A Time For Comedy

You know, it has almost been a year since Rick Bronson's House of Comedy had their grand opening in the Mall of America. It was this very room where myself, and the help of others, installed the 32 foot original artwork that drapes over the 14 foot stage. The room is quite large and the piece holds its own as the center point. I have been to many other comedy clubs, but have never seen one like this. I was so proud to be a part of it's design.

Pictured above: L to R pic 1. Kevin Nealon, pic 2. Jerry Ariganello (my right-hand man), Rick Bronson, Michael Birawer, pic 3. Norm MacDonald.

In Studio 8/13/10

Well, I am definitely on schedule for the completion of the Washington DC piece. You will not have to wait for the mid-term elections to be counted in November. With fingers crossed, I should have this ready by the end of the month.

The photos above show the progress of where things are at presently. As you can see there is still quite a bit of black that needs to be blocked in. The challenge I am faced with, is to make sure the streets and bridges keep to some geographic legibility. Over to the right of the piece is Arlington Virginia which will show a portion of the Pentagon. The very center of the piece will show the Lincoln Memorial with Jefferson Memorial slightly off to the center right. Stay tuned for more progress shots.

In Studio 8/03/10

Been scratching my head on this DC piece. After all of the scenes I have painted, I am still discovering new and better ways to work. One of the new ways is drawing with a paintbrush to establish each of the shapes of buildings, trees, etc., where before I would draw them strictly with a pencil. I feel like the brush draws things in a more expressive way. I guess I should have known this, but was always afraid to change the most basic technique for fear of messing up a formula.