Orca Mural - Finally Finished!

ORCA Mural, "Florida Uplands" Acrylic on Canvas by Judy Burgarella

So happy to be a part of this project, and we completed it very quickly, about a month--with some finishing even before that.  So I delivered mine, which was the latest, on Tuesday, July 3rd.  I touched mine up on the outside perimeter with the paint they all used, repainted the gold band, and Dawn and I installed the hanging hardware and hung them all in the classroom of the Artists Guild Gallery in Vero Beach.

The Vero Beach Art Club provided the artists, who donated their time to this project: me, Dawn Mill (project manager), Carol Makris, Sue Dinenno, Judy Rixom and Rita Ziegler.  Dawn chose the round design and provided each artist with a rough idea, and we all created our own design based on the basic specifications, researching our individual habitat assignments ourselves and choosing the plants and animals to include.  There are six murals, all mounted with stretched canvas over a wood frame, with circular pattern outlined in gold paint.  All are painted in acrylic. As soon as I get photos of the others, I will post them here.

ORCA "Oceanic Research and Conservation Association" happened to see the Vero Beach History/Habitat Murals (www.verobeachmural.blogspot.com), at the Community Center on 14th Avenue, and felt they needed something like that for their organization, perhaps to use as an educational tool and in demonstrations.  And so they contacted the Vero Beach Art Club, and the rest is history.

A "Soft Opening" will be held Friday July 5th, 5:00-8:00 pm at the Artists Guild Gallery, 1974 14th Avenue, Vero Beach, with wine and hors doeuvres, and a grand opening will be held at the ORCA facility at VB Airport some time in the fall.

We are very proud to play a small part in prooting ORCA's environmental mission, and look forward to the public enjoying the fruits of our labor.

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There are many more paintings I have created since my last posting, and hopefully I will have time soon to post them here.

Judy Burgarella
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One last painting before Christmas!

Pumped out the below painting last night in two hours.  My brush was on fire!  I needed a nice reference photo that would still look good if it was drastically reduced, and this is it.  Hopefully this painting will make the Press Journal's Cultural Connection section, as part of my press release for my Dale Sorensen show in January.  I painted this on a 4"x4" canvas last year as a donation to the SRAC's Food Pantry fundraiser, and thought it would make a good large gallery-wrapped piece, which I think it did.  I used my new ot light to work on it at night, and it worked beautifully.   

"Sandhill Crane" oil by Judy Burgarella

So Merry Christmas to you all, and stay tuned for more new paintings to come!

Judy Burgarella
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