I just finished this mural for some friends. They wanted a walnut tree in their living room- it was important that it could be identified as black walnut. I completed it over many weeks in 2 hour sessions once a week. The mushrooms were added at the bottom by their request to match a painting…
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20/52 & 21/52 A Portrait A Week
I’ve been working on a commissioned mural. It’s on poly-tab so I get to work on it at home and it will be permanently glued to a wall when it’s time to be installed. Working on commissions is always interesting, challenging, and usually a practice in clear communication. That’s not always my strong suit. The…
Triangle Park Celebration
Last Saturday, we went to the grand opening celebration of the Triangle Park Mural headed up and mainly painted by Molly Must with the help of members of the community and local muralists. There was a dance performance, live music, speeches, and poetry readings. But mostly it was about community, art, celebration, and history.
19/52 A Portrait a Week
I started this lady last fall as part of the Triangle Park Mural for Molly Must. Just finished her hands today. The grand opening is this Saturday- hope all you Ashevillians can come!
14/52 A Portrait a Week plus Atlanta’s High Museum
First off: A quick sketch of dear Frida as my portrait this week. The weekend before last, Kurt and I headed to Atlanta to see the wonderful exhibit the High Museum has of 120 paintings and drawings by Frida and Diego. It was wonderful! I highly recommend it- even if you’re not sure you are…
Paris of the South Part II
Our friends at Paris of the South Flea Market have set up a new space in Swannanoa right on 70. They wanted to add their favorite banjo playing chicken to one of their buildings so we spent the first half of the day on Saturday painting. It was a gorgeous day! Before! During! After! The…
More on the Triangle Park Mural
While I haven’t posted in a long while, I have been busy painting. Molly Must gave me another figure to paint at home. A wicked cold kept me from making quick progress on it, but here she got done eventually. She is a singer who was in a band here in Asheville in the 1970s….
Triangle Park Mural!
Since my last post, Molly Must has asked me to help her with some of the work on the Triangle Park Mural in downtown Asheville. I am thrilled to be helping! She set me up with some work to do at home on a material called Poly-Tab. It’s a common practice for muralists these days….
One side down…
We finished one side of the box truck mural. Since we work during the day and it’s in use on the weekends, we were only able to paint in the evenings. One night we painted past sunset and into the twilight and found that this had happened from the heavy dew: Now, when you budget…
New Mural Started!
Kurt and I have finally gotten started on our very first mural on a truck. It’s been a little tricky since we are only able to work on it in the evenings (it’s in use during the day on the weekends and we work during the work week). The days are getting shorter so we…
HARPER LEICH 