june 2023
Over the second week in June 2023 the mural artist, Chris Cart with his intrepid and indominable wife Jen Greta Cart, installed the 700 square feet of canvas, gluing, smoothing, varnishing each of 24 five by five foot pieces of canvas.
The aerial lift took a bit of getting used to but in general the week of the installation, while a lot of work, was also a blast.
artist, Chris Cart
All photo of the installation by Stephen Thompson of Hallowell.
7 days up on the wall.
The artist painted the mural in 24 approximately 5 x 5.5 foot sections, (both the top and bottom rows are a bit shorter.) Once completed the canvas pieces were glued to the stucco, masonry north wall of 89 Water Street. The adhesive is very thick acrylic adhesive designed by Golden Acrylics specifically for exterior mural installation.
The artists installed the mural from the bottom row up to the top. The reason for this is that the canvas pieces were painted and designed to have a 1/2 inch overlap on the top and bottom edges, each row overlapping the previous—just like shingles, to shed any water.
The whole mural installation took just under a week from gluing and smoothing on the 24 sections of canvas through final paint touch-ups and then two coats of final varnish.
