The general idea of the mural is to represent all the departments at the college, and incorporate the college's motto in it as well: Quality education in a supportive environment. You will note that the background is made up of myriad figures standing on each other's shoulders. One of the most challenging parts was getting the various departments to help design their own circular seals, thirteen in all.
Cameron Bennett's Murals
Reigate College Mural, Surrey
Here is the enormous indoor mural I engineered at Reigate Sixth Form College in Surrey. It involved masses of students and staff in its creation from idea sharing to the grunt work of gridding, transferring drawings, lettering, and of course in the painting.
The general idea of the mural is to represent all the departments at the college, and incorporate the college's motto in it as well: Quality education in a supportive environment. You will note that the background is made up of myriad figures standing on each other's shoulders. One of the most challenging parts was getting the various departments to help design their own circular seals, thirteen in all.
The general idea of the mural is to represent all the departments at the college, and incorporate the college's motto in it as well: Quality education in a supportive environment. You will note that the background is made up of myriad figures standing on each other's shoulders. One of the most challenging parts was getting the various departments to help design their own circular seals, thirteen in all.
Hallsville Elementary School Murals, Manchester, NH, USA
The original photo, Hallsville Drawing Class, ca. 1900 |
The "Drawing Class Mural". Mayor Ted Gatsas on left. Photo Thomas Roy. |
The mural with the supplementary desk. |
Another view. |
The "Drawing Class Mural." Tom Brennan, Manchester School Superintendent, Arthur Beaudry, ward nine
school board member, and Paula Perreault, paraprofessional educator on right. Photo Thomas Roy. |
The "Drawing Class" Mural
Here is a link to the article in which the mural appeared in the Union Leader.
Here is a link to the photos of the unveiling of all three murals which appeared in the Union Leader.
This concept for this particular mural was conceived by the school's principal Rachelle M. Otero, who wanted a view represented in the space depicting the school's early days. I chose the reference photo of the school, circa 1900, feeling that the drawing class with a live dog was by far the most interesting image from that period.
The photo was reproduced very faithfully, with the exception of the content on the blackboard. It was decided that the lineage of the school's principals, from its opening to the present day, should be represented. I left room for extra names, so that future principals may be added.
Hallsville Elementary School Murals, Manchester, NH, USA
This particular mural featured the students themselves in the imagery, painted-in from my own photographs of them. In the "Art" section, the girls painted their original artwork onto the actual mural itself. The mural was about 35 feet long and 4 feet high, from chest level up to the ceiling.
Leftmost side of mural with credits |
Reading |
Art |
Mathematics section |
Sports |
Writing |
Detail of "Writing" |
Music |
Detail of "Music" |
Detail of "Technology" |
Technology |
Here in another part of the building, more murals done in the stairwell, leading up from the front doors, into the classrooms. The idea was to encourage the children to enter the school with enthusiasm, sprouting wings to become more like the school mascot, which was a hawk.
Green Acres Elementary School Mural, Manchester, NH, USA
This mural was done for
Green Acres Elementary School during the summer of 2008. The mural was
over 9 feet high and about 50 feet long. Rick Norton was principal and
Rachelle Moore, now Otero, was vice principal. They were two people with whom it
was wonderful to work. The border was created by attaching copies of
student work directly to the wall. The theme was, obviously, NH and its
trappings.
The sketch for the mural, about 14"x4" |
The squared up wall, with student work attached as the border. |
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In progress. |
In progress. |
Finished mural, viewed by public at unveiling |
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