Colorfields of Northwood

In 2025, I had the opportunity to contribute to Colorfields of Northwood, an ambitious large-scale public art project in West Palm Beach’s Northwood community. Rising approximately 85 feet, the mural transformed the exterior of the building into a highly visible work of art within the surrounding urban landscape.

The project brought together the creative vision and collaborative efforts of Renee Phillips, Benjamin Elianski, Chalk & Brush, and myself, with each contributing to the process of bringing the artwork from concept into its monumental architectural scale. Large public works like this are rarely the effort of one person—they require coordination, problem solving, technical experience, and a shared commitment to realizing the vision on the wall.

Working at this scale is a completely different experience from creating artwork in the studio. Every element has to respond not only to the wall itself, but to architecture, distance, changing light, equipment, and the way the artwork will ultimately be experienced from the street. What may appear abstract while working only a few feet from the surface gradually comes together as a unified composition when viewed from a distance.

There is something remarkable about watching a building change day by day as color and form begin to reshape its presence within the neighborhood. Projects like Colorfields of Northwood demonstrate what I find most compelling about public art: its ability to transform an architectural surface into something that becomes part of the identity, experience, and visual memory of a place.

The project received local media attention, including coverage by The Palm Beach Post, which documented the artists at work and described the mural as the tallest in West Palm Beach.

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