New Murals in the Hood

 

  Look at what showed up in our neighborhood!  The East German style apartment building next door has been a target for graffiti over the years and we always hoped to see a mural there.  Ithaca Murals has a great track record of getting bold and beautiful works done, and Gail became an ally of theirs when she took on another COVID endeavor of trying to visit all of them in town.  Word went out they were looking for accommodations for an artist coming to town to paint next door, but we regretted not having a better guestroom or second bathroom.  When no one else offered to host, our couch became good enough.  The artist, Annabelle Popa, was a delightful guest (and our first in over a year) and preferred the couch and a shared bathroom to sleeping in her car for almost a week.

  Caleb, the driving force behind Ithaca Murals was on hand for the start and a frequent visitor during the process.  Paul helped get things going at the start and showed his grid-painting skills.

   Besides co-hosting, I had some modeling duties.  All free of charge.

  One rainy day Annabelle hung around the house and put her focus on Nina and the result was striking.  Nina thinks we should have someone on our couch all the time.

 

                                 

  It was great getting to know Annabelle and support her while she worked to make our community a nicer place.  Nina was happy to have her around and to have a purpose of protecting Annabelle while she worked and Gail and I were happy to look out the kitchen window to see the progress, and now finished work.

 

  A local friend, Mary Beth, was commissioned to do another mural on an identical wall across the street.  She was a frequent visitor to our house while working as well, which led us to start refering to the bathroom as The Artists' Bathroom.  Good to see Mary Beth a bunch and help her put up the scaffolding.