The murals for the galleries are to be 3-D reliefs.

The most current idea is a wave theme for one of the galleries from the following drawing:

I then created this 1/3 scale model for the prototype:

I’m now working on a full-scale model (3′ x 9′). Here are a couple of photos of the model in my studio as I am beginning to make it.

The other gallery’s theme centers around the changing interaction of humans with nature. I wanted to show the transition of mankind’s relationship with water from the past to the present. In the past, humans lived around a water source, today, they can live almost anywhere, as the water is conveniently transported to them.

As I chose to make this mural a triptych I created the following images. The left panel comes from this watercolor:

Which I interpreted in the following carving:

The middle from this digital print I created:

Which translate to the following carving:

Finally, I chose to do this vector print for the right panel:

Which interprets as:

The total mural prototype looks like this:

After completing this prototype, I became curious about the depth that could be utilized. I then carved a scale model of the center panel using twice the thickness of material. The effect is shown in this next photos.

with a detail of the hands:

And now, I’ve got to get back to carving on the full-sized wave prototype, which will be THREE TIMES THE THICKNESS!!!!! Until next time……

Below is a photo of one of the spaces as it exists presently.

Below are a couple of designs that I am currently developing for approval.

I took one of the images, and inserted it into a couple of site photos to evaluate the scale, and to provide a visual for the approving body. This is what I started to work with.

This is the carving of the drawing above, made from MDF.

In some of the prototypes a higher degree of 3-dimensional effects are used, as in the following detail shots.