Here’s some pics of a completed mural I designed in collaboration with Hollymead Elementary and the Charlottesville Mural Project two years ago.

My role was to combine three winning ideas submitted by students into one design. The solution I came up with was to include likenesses of the three kids daydreaming about the things they each had drawn. I think my favorite detail was including the cat of one of the kids, named Tofu, and making it shaped like a block of tofu! 

Once my design was approved, volunteers at the Charlottesville Mural Project went to work tracing the line art onto four 8×4 panels. The panels were then brought to Hollymead along with all 14 of the paint colors needed for the students to complete the project.

Hollymead had some delays in finding the best location to display the mural and in getting it mounted nicely, so it didn’t go up until last August. It now hangs proudly in the school cafeteria. Everyone involved did a great job! 

Thanks to Art Teacher Molly Foster and Alan Groffinski of the Charlottesville Mural Project for reaching out to me. This was my first time doing a project like this and was easily the most fun I’ve had in a long time.