custom art | John Hiemstra, scenic artist

29 Mar

Public art | Cesar Chavez tile mosaic mural #2

Here is the second eight-foot tile mosaic panel from the Trolley Station public art project in San Diego. These long horizontal narratives depict the life …

25 Mar

Public art | Cesar Chavez tile mosaic mural #1

Getting back to documenting my largest public art project in San Diego (again), I’ve made some composite images that I’ve not published before. These files …

18 Feb

Trolley Station public art | Cesar Chavez narrative tile mosaic murals

This is an overview shot of one half of the tile mosaic installation I created for the 25th & Commercial Trolley Station public art project …

05 Feb

Cesar Chavez tile mosaic installation

I’ve had a few requests for more pictures of the Cesar Chavez Trolley Station public art project I did a few years ago in San …

25 Jan

Benchmark Project Installation, 2003

Immediately after my “Three Graces Bench” was installed at Horton Plaza in downtown San Diego for the Benchmark Project (before, during and after the 2003 …

24 Jan

Chalk painting San Diego, 2002

I’ve always liked this picture from the very first day of chalk painting I ever did, back when the annual chalk painting event in Little …

24 Jan

Scene painting in San Diego ten years ago

Because its my birthday (and because I’ve a backlog of pictures sorted from the raw archives), I thought I’d put up a few historical shots …

12 Jan

Molds for precast concrete | corinthian capital

Here’s a shot of the urethane jacket of the oversize corinthian capital mold, freshly removed from its first GFRC pour, standing on the pallet behind. To …

11 Jan

Design sketches and sources | circus room

I’m posting a few of the different design pieces I worked up on the way to the cirus themed kids’ playroom I’ve been recently documenting …

09 Jan

Design sketches | circus room

I’m posting a few of the different design pieces I worked up on the way to the cirus themed kids’ playroom I’ve been recently documenting …