Two artist friends of mine Lesli and Marie (and I) all decided to meet once a month and look for weird call-outs and art grants to apply for. One was to paint art on fire hydrants and Marie and I both were awarded grants for it.
This is day 1 of painting my 4 hydrants. Not much art to show yet. I'm just priming them and putting the base coat on. See the actual results in a later blog post.
I found a way to pack all my art supplies on my Dahon folding bike. My Dahon is my car.
This hydrant was hard because tree sap kept dripping down on me.
I was afraid I might tip over a jar of oil-based paint on the sidewalk --
so I kept them far away from my feet.
so I kept them far away from my feet.
A fireman came by in his fire truck and said "Are you supposed to be doing that?"
I said "Well YOU of all people should know!"
He wanted to see my paperwork proving the city gave me permission to do it. Luckily I had it.
Marie warned me of this because a policeman stopped her when she did her hydrant.
I said "Well YOU of all people should know!"
He wanted to see my paperwork proving the city gave me permission to do it. Luckily I had it.
Marie warned me of this because a policeman stopped her when she did her hydrant.
I'm just beginning to put the color on this one. It is at a busy bus stop. The bus would pull up right next to me (like 2 feet away!) and I kept thinking I was going to get run over. Whew!
Here is a link to Marie's hydrants: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4347328892028&set=o.163803967010671&type=1&theater
Photos by Irene Rice.
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