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The Hub's "Stuttgart Mural"

In 2017, The Hub Youth Centre in Stuttgart began painting a mural in their "High School Room," a popular vector drawing of the Stuttgart skyline.

I was brought on board and made the piece more unique, freehand-drawing other memorable Stuttgart buildings, such as the Mercedes Museum, the Hauptbahnhof, the Hub building itself, and the U-Bahn trains roaring through the tunnels.

The mural spans 32 ' by 6 ' high (9.7 m x 1.8 m).

Marley Mosaic

I grew up listening to Bob Marley, he was my father's favourite artist. I used to belt out such lyrics as "Pixie dust!" instead of "Exodus" and "Cer-e-al!" for "Stir-it-up!"

For the Christmas of 2016, I decided to make a mosaic of Marley for my dad. Using a reference drawing (original by Amando Aquino), and my mother's help, we hid the project in their studio, under threats of dire consequences should he peak.

On Christmas Eve, 2 1/2 weeks into production, I was still not finished--with one night left, my nose was to the grindstone. I had even brought my sleeping bag down to the studio, in case I needed to spend the night.

I finished the mosaic around 1 or 2 in the morning, and carefully set it under the Christmas tree with a sheet draped over for wrapping. He loved it.

Kelley Child Development Centre - Fairytale Mural

Mid November of 2018, I was helping one of the teachers paint her room at the Kelley CDC in Stuttgart. Whimsically, she thought aloud how cool it would be to put a mural up on the wall...

"I can paint you a mural," I said.

The next week, the centre's director had bought me an array of paints, and thus it began. The project was completed, and I was then invited to paint a mural for the infant room, which I completed just before I moved to Budapest, Hungary.

Bowie Mosaic

Following the Marley Mosaic, my appetite was whet for more.

David Bowie had just died, and he seemed like an interesting subject to try next. This time I selected the colours myself, and drew the design completely by hand.

The piece measures 2'5" x 2'10" (74cm x 86cm).