I’ve worked on a couple murals over the years, usually school related projects involving a number of people and artists. This mural was different, if only because it was all up to me. And boy did that make a difference.

I went into it thinking it would take me about a week if I worked steadily. Ha. In retrospect, that thought is hilarious. To be fair, I hadn’t exactly measured the space, and I didn’t have a concrete plan of what I was going to paint (albeit something beach themed). The first thing I did after getting to Palm Beach was measure, and as it turns out 30ft x 10ft x 6ft with 10 doors is actually ginormous when it comes to muraling. 900 square feet of regular house painting, especially if you have 10 doors worth of trim to attend to, takes forever. Then add in carefully measuring and taping off faux window panes, actually painting the murals, and then finishing everything with faux trim? FOREVER.

But I’ve finally finished, so here goes:

Continue to Page 2 for close-ups and details of all the panels and doors!