Mural painting, "A Patchwork of Hearth and Home": Women and Children on Bluff Street
We painted this mural on scaffolding under an overpass with the cars flying by; it was a busy street.
On the upper left is a little Sauk Indian child - the Sauk tribe lived in Northern Illinois and all along the Sauk trail, a Native American Indian trail which ran through Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana. Sauk also designates one of the many Algonquian languages. It is very closely related to the varieties spoken by the Meskwaki and the Kickapoo tribes.
On the right is an elderly woman in her kitchen.
The mural in its entirety:
On the lower left are children from a painting by American artist Winslow Homer playing "snap the whip". The original painting dates back to 1872.
Lead artist: Kathleen Scarboro Assistant artists: K. Farrell, J. Chavira, S. Gomez, C. Carr, D. DiBartolo
Acrylic on concrete, 20 feet high by 70 feet wide (6 x 21 meters)
Located under an overpass in Joliet, Illinois
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My website: www.kathleenscarboro.fr
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What a GORGEOUS mural, @kathleenscarboro ! * ___ * Amazing elements and the colours ! Your colours are always so beautiful and so rich ! I would LOVE to drive by this * ___ * very lovely work !!!!
Thank you @veryspider, the research for these murals was so interesting. Cities always have layers and layers of stories to tell; putting them in visual form is a great exercise.
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this is so amazing. I always wonder how you guys do this. This kind of work isnt only mentally stressful, its also physical since you have to deal with things like heat from the sun and dust as you work on this. I cannot really say anymore words to compliment this. This is amazing,.
Thank you turtledancedaily, I learned to paint large formats in France, where I worked for 14 years painting theater set. It is true that murals are a challenge; it can be hot, cold windy, you have to unchain and move the scaffolding around, etc. But it is rewarding; so many people get to enjoy a painting!
There should be more like this everywhere!
I am thinking of the tradition of Mexican Murals
Like: entire buildings should be painted:
or else the Whaling Walls by Robert Wyland
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I was trained by one of Orozco's students. The Mexican mural movement greatly inspired the American mural movement; especially Diego Rivera.
seems to keep graffiti away - they respect artwork (well, most do, except maybe punks).
I recognized the Winslow Homer inspiration right off. I love that painting and it was on the cover of my American Painters of the 19th century text book I had at University when I studied Art history. I loved that book and still have it in my studio to leaf through now and again.
Your style really does have a 'patchwork' quality, like the various spaces of colourful moments stitched together to create an amazing whole piece.
I can't imagine what it must have been like painting on scaffolding with the smell and sound of traffic below, surreal I am sure.
It was scary a couple of times. There were so many cars on that street, and one lost a wheel and went careening wildly past the scaffolding, barely missing us. Yes Winslow Homer really captures the essence of america, doesn't he?
oh my... i should learn a lot from you... i am trying to teach mural to some young homeless and drugs addicts children, at least they have something fun to express their feelings and minds...
I would be glad to help you, but you are a bit far away...
Awesome paintings - colourful and strong!!
Thank you @kathrina-sofie. I greatly enjoyed my years as a mural painter.