Upcoming projects this fall!

Well, hard to believe that we are into September already, but am looking forward to some upcoming projects that are near! They range from street paintings in the south and east and another mural at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts!  Here is the upcoming schedule and look forward to post some pictures as soon as I can!!!

Oct. 13th and 14th:  will be doing a 3D street painting for MeccaFest in Carollton, GA

Oct. 15-20:  Will be completing a mural for the Terra Cotta Warriors show at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.  The mural will be located in the second floor gift shop!

Nov. 1-7:  Will be working with Anthony Cappetto on a large 3D street painting for the Sarasota International Chalk Festival in Florida

Late November:  Will be doing a 3D street painting on the east coast :)

Minneapolis Institute of Arts Rembrandt Gala Mural

I am finally back posting again. After a whirlwind spring full of projects, I am happy to finally share some pictures of the latest and largest mural to date that I have worked on. With a little over a week and 3980 square feet, I think it turned out pretty cool. I will be posting a more in depth post about the process of creating such a large mural in another one soon, but wanted to get this up and running. The theme behind this mural was one of back alley, graffiti laced amsterdam dance space. It was created in the US Bank Gallery at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and am pretty sure the walls haven't looked like this before :) Stop back soon to see the process shots of the project! And to make the project even more cool, the piece was lit up in black lights for the Rembrandt gala Friday night. I think you will be able to tell which one is the lit up one!!!!!

Street Painting at Artisphere 2012

This past weekend, I was fortunate to have created another street painting at the Artisphere Festival in Greenville, South Carolina with Art for After Hours.  This was my third year being down there and I have to say that the festival is one of the best I go to each year!  The hospitality and the crowds were amazing as always.  Other than a deluge of rain on Sunday which prevented us from doing a third day of street painting, I think the street painting this year turned out pretty well.  The original art used for this piece was created by Daryl Thetford and was used as the festival poster this year!  Thanks to Daryl for allowing me to recreate his amazing art.

2012 Artisphere Street Painting by Shawn McCann

"News Person, Original Art by Daryl Thetford"

3D wall murals, regulare mural work and street painting samples.

3D illusionary piece for Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

3D wall mural for Technology Festival, Mumbai India

3D street mural for International street painting fest, Sarasota Florida

3D piece for the Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN

2D piece for Artisphere, Greenville, South Carolina

3D piece for Deluxe Corporation, Social Media Pond, Shoreview, MN

Trompe L-Oeil mural for Vast Enterprises showroom, Minneapolis, Mn

2D banner mural Bike Night, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

2D banner mural Bike Night, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Well, it is hard to believe that my Indian adventure has come and gone, but I can easily tell you that I had an experience of a lifetime!  From the warm hospitality of everyone on campus at IIT Bombay, to the atmosphere at Techfest, the trip was one that i will never forget.  Of course the main people I must thank include Anthony from Art for After Hours, whom I am one of their artists and was brought on board for this project.  I also am grateful to Rajat, Animesh, Anish, Aseem, Palash, Julian and everyone else that I forgot to mention!  There are way too many memories to start writing a book here, so I will let the photos speak for themselves :)

Finished large mural - 96ft x 15ft

Finished small mural - 25ft x 15ft

On my morning walk to work ;)

The artists from CreatOne.  Worked on Graffiti mural next to my piece

My trusty assistant Julian Fernandes!  He helped make the small mural come to life!

Sarasota International Chalk Festival

The full piece.  30'x40'

Anthony Cappetto with the AR birds!

Thought I would post an image of my and Anthony Cappetto's most recent street painting "Visions of Cambodia".  At 1200 square feet it was definitely a huge amount of work but one that was definitely worth it!  Plus, we were the first street painters to include augmented reality in the piece.  More information about that here 

WAMdemonium!

My view of the Weisman building!

With a crispness in the air, another fun time was had street painting this past weekend.  This time it was for the grand reopening of the famous Frank Gehry designed Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis.  With the museum having been closed the last year for an addition on the building, there was lots of excitement in the air as the gala arrived Sat night!  This piece is a 3D stylized image of downtown minneapolis and its riverfront.  The image is on two separate planes and in total was 10'x16'