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West Gilgo Beach Mural Documentary

Bragino — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:05:33 +0000

This is a 12 foot tall by 240 foot wide collaborative mural accomplished in the summer of 2010 by the following artists:

I designed this mural as a 4 seasons cyclical theme starting in winter on the South wall and ending again in winter on the North wall. It's painted inside a 120' tunnel and both walls were painted to complete the cycle of the seasons. I gathered some of the best artists I knew to come down and join me in the creation of this mural. My brother John shot a documentary while we painted this.

Here are two versions to view. The top one is a wider format so you can see more of the mural at one time. The bottom is for checking out details. Enjoy!!

West Gilgo mural

Bragino — Wed, 25 May 2011 23:44:04 +0000

This is a 12 foot tall by 240 foot wide collaborative mural accomplished in the summer of 2010 by the following artists:

Here are two versions to view. The top one is a wider format so you can see more of the mural at one time. The bottom is for checking out details. Enjoy!!

West Gilgo Mural

Bragino — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:24:22 +0000

I've been given the opportunity to design, and direct the following project. The image above is the comp for the mural and it is a little hard to see but this is just a teaser. The mural is a 10' high x 240' two sided tunnel. That's 120' per side. It will be completed in under a week and will be finished by Labor day this year, 2010. The entire project is going to be filmed by John Bragino and a documentary will be produced so stay tuned…….

Project Mission Statement:
Create a mural utilizing volunteerism and creativity to bring the community together and create a source of pride and beauty at West Gilgo. Change the underpass area from its current state (wasted space, eye sore, drain on the community) to a source of culture, creativity, & community involvement.

Design statement:
As you enter the tunnel and walk down the right side youll notice the LEFT WALL which is side one of the mural and intended to be viewed first. Winter is breaking and birds are beginning to reappear on the trees. As the scene progresses spring comes into full view with fish swimming towards the ocean.
As they approach summertime they gather in celebration. Swimming fish become tribal in nature flattening out on the wall and becoming grafitti like in
design. As side one ends the fish begin to morph back and swim upward high into the water getting smaller as they approach the sky. By the time they
reach side two theyre swimming low again amidst a coral reef. THE RIGHT wall shows fall emerging into an abstract configuration of mermaid like
forms that meet head to head with the birds fleeing the impending winter heading towards warmer and greener pastures. As fall turns into winter and the
experience of the seasons comes to a close your met with an archway of twisted trees on the ceiling and a lone bird pointing your way back home.

Participating artists:
Peter Bragino
John Bragino
Kevin Corcoran
Lisa Distefano
Christine Kane
Jeff Slack
Jennifer Quinn
Sonia Vera-Leon

Brooklyn Wall Mural

Bragino — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:09:17 +0000

Upon the roof of my gallery there's a huge wall that was looking too bare and just needed a little love. Armed with some house paint and an assortment of spray cans we decided to make something more eye pleasing on the wall. This mural, like most collaborative work I've done with Kevin, was an improvisational effort. We had a few things in mind to guide us. We wanted it to have warm tones and feel a little bit dated as if it had been there for a while. We achieved this feeling with the colors that we used. Usually subject matter and color are two good ways to keep you on track when your creating something in an improvisational manner. Here's the sequence of images on how this mural came to be…..

Killington VT wall mural

Bragino — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:00:11 +0000

I had the pleasure of helping my brother John B move up to Killington this winter to pursue his love of snowboarding and become an instructor on the mountain. While in town I was fortunate enough to be surrounded by some amazing people who were more than supportive of me as an artist. So I did what any artist in good company would do, I created a lot of art on my visit. I did a portrait, sketchbook
journaling, tattoos on friends with markers, drawings on snowboard helmets, custom designed boxes and to top it all off an impromptu wall mural in my brothers apartment. My favorite part of this mural? Well of course it's the feeder fish following our friend the shark pictured below. Sorry about the less than great quality of the images but all I had was my phone to capture this one…..

Gilgo Murals 4

Bragino — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:31:23 +0000

We did it once again at Gilgo beach but this time it was on the ceiling. We also took the opportunity to tie some of the graphics that we had planned for the ceiling to the murals we had completed the previous years. These are two 15 foot Koi Fish. Check out pics below….