The Parc Hotel Project

This is my first blog entry for a while now. Not down to my lack of activity but quite to opposite. To kick things off is a project that i was gifted to me through my tutor from a request from the Parc Hotel in Cardiff.
They were looking for an artist to paint several murals upon 5 boarded up windows in the entrance to their car park and my tutor felt the subject matter was something i was well suited for.

 The Hotel wanted the 5x8 foot boards to depict scenes around Cardiff, one of them being the Parc Hotel itself. Whilst i accepted the job gratefully i felt i needed the aid of my friend and fellow artist Esther Holley as her experience working with large scale painting and her ability to keep me from going insane may prove useful.

We began by selecting 4 other iconic structures around Cardiff and split them between us, Esther taking Castell Coch and Cardiff Castle whilst i would take on the Millennium Stadium and the Millennium Centre, leaving the Parc Hotel painting as one we could both collaborate on.

Wales Millennium Centre

Castell Coch

Even though much of Esther's work has been revolving around abstraction and experimentation over the last few years her figurative work is as strong as ever.

I was in a rut at this point, i felt that the reflections were quite strong but the Millennium Centre itself seemed a bit cartoony, i was struggling to get the right curve and coloration.