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Walldog murals |
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I bacame a part of the group / event called "the Walldogs" back in 2014, when I attended my first Walldog meet in Shipshewana, Indiana. It was love from first sight.
The Walldogs are a group of highly skilled sign painters and mural artists from all over the globe. They meet once or twice a year to paint a number of murals usually in small midwest America towns, depicting the local history on their walls. At those "meets" one can be all the way from just an observer to a team leader, or a mural designer, if they are chosen to be. The meets are on each individual's expense, but everything is supplied - from hosting in local homes to food, drink, materials, equipment and logistics. So far I participated in a few meets, for some I was just a helper, and for some I was chosen as a mural deisnger, a team leader.
Aside of those meets, I was requested by sevral parties, closer to where I live, to keep that style, and come up with designs that help tell the town's or neighborhood's story as well as provide a strong visual out in the streets. For me, it's a wonderful way to learn about small town America and a great challenge to bring to life each and every mural.
Below are some samples of that style from the Walldog meets and other similar projects. |
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Hand Lumber Company mural in Plymouth, WI August 2021 (10'x25') |
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One of three murals painted for the Mountains and Murals Walldog Meet in Mount Barker, WA, December 2019 |
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Second mural for the meet Down Under - honoring a local aboriginal artist |
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Mural inspired by early 1900s for Saint Joseph, Michigan, August 2018 |
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Walldog meet in Streator, Illinois, June 2018 with the amazing help of my Canada-Barbados-USA team |
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10'x20' Nova color on aluminum panels |
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10'x20' panel mural was painted in Belvidere, IL as an add on to the previous year similar size mural (in the photo below) a in a commission Walldog mural in June 2018.
Nova color on aluminum panels. |
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Both murals are on aluminum panels, Jeanne's murals was painted in 2017, Frank's in 2018. |
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Vintage Dr Pepper mural, completed April 2018 in Houston, TX - it's a combination of several old Dr Pepper ads + my flair. |
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Downtown Brenham mural, 80'x18', finished Jauary 2018, Brenham TX |
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Lakeland Village vintage "ghost style" mural, 40'x15', finished March 2017, Cypress, TX |
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Lakeland Village vintage "Walldog style" mural, finished November 2017, Cypress, TX |
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Walldog meet in Westerly, Rhode Island, October 2017 with the amazing help of my Canada-Barbados-USA team |
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Friendswood mural, finished Nov. 2016 |
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Walldog meet, July 2016, Marshall IL |
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This rather small 10'x20' panel mural was painted in Belvidere, IL for a smaller Walldog Meet in June 2017.
Nova color on panels, to be installed at a later date on a building. |
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As a part of the team who painted this 25'x50' mural for the Beaver Dam Walldog Meet 2017,
I painted the 25' chair,
its shadow and the beaver. |
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