Riverhorse Pines Mural.
Activating a temporary dining room in Riverhorse on Main.
Riverhorse on Main Pines Mural
Over three days before Thanksgiving 2016, I painted this graphic black and white mural of pine trees heavy laden with snow in a room at Riverhorse on Main in Park City, UT. The mural is located inside the restaurant's lounge space as soon as you enter the upper dining area. This 20 foot long mural was painted just with black paint and the white patches were left empty to act as tree branches laden with snow. The idea for the mural originated with a small pen and ink sketch in my sketchbook.
The mural was created as a way to activate a room in the restaurant that was slated to be remodeled the next year. The temporary mural gave the room energy and life for a short time before the whole space was overhauled. The mural is no longer viewable.
Process video during the creation of the Big Pines Mural at Riverhorse on Main in Park City, UT in November 2016. The whole mural took three days - one day of sketching and two days of painting. The mural was located in the restaurant's lounge.
I was inspired by an old picture of mine and wanted to see if I could make a reasonable representation of pine trees with snow on them. I kept thinking about the sketch and really wanted to see it on a large scale. What would it look like if it were BIG?
photos by Tanzi Propst at the Park Record
