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Town & Country Mural
A
few years ago, the Town & Country Shopping
Center in Kettering, OH began a beautification
project, and as a part of that effort Leonard
was awarded the contract to paint a mural on the
back wall of the mall. The mural is just shy of
100 feet long, and about 18 feet high, with a
section at one end about 30 feet high, which
required the use of a lift bucket. The biggest
challenge was working around the electrical
lines and camouflaging all the wires, conduits,
utility boxes, etc. into the painting.
Leonard used a picture of himself as a model for
one of the subjects, a man sitting on a bench
reading the sports page. It is part of a
restful, old-town shopping scene with specialty
shops and lots of greenery. Among the many other
scenes are a little girl entering a toy store, a
young couple looking in the window of a
furniture store, an elderly couple in front of a
restaurant and a father walking with his young son.
The project was started in early September and
completed in mid-October taking approximately
230 hours. Acrylic latex house paint was used
for most of the "background" work, with artist's
acrylic paints used for the people and detail
work.
"I knew it would be a big job before I even got
into it. I'd never done a mural this size
before," commented Len. "The fun part was
talking to the people who stopped by to watch,
many of whom came back often to see how it was
developing."
Enjoy the photo montage - click on any image to
enlarge it. Contact
Leonard with any questions or comments you
may have. |
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