Murals

56th String Movement

56th String Movement started as a volunteer project, and in February 2009 the project was awarded the LMCC MCAF grant for $2,400 towards supplies. The project also received generous paint donations from Golden Paints. I started working on “56th String Movement” in late fall, but had to stop for bad winter weather and picked back up on it after winter. There was no visual direction given for the mural, so it could be whatever I wanted. The big idea was vibrating strings through time. With Manhattan island as the body of the instrument on the left, and a canoe as the head of the instrument with oars instead of tuners on the far right. The strings are vibrating through space between this canoe and Manhattan island. All of the people in “56th String Movement” lived or worked on that block of 56th street when I painted this. The mural was completed September 2009, with an opening/block party for it 9/19/09. This mural only happened because of David Scalza who lives on that block and made it happen. Filmed by Michael Jacobsohn.

The mural was originally painted to cover graffiti that kept going on the wall. “56th String Movement” lasted for about 11 years until 2021 when graffiti once again covered the space. It’s the circle of life and time for something new again.

56th String Movement Painting Sketch 3 views

56 String Movement Painting Sketch

56th String Movement oil Painting Sketch

56th String Movement Oil Paint Studies

56th String Movement Paints

56th String Movement Beginning

56th String Movement Dad Kathleen Mom

56th String Movement With Ladder

56th String Movement Kid Running

56th String Movement

56th String Movement 2

56th String Movement Left

56th String Movement Right Half2

56th String Movement Garden Right Half

56th String Movement Canoe

56th String Movement Canoe2

56th String Movement Canoe Grand Opening

56th String Movement Me Opening

Uncle Doug, Me, Aunt Kathleen

56th String Movement Opening Bubbles

56th String Movement Me Bubble

56th String Movement Opening Fire Dancer

56th String Movement Garden1

56th String Movement Garden2

56th String Movement Opening Violines

The Godspeed

The Godspeed. Finished late November 2006 as a temporary mural to help the owner sell the building. As of 2022, the mural was still there. Painted for the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, VA in 2007.

Godspeed close-up

Godspeed

Godspeed photo from 2022

Godspeed Richmond Times Dispatch

Godspeed Poster

Virginia Holocaust Museum

I painted 5 murals and 2 portraits at the Museum from around 2002 – 2004.
The A Deportation Scene mural is 12×7 feet, located in the entrance of the Virginia Holocaust Museum. I combined over 7 photos from the book Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto published by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.