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Painting murals is always a challenge. If they are indoors it is a lot easier, but indoor murals are less common. You have to work around the weather, figure out a way to reach all of the surface, and the surfaces are always very large.
When it was fashionable in the 50s and 60s to tear down cool, old buildings and replace them with soulless glass boxes, the city of Birmingham decided to demolish it’s Terminal Train Station. By then it was a bit run down, but it was still a showplace. Today the plot the station was on is mostly undeveloped land, refuse and undergrowth. Saab Automotive has a building on the location where the station once stood, and contacted me about painting a mural on their 31st St. side wall, the main entry to Sloss Furnaces Historical Park. They took down their signage, and were thinking about putting a substrate one the ribbed metal siding. I suggested against the substrate. It would have been easier on me, but It wouldn’t make enough difference from a distance to justify the expense. |
We got it down to 2 and I did some more refined sketches.
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When we settled on a final design, I tried some color treatments.
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The mural is about 50 by 25 feet. It’s held up pretty good, even though it was painted on that metal. It just has layer, after layer, of acrylic paint on it. It’s thick. I do murals pretty much the same way I paint on canvas, just bigger.
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The Yankees Mural is about twice the size of the Terminal Station. I had to hire help for it and we needed a lift, rather than just scaffolding. It’s right downtown close to city hall. When I was first asked about the project, I thought the idea of a New York Yankees mural in Birmingham Alabama would never happen. But it did. The owner of the building has a world-class collection of sports memorabilia, and is a huge Yankees fan.
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I’ve bid on a number of mural projects. Some never came to fruition. There can be a lot of moving parts, particularly if there is a group of people involved. It’s a lot easier if someone just owns a building and hires someone to paint a mural on it.
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I like the idea of doing a “seek and find” mural. I think it would be fun for kids. Hopefully there can be a home found for it.
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Interested in a mural?
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