[Leica] Friday Follies

[Don Dory]

Douglas and Jim, I believe that they do it primarily for the arts sake.
Wade mentioned a small stipend from Austin but at $10 or so for each can of
paint this was a loosing proposition.  There may be a bit of promotion as
there is contact information in the finished work.

Austin has a long history of public art especially this kind of mural.  We
certainly have our share of random tagging but large flat surfaces around
Lady Bird Lake and Zilker park tend to have an interesting mural.  These do
change; the subject of today's post is the third version in a little over a
year.

Last, I don't think anyone was paid except in pride of work.

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 6:13 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Interesting stuff, Don, but why are they doing it?
> Is it some sort of advert for his shop (or somewhere else), or are they
> funded as a sort of citizens art co-operative?
> The letters FFFFF on the character's cap can be dubious in a racial
> context apparently.
>
> Douglas
>
>
> On 26/03/2021 10:09, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> > Greetings to all.  I had a chance to talk with Wade Thompson who runs an
> > art shop that carries the preferred paint for all the murals I have been
> > posting.  This is him working on some bricks:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/wider+view+making+bricks.jpg.html
> >
> > Shot from the reverse end showing what has been completed when I met up
> > with him and crew:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/wide+view+starting+FFFFF.jpg.html
> >
> > Moving north this is the third member of the crew working on this wall
> > section.  This is the same section that had the shoes you have seen
> > earlier.  I suppose that such a large canvas will be reused:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/three+sections+painting.jpg.html
> >
> > Wade talking to the crew at lunch:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/reality+echoed.jpg.html
> >
> > I walked away for an hour or so and returned to find more bricks being
> > created:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/making+bricks.jpg.html
> >
> > Working on "Truckin"
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/making+a+mustache.jpg.html
> >
> > It was a busy time on the road behind me so this is all I could capture
> of
> > a main charachter in the mural project.  Next week or so I will show the
> > completed work:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/fffff.jpg.html
> >
> > All the best.
> >
> >
>
>
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Don
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