Just had to share...as many of you know, we are working on the final touches to our main project this year so far. In doing so, we found out that something we had done as part of our art installation had put a smile on some very special people's faces. As you can see below, there is a darling couple standing in front of a photo wall we designed as a part of the buildings main activity area. Mr. and Mrs. Pittman happen to be the Pittmans of the sign you see above their heads, and to add to the story, they are going to be some of the first residents of our fabulous project.
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| Photo courtesy of a+k design |
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The sign is from their dry cleaning business in downtown Belton, which has been open for 64 years. What they may not know is that their sign was what started our inspiration for the photo wall. We fell head over heels for the sign, mostly due to our love of the simplicity of the sign design, the very vintage look of it, and the colors. That day the sun was shining, the sky had that blue color and against the sign, we loved it!! This began our series of photographs taken in downtown of various businesses that have been around for decades and some wall murals of various types. We did the series as a nod to all that we thought gave downtown Belton it's unique flavor, in hopes the residents would agree. Little did we know that the Pittman's would eventually be immortalized.
Well it made us smile, so I just wanted to share.
It goes to show that you can take anything you have a passion for and turn it into art for your own personal spaces, it can be anything(flowers, people, places or just a series of items you love) I just takes a little time to shoot, and you can buy an inexpensive frame and pre-made mat, and wha-lah(original art)!!!
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