[Leica] Friday Follies

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

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.
>
>