SHSU The Woodlands Center OPEN!

Yesterday, Kate and I attended the opening reception for Sam Houston State University The Woodlands Center.  The beautiful new academic building is home to my most recent mosaic project, Reflections to Mist, and state of the art facilities for 4 year and graduate studies.  WHR and Vaughn Construction did an amazing job. It's so nice to see the building clean and complete.

Now open to the public, visitors can ascend the stairs to view the entirety of Reflections to Mist, the 4 story mural we installed in February.  Kate got some great pictures of onlookers and the mural.

Professional shots will be on the SHSU page of my website soon!

Frog in the Pond

After such a nice rain last night, I met a new friend in the pond this morning.  Good Morning Frog!

Office Party: THE BLACK KEYS

Way back in the dead of winter, Kate and I decided to give ourselves something to look forward to: a Spring office party/tickets to The Black Keys at The Mitchell Pavilion.  It was a prefect spring night and a definite celebration.  Thanks to the band for the amazing performance and the infamous Rich Latimer (never without his camera) for the photos.

Mosaic Bird Feeder

Since the big installation at SHSU, Kate and I have been enjoying the garden and the lovely spring we are having here in Houston.  We even got our hands dirty making a mosaic bird feeder for the garden.  It's up and attracting wildlife! Check out the pictures below along with a few garden vignettes.  

Before

After

SYNCOPATION SEA in HD

In February the Mosaika team went down to Galveston to photograph two of the three murals in the Ocean and Coastal Studies building at Texas A&M University Galveston.  They used a Gigapan, which is a robot that took over 300 images of the mural and stitched them together seamlessly to create a giant file.  This file allows the viewer to zoom in to any part of the mosaic. It really is high definition mosaic.  Click the link below to check it out.

http://www.mosaika.com/gigaview.html

Click here to see more images of the three murals at Texas A&M Galveston University.

SHSU Completed!

The scaffolding is gone and the mural is able to breathe in the space.  And it looks great! For now these photos will have to do.  I'll send in a professional to take photos in May when construction is complete.

It was such a pleasure to work with Mosaika again!  To everyone at Mosaika, WHR Architects, Sam Houston State University and Vaughn Construction THANK YOU for making this job possible.

SHSU Days 18, 19, 20 & 21- Finished from top to bottom!

The mural is completely grouted and looking amazing!! I'll post more pictures once the scaffolding is removed.  Thanks to everyone on the team, from Mosaika, WHR and Vaugh Construction for a job well done.

Mike making the final finishing touch!

Emily and the final buff.

Looking up from the first landing.

Looking up from the bottom floor.