BGuthrie Photos: DC -- The Yards -- Installation: Light Yards

DC -- The Yards -- Installation: Light Yards:

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1. ARTYD_131213_033.JPG: Art Yards Fish Bowl: This mural was designed and created by artist Michael William Kirby who lives in Baltimore. He has done large-scale street art all over the world. Michael had three helpers in creating this mural which measures 35 feet wide and 65 feet long and took 20 days of painting on this parking lot surface to create. Often, Michael uses colorful chalks to create his artwork. Because this piece was created in the late fall in Washington DC, Michael chose to instead use acrylic and latex paints so that rain or snow would not damage it as quickly. The style involves a technique called forced perspective in which the viewer can feel as though it might be possible to fall into the depth of the picture! While the mural was painted as a large oval, when you stand at its base, the forced perspective style makes it appear as a perfect circle, in this case, a really large fish bowl! In this fish bowl lives a large sea creature who is swimming around an underwater castle where a lonely princess waits to be saved. The fenced border surrounding the mural was inspired by the bridge in the nearby Yards Park on the waterfront. You can stand on the castle tower above the mural and look as though you are a part of the art! Perhaps the princess may even join you for your photo! Look online for additional pictures of 3-D street art at MuralsofBaltimore.com Check online for pictures of how this mural was created at ArtYardsDC.com
2. ARTYD_131213_069.JPG: Art Yards Art Yard Pour Mural: Created by artist Kelly Towles of Washington DC Over 100 gallons of brightly-colored Sherwin Willaims paint were used to create this free-flowing mural. The paint was watered down so that it would flow and drip better down the side of the building. The artist used a bucket lift to get high up next to the six level building where he carefully poured gallons and gallons of paint down the surface of the building, especially over the letters of the sign that reads Art Yards. Working by himself, the artist completed the Pour Mural in only about six hours. Much of his paint pouring was seen on local TV news programs. He was REALLY messy when he was done with the mural (look for his picture online). The Pour Mural, facing busy M Street and across from the Metro station, also acts as a colorful sign for all of the art-related activities taking place at Art Yards DC. Check online for pictures of how this mural was created online at ArtYardsDC.com Please don't try this at home, kids.
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2013 photos: Trips this year: three Civil War Trust conferences (Memphis, TN, Jackson, MS [to which I added a week to to visit sites in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee], and Richmond, VA), and my 8th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including sites in Nevada and California). Ego Strokes: Aviva Kempner used my photo of her as her author photo in Larry Ruttman's "American Jews & America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball" book. Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000 and Nikon D600. Number of photos taken this year: just over 570,000.
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