I didn't manage to post my progress Thursday due to the event, and Friday I had to pack it up because of unexpected rain, but the pillar murals are done. Here are a few photos of the end result from different angles. It is fun to walk through them, like a garden.
I worked on two of the pillars today because it was hot and my shade moved. So here is some of that effort. Hoping to finish one of them during Third Thursday tomorrow and then only have 1 1/2 left. Probably not going to finish until Monday...
I am deeply honored that my poem To the City Planners appeared in Thanatapathy's "Remember Kids, Cars Kill" edited by Bikemore's Coraline Ismael Karim and presented in a reading in July 2026 and in this book issue here.
And I finished the second new pillar today, shown from three angles here.
I got my first of the new pillars done painting today. Here are three views of it.
So I managed to get in three days of painting this week before the threat of rain and am mostly done mapping out my colors. I need to finish one more green and then touch up that color on all of them before I go on to do linework.
Update on the mural: I got all of the blue and other colors but green done, except the black linework. This is coming along quick so far.
My proposal was accepted so I am embarking on my biggest mural project yet, to paint five more sunflower pillars on the pavilion at DCI Park in Hutchinson. I will help to create cohesion and tie the whole of the pavilion together by painting every other pillar to match while other artists do their own unique creative things on the remaining pillars. I am glad to be such a big part of this project. Today I got the blue done on three of my remaining five pillars, and I hope to finish the blue and the alternative colors this week. I may even manage to start on the green but I'm pretty sure the black, which is the most time-intensive, will have to wait until next week at the earliest.
