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Pittsburgh Pirates mural
I have been involved in some large mural projects and since this one contained portraits I thought it would be okay to post on the forum. This project was done for Pittsburgh Pirate CEO, Kevin McClatchy, to hang in his sports memoriabilia room. The mural measures 20 feet long by 6 feet high. His only request was that I show the four stadiums that have been home to the Pirates. He was responsible for the building of the newest stadium, PNC Park, so this was an important part of the mural. I created a sort of time line to also include portraits of some of the Hall of Fame players that played in each of the stadiums. I worked with the Pirate photographer to obtain most of the photo references and also had to do some extensive research for some of the other pictures (including obtaining usage rights).
The first two photos are of the mural in my studio. I paint on polyflax mural canvas which is later installed in the clients home. The project took five months from layout to installation.
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