Special Projects
Above image: Ashlynn Distillery Mural located at the Ashlynn Distillery in Morrisville, PA. Mural by Tony Napoli Mural Arts. 2023.
I’ve been working with Tony Napoli on murals since 2020. These are notable works.
Below image: Belmont’s Garage Mural at Belmont’s Garage in Langhorne, PA. 2021.
Painting with Light.
MDF, Acrylic, Pine, Plywood, and LED Lights. Custom Adobe Illustrator design, laser cut on mdf.
My contemporary works start with underpaintings that are alive, mimicking moments of fluorescence in nature. Bright colors flashing across the vision, slow colors that seem to dance off the model as she sits under monotonous gaze. My process begins with this luminance which I then cover up, layer by layer.
This sculpture represents and engenders my process. Its light has sculpted my images. I used it to light several of my portrait series with an eerie yellow glow. The frequency of the color in these works is consistent with the frame of mind and emotional space the images are meant to convey.
See here the process of creating a wooden light box. For my first woodworking project, I created a vector design that I translated into a laser cutter for the top of my box. I encased the face of the design in glass and created a frosted-style hand-sanded glass to blur the light backing the image. The box was constructed to fill space, and to have presence. It’s heavy, sturdy, and solid. The piece is meant to be the centerpiece, the way a painting would demand your attention.
Enter my studio.
8:30 PM
8:30 pm is a dating app that fixes the current issue behind most apps: the date to conversation ratio. With 8:30, you match once per day and are set to have a date with that single person at 8:30 pm (your time zone).
During this project, I learned the ins and outs of design software Figma. The job required me to evaluate the success of certain colors, designs, and formats when applied to the consumer. By creating a company brand, easily identifiable by chosen fonts, logo colors, and overall style, we created an image that stands out to the viewer and is easily recognizable. The User Profile required a bold, readable, design that would be visible over any video. The app needed a modern simple look that matched the time and topic the app centers on.
2022-current: User Interface and Advertisement Design
App by Ezana Habtegiorgiss.
Look on instagram for the project: @muralsbynap
Some articles about the murals: