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Commissions
This is the completed
commission for Mr. and Mrs. Richard King, III of the King Ranch in
Corpus Christi, Texas. I was brought into this project by Doug Wade, a
friend I met playing table tennis while we were campground hosts at
Padre
Island, TX in 2004. Doug is a Landscape Architect who has been practicing in
Corpus Christi for over 30 years. Mrs. King is one of his favorite clients
and they had been working on a project to make a concrete stand-pipe for the
city sewer system blend into the extensive landscaping he had done. This
is where I come in!
The commission specified abstract grasses with portraits of the King's two
dogs - Petey and Belle. Both Mr. Wade and Mrs. King were very pleased with
the outcome of the project as was I. The mural was completed using all
Sherwin-Williams outdoor 100% Acrylic Latex house paints (SuperPaint). I
primed the surface with Sherwin-Williams concrete and masonry primer, 2 coats,
and used 22 different SuperPaint colors. I painted this over a series of
22 sessions of approximately 2-3 hours each in 90+ degree heat and humidity over
80%! It was an exhausting process in the conditions but I was very happy
with the completed project!
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