Maple Street Biscuits Menu Boards

Sign art commission by the community leader of the Central Ave location of Maple Street Biscuits in downtown St Pete, FL. This is the most chalk art I've ever done for the same client and location, almost one chalk board for each day of the week! Exciting to be working on my skills and learning from each surface and design challenge. Was definitely well fed and caffeinated on this job. Stop by their restaurant for comfort food with a modern twist. Done with liquid chalk markers, nu-pastels by Prismacolor, hand drawn with white charcoal and painted with brush.

Check out some of the time-lapse video of the work in action on my  Youtube channel and Instagram account.

Reveal: St Pete Streets

Exciting opportunity last month to be part of an official SHINE mural festival event at the Station House in St. Pete Florida. Diana Bryson commissioned me to do chalk art for her art lecture, group art exhibit and fashion show all about the intersections of street art, fashion and mural scenes, colliding to make St. Pete a unique city.  The project involved one A-frame sign as a creative directory to help guests find what was happening on each floor on the building. Also a 13 by 8 ft chalk wall that served as a selfie-station in one of the conference rooms for rent visible from the street and front entrance suitcase at 260 1st Ave South.

This was a fun project using white charcoal pencils for layout and Zig-Posterman brand liquid chalk markers for the letters, add a bit of nu-pastel chalk for pops of color and shading on the left most logo for the part of the show involving Mesu Gallery 360 and the mannequin meets spray paint can on the right. The opening night of October 12th was jam packed and great to reunite with local artists that I met last year during a group painting project at the HIVE during last years SHINE event. Knowledge was dropped during the panel discussion with local artists, art store owners and a member of the St. Pete Arts Alliance about how the city grew over time to cultivate a vibrant art community through crown jewels like the Morean Arts Center, the Dali Museum and Chihuly Collection.

Hard to believe its already November, more posts to come as many projects are being juggled at the same time. Been so busy that I've been neglecting updates on the blog. Excited to announce I'm renewing advertising through the Directory of Illustration for their 35th publication. Check out my recently updated portfolio page on their website here.