FIRST PLACE
Master muralist Eric Henn continually dominates this category, year after year. One look at his work, and you’ll see why.
Henn’s inspiration for this Franklin, OH, license-bureau mural was the Great Miami suspension bridge, located in Franklin. Built in 1873 and demolished in 1933, the bridge was a piece of Franklin’s rich history, Henn said.
The mural covers a 35 x 60-ft. area. Henn used approximately 40 gallons of Sherwin Williams DTM paint, along with a Sherwin Williams Sher-clear™ coat. The mural was entirely handpainted with China bristle brushes and rollers. A 30-ft. scissor lift was used.
SECOND PLACE
The mural covers 12,556 sq. ft. of this storage tank that conveniently sits adjacent to 13 soccer fields in Dublin, Ohio. Muralist Eric Henn used 225 gallons of Sherwin Williams DTM, along with a Sherwin Williams diamond-clad clearcoat. The mural was entirely handpainted with China bristle brushes and rollers, and it comprises tens of thousands single, grass-blade strokes. The two, painted children in the foreground stand nearly 30-ft. tall. To reach every part of the tank, Henn used a 60-ft. boom lift. The mural took three months to complete.
THIRD PLACE
The Cinemark IMAX Theater Relief mural was installed August 2005. The 12-panel, 8 x 24-ft. mural was made with 2-lb. expanded polystyrene foam and hardcoated with Futura Coatings’ polyurethane spray. The panels were routed with a Thermwood 3-D router and SurfCAM Velocity routing software. The faux painting was done with Matthews paint to appear as cast bronze. Dell workstations and SolidWorks, a 3-D CAD modeling software, were used in the design process.
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