Trip to see WPA Murals

In May I was Part of a group from the NIU Art Museum who went to Chicago to view murals done as part of the WPA project.

At Lane Tech. High School we saw 9 frescoes in the lunch room called "Epochs in the History of Man'" the beautiful memorial garden, and a whole series of murals painted on canvas hung above the lockers in the hallways.

The murals in the hallways depict industries from various states, are landscapes or representations of the indigenous people. I believe these were from the Chicago Worlds Fair 1932-34. Some may have first been displayed at the Columbian Expodition held in Chicago in the 1890s. This was the "White City" which was the beginning of GrantPark.

Nettelhorst School holds the only mural done in the "Cubist" style, and has reciently been restored. There is a frieze-like mural illustrating fairy tales in the kintergarten room.

The final stop was Chopin School where Chopin and Stephen Foster are each honored in an 80 foot long mural painted in the auditoerium.

A June trip is planned to see Chicago Architecture on land and on the Chicago River. I can't wait for June 25th.

Showing at Next Picture Show Dixon Illinois

Artwork by Sherry Lee Sadilek Patterson.
The "Orchid Lady" Oil/Acrylic on board 9 1/2" X 13" and "Poppies on Purple" Acrylic on canvas 11"X 14" will be at the Kishwaukee Valley Art League Exhibit being held in the lower gallery space at Next Picture Show Gallery in Dixon IL. An opening reception will be May 8, 2010 at 6 PM.

Achala Mohanty's Family Restored

A co-worker knew I did art, then she found out I had worked as a retoucher back when we used film, negatives and lead pencils to fix damaged or old photos. She had a project that had been rejected by various photographers who currently restore old damaged photos and she brought it to me to see if I could rescue it. The damaged photo was missing quite a lot of the edge which included the little boys foot. After completion the client wanted it also made into sepia as well as the black and white.