colourful silhouettes that were placed throughout the hospital. My professor believed that people need colour and beauty in their lives. If someone is sick, this could heal them or if not heal them at least make them feel better.
scaffolding. You had to hoist yourself up with a rope and so if you could not hold the weight you put your life and your partner’s life on the line. I enjoyed painting large and looking down over NYC at all the people and cars going by.
It was my first job where we learned that art really could have a practical impact on a person’s life. Patients didn’t quite get what we were doing, but it made them think and look instead of staring out into space. The group also designed taxis for the disabled and barriers for blind people on subway trains. Many of the practices that were performed are still used in hospitals today.
I could feel the pulse of NY and have a bird’s eye view of life in the big city. We learned different techniques such as how to get the drawing up and how to make the painting work from far away. At the time I was there, we were still doing ads for cigarettes and beer. I see now looking back how fortunate I was to have learned these crafts from the masters. My co-workers learned the craft from their fathers before them. Is it true that you painted Billboards are no longer painted, billboards in Times Square at one there are computers to do point? We would love to hear a bit billboards now. more about that! After working in the hospitals, I Could you tell us about your was hooked on doing very large, company Pompeii Studios LLC? grand work. Painting billboards When I got married and had seemed like the logical next step. I children, my husband felt that just had to convince the company hanging off the side of buildings that I could do the work. might not be the best way to start family life. It was a field dominated by men, and they did not employ women He suggested that I try going start billboard artists. The work was very my own decorative/mural painting physical, lifting ropes and large company. 51