Common Core

Common Core
12'x8' acrylic paint on 500 recycled assignments

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Warm-up sketch

 Here we go, second day thought I would sketch one of my favorite #DetroitLions #football players, Gibby!

Working on my hand-eye coordination and getting ready for #mural season.




Monday, January 13, 2025

Warm-up during my off season ;-)


 BIG goals this year!

Normally I get back into stretching and yoga this time of year to get ready for mural season. This year I'm adding another kind of work out:

Warm-up sketches to sharpen my hand eye coordination for when I'm installing a mural. 

Being a Detroit Lions fan, I have decided to tackle the challenge of sketching portraits of the team.

So here we go:

Head Coach Dan Campbell 




Tuesday, December 10, 2024

2024 wrap up

 I am horrible at posting. I'm worse at blogging... 

I try to journal my projects through LinkedIn, FB, IG, and TikTok, but I often forget to post here. 

Add another, "New Year resolution," log to the fire of entrepreneurship!

This has been a busy year, my friends! Not only did I participate in the Detroit DCleat art installation that took place during the NFL Draft in Detroit, but I also added 3 more public art installations to my portfolio! One in Grand Rapids, for NOXX dispensary, one in the Baldwin Public Library in Birmingham, and one in the City of Center Line, teaming up with the DIA for their Partners in Public Art Program! I also created a quick mural on a street in Sterling Heights, a sample of pavement paint, and hope to see how well it holds up to the elements! I made a video of it on TikTok and IG.



Saturday, April 20, 2024

Excited for the #NFLDraft to come to #Detroit !

 Did you know...

If you visit the City of Detroit now until the end of the NFL Draft, you can find gigantic football cleats (5ft 8in) throughout the City?!? 

I challenge you to find all visit all 20 cleats! Each cleat was designed and painted by 20 local artists to reflect 20 different Detroit non-profits.

I had the opportunity to team up with Detroit Lion's Frank Ragnow for his nonprofit, "Rags" Remembered. This cleat is located in front of the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel.




If you're interested in seeing more of my work, you can find it here:

https://paintwhip.blogspot.com/?m=0

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Detroit mural!

 Yep! I can now officially add #DetroitMuralist to my resume ;-)

Thank you Detroit City Walls for this incredible opportunity to create a #publicart #mural for #Detroit's historic #Dexter neighborhood!

60ft long, 16-1/2ft tall.

#SherwinWilliams Latitude paint came in handy, with this early Fall project! I painted when it was 48 degrees, and through light precipitation. Great product!







Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Happy Independence Day

 "United We Stand, Divided We Fall," was a combination of two identical canvas paintings, I created of the Statue of Liberty, then cut and wove them together. 








Here's a sneak peek behind the scenes:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8etfFDE/


#art #wendypopko #alteredart