Rồng gặp mây": "Dragon meets clouds"
This 42’ x 23’ mural design for the Right Wall of the Parking Lot E entrance to building 1 at Skyline uses an abstracted form of a Vietnamese Dragon as a starting point for its design. One of the design challenges for this location is to create an image that will tie into the existing gallery mural thematically and visually, yet allow the new mural room for conceptual expansion. The design is specifically related to the location, and works around existing architectural features. The mural image has been designed to be seen primarily from an oblique, foreshortened angle, ‘squishing’ the image into a more compressed form. Note that unlike the first mural, there is no ‘long-shot’ opportunity for viewing this mural head-on, it can only be viewed from an oblique angle.
The mural area consists of 20 two-tiered vertical sections of concrete panels that average 2' wide by 23' high. The Dragon image is set against a light blue background with a pale yellow at the top. The Vietnamese Dragon is a Sky dragon, and the blue represents the Sky – the Dragon's abode. The yellow represents moonlight. The Dragons’ body is filled with textile patterns from many cultures, representing the diversity of the Skyline College Community.
The mural location is ideally suited for a Dragon image. Revered all over Asia, Dragons are seen as benevolent, omniscient, and bring blessings and good fortune. They are commonly located to the right of an entrance to a room or building- this orientation is said to bring good luck to those who pass by. To flow the energy of the image into the entrance to Building 1, the following poem by Song Dynasty Master Xuedou Zhongxian will be painted above the doorway:
Scoll down to see photos of mural development
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Work on the mural began on Thursday, July 15, 2010. This page will be updated with weekly posts documenting the painting progression. The Mural is designed and being painted by Paul Bridenbaugh, with many thanks to the following volunteer artists for their help with drawing and painting the mural: Art Sato,
Teena Makapugay, Alan Ceccarelli, Victoria Maung, Denise Wilkie, Aya Artola, Kim Centeno, Iat-Seng Lam, Elizabeth Wong, Beth Braunstein, Anna-Marie Vargas, Jamie Weinstock, Jessica Daniel, Lone Wang, Wasan Hasan , Olivia Asis, Phil Harris, Gaby Gerson, Qing Liu. Many thanks as well to Vicki Morrow and Donna Bestock for making this project possible. |
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| August 26- Construction of a level platform was completed this week, which will allow us to develop painting in the main body of the mural over the next few weeks. A big thank you to Alan Ceccarelli and his theater crew for their assistance in building this platform- | |||
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| September 22. This morning the undepainting phase of the mural is completed. The last part of this phase is underpainting the Jewel in the Dragon's mouth. Now we proceed to the final painting phase. The mural is now approximately halfway completed. | |||
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