💚🖤💚🩶 REPOST
@code_stool About two months ago, a fellow Philly artist (
@nagati12 ) asked if I would help install her wing wall mural at the Linc. Me being a lifelong Birds man and all, I enthusiastically said yes. We put up the mural, and it was beautiful, and while I was there I met the Eagles director of marketing — the man responsible for commissioning the murals. I told him how I grew up idolizing Randall and Reggie, and later McNabb and all them dudes, and that I myself am a hard-working artist and would love to do my own mural at the Linc. I gave him my number and went about my business. Well, believe it or not, he hit me up a few weeks ago and asked if I would like to do the winter holiday themed wing wall mural.
I got right to work, and somehow immediately came up with an idea that I liked. I submitted it and hoped for the best. A few days later, the Birds approved it “as is.” The next two weeks were stressful. There was a lot to be done and not much time. Fortunately, I have some awesome friends in the arts community and elsewhere, and a few of them showed up and did outstanding work to help get the job done. Special thanks to wescombe_art,
@kekahot21 , and my brother Jared. They painted beautifully in the studio, and I couldn’t have gotten it done without them. Special thanks to
@muralprovisions , always connecting me with cool artists and helping me (& all the other artists) get the job done. Extra special thanks to
@rosyrosirose , who did great work in the studio — and outside when it was like 38°🥶. And extra extra special thanks to fellow Birds diehard
@matty_on_earth , aka Matty Ice, aka Yoga Matt, who worked hard in the studio AND installed the mural outside with me on a day when the wind was howling and the temp was barely above freezing 🥶🥶.
Finally, thanks to the Eagles organization, for spending some money to give local artists a platform and a paycheck. And for spending some money to get Saquon.
To top it all off, I completed the finishing touches on my third freedom-versary. This one’s for all my fellow Birds fans still doing time.
Go Birds 🦅💚🦅💚
@philadelphiaeagles