed some painting. I sketched a design which I thought would flow with the organic, soft, and simple feel of the place. It needed to be fairly large without feeling like it was screaming for attention, so I stuck with the very low contrast of white on green (the original wall color). As always I tried to incorporate the architecture and structural flow of the space, in this case by growing the tree up from the door frame and counter, spilling over the molding, and wrapping the words around to the next wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349999087-LDTZZS48X3MTIM4I6J9J/detail.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - VCU SENIOR SHOW Starting in 2012, I initiated and organized the senior portfolio show for my graduating class at VCU's Communication Arts department. This epic, year-long undertaking gave me experience with event coordination, booking a space, volunteers, printing, hanging a show, liaison duties, and delegation, not to mention preparing work for a show and selling art. The best part of this process was painting a mural for the show. The mural design was key: the image would not only be a 13 foot tall announcement welcoming people to the show as they entered the gallery, it would also serve as the identity for the show, get printed on posters and postcards, and function online for social media and the department's website. This design was inspired by the imagery of a potted plant - when you pull it out to re-pot it, its roots have likely spiraled and snared around each other, outgrowing their current container but with nowhere to go. For us, graduation was a time of release and exposure. All packed in cozily together as we were, it will take us a few stretches now to find our new shapes. With several volunteers helping, I was also able to make a spotlit list of all the artists participating in the show, as well as hand-label each artist's spot with their name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444959892736-5VL6XDQX6JL0KHH4Q701/image-asset.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - FLOYD AVE GARAGE The Shugars’ are connoisseurs of Art Deco, particularly of Art Deco-era automobiles. Their beautiful home is filled with tastefully curated artwork and custom furnishings befitting those themes. Their garage is filled with two sporty cars, one a handsome restoration project and one a speedy and well-outfitted toy. And the back of their garage, the only part of their home visible from the alley.... was beige. Unacceptable. A car was the obvious solution; an Art Deco car even more so. I worked with them to delve into a vast expanse of visual reference material, choosing an aesthetic and a specific vehicle to work from. The details of the car and the luxury of the driver were key for them, so we reached a design that cut away any other distractions. Now when you drive down the Floyd-Ellwood alley, perhaps on your way to the Belmont Library or the pocket park hidden deeper in, you'll get a peek of what it looks like to love a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703105974108-YZ8QSBTW5AI97ZK3TZAR/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+3.23.56+PMedited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - 'WESTERN MOTEL' BY EDWARD HOPPER FOR VMFA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444856361777-JVDIE2XL70186YLK46NZ/unnamed.png Robious Elementary 2025 - WELCOMING WALLS WITH ROSS TRIMMER HerrSuite was invited to collaborate on a mural with Sure Hand Signs as part of the new program Welcoming Walls. Our styles work well together - Ross's "Rise and Shine" meshed nicely with a birds-and-plants pattern that you may recognize from a couple of my other small projects. This was an awesome and intense 3-day experience. On the first half-day we got help from Altria volunteers, but the rest was just us and the hot hot sun in front of a white reflective wall on top of a big asphalt heat sink. I'd love to do it again. "Welcoming Walls RVA is a project dedicated to bringing large scale public art to the highways and gateways of Richmond Virginia in an effort to boost civic pride, increase tourism, and solidify our city's reputation as a capital of culture and creativity." - www.welcomingwallsrva.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703955584166-AFLYY6BL0JBM7G1JBADE/20210903_175640edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - CARMAX OFFICES WITH SUREHAND SIGNS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350403144-FYL5GADMPSEIZRYZTYB5/DSCF6705.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - DO, LLC Mike is a Doctor of Osteopathy (J. Michael Herr, DO) who recently took over another doctor friend's practice. The practice came complete with his friend's well wishes, a lot of his mail, and his old office. He redecorated the office with lots of beautiful artwork from Ten Thousand Villages, but the reception area still felt pretty bare. Interested in giving the space more personality, warmth, and life, he asked me to paint a mural that included some of the Ten Thousand Villages artwork. We decided that Mike's hands themselves would be a strong symbolic centerpiece for the design, since a doctor of osteopathy commonly treats his patients by using his hands to manipulate their musculoskeletal systems. The accent walls bring color and warmth, and give the reception area definition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1413988705489-861N790FERN3ORVHP16J/truck+process_38.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - PARK AVE FIRETRUCK The Carleys’ son Thomas is really really into firetrucks. He can identify more kinds of firehouse-related vehicles than I've even heard of. (Do you know the difference between a tanker truck and an engine? Thomas does.) He was already well on his way to having a firetruck themed room before I came along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349663811-XP0G33EGAVPSGYS5G7YJ/DSCF7225.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - HALCYON VINTAGE Halcyon Vintage is a vintage clothing shop established in 1983 by the lovely Connie Carroll. It's a staple of the Robinson St / Main St shopping area, and (I'm told by experts) a real hidden treasure for those interested in authentic vintage apparel. For years the alley-side of the shop has been distinguished by a wooden sign by Billy Pickett, a veteran Richmond sign-painter. As with any wooden sign though, this one finally bit the dust earlier this year and Connie decided to replace it directly on the wall itself. I worked with Connie to design a mural based off of the original design, which is an illustration of the myth of Alcyone. The new version has several subtle symbols representing Connie's two homes of Virginia and Maine: for example, the tree is a portrait of a specific tree on the James near Pony Pasture, and the rocks are based off of the Maine coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704320714117-77J93QPX9QUK3PPN7R40/20210903_103902edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - LIVE 24 HRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350148886-80SAG6EICX8SPT6YO50T/tufted+titmouse_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND This unconventional mural was a self-motivated school project-come-community service project. Hidden around the back wall of the museum are 13 different birds native to the Richmond area. A list shows the birds to find, and a quick fact about each one. This project is dedicated to Lois Herr, stalwart bird-watcher, loving grandmother, and amazing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702924904693-9V9E9JSPD91IBEFDIOR6/0510182233edited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - GUEST HOUSE FOR BON SECOURS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703100591418-P5XAIT2AGGY3IH4DNKB4/0324191743gedited.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - RICHMOND SPORTS MASSAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1704314558977-4Q2AYGJIHXN9AUSYVLHI/IMG_20210424_144733_546.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - GROVE AVE GARAGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444102425805-NJDCDFOI86JGTZG0DTQE/IMG_1188.JPG Robious Elementary 2025 - NEW NORMAL APPAREL HerrSuite was the Artist of the Month at New Normal Apparel, a local shop that designs, fabricates, and screen-prints clothing and accessories. This involved two custom HerrSuite prints, a solo show of my work, and two murals (one of which I painted live at the show opening.) After two months (bonus time!) the murals were painted over to make way for the next artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1703120593141-N4UVMYWK7E8T5R6QQIW1/centerpointe-altamonte-muraledited_1.jpg Robious Elementary 2025 - THE CHAIRMAN'S BIRDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702349808713-9C6B4X67FL61XIY38FMM/image-asset.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - 1680 TAVERN Millwrights Restaurant in Simsbury, CT, offers a beautiful fine-dining experience in a mill house built in the year (you guessed it) 1680. Their upstairs dining room looks out over the mill's waterfall, and their cozy-but-classy bar called 1680 Tavern hides downstairs. To help guests find their way downstairs, they commissioned an americana-style mural to be painted in the stairwell. This historical building has been elegantly renovated, but still bears much of the layout and wooden timbers from the original 334 year-old construction. For the maximum 'original' feel, I painted directly onto the wood of the stairwell. The raw, unprimed wood helped me achieve a muted, aged look. In addition to the hand and stars pictured below, a scattering of stars are hidden around the downstairs bar area. If you tell the bartender the correct number of hidden stars, you may get a special "Shooting Star Shot"...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1702350308216-H83F6YSNHPH1HLYF6HMH/image-asset.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - CHESAPEAKE BANK Chesapeake Bank commissioned this mural to beautify the construction site for their first Richmond branch. Designed specifically for the site, the mural runs the full length of the block, capping the corners with detailed portraits of iconic local buildings and sights. To create these portraits, I started by walking around to many local businesses in the Westhampton shopping area (Grove Ave, Libbie Rd, Patterson Ave) and asking people what they thought of as iconic to their community - which people, buildings, fixtures, events, and etc characterize the area? Many people were somewhat bemused - though they'd lived and worked in the area for a long time, they didn't see their surroundings as "iconic". Nevertheless I ended up with a long list of businesses that had been there for 20, 30, and 40 years, repeated imagery like the streetlights, and groups of people like joggers and shoppers. (Many subjects were mentioned over and over by those same bemused people - hopefully these images act as a mirror for them to see the lovely character of their neighborhood!) More details below about different parts of the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1614378108308-VOMOSYMM1JUI524E8OPI/Documentation_Triangle+small.png Robious Elementary 2025 - TRIANGLE ROCK CLUB This mural imagines the mountains that climbers prepare for, set against the Richmond skyline and combined with Triangle’s namesake logo-shape. Spot gloss accents give an extra dimension to the design. The Richmond skyline was constructed from a dozen aerial photographs, reproduced with as much accuracy as possible to show the shape of the city hugging the James River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514bc275e4b0f02803d81cdc/1444857644722-WKIYP99FAB6YNT4OUQ8B/image-asset.jpeg Robious Elementary 2025 - EXPLOSION AT THE HAIRCUT FACTORY!