Dali on concrete

I have a lot of strange life goals, and one of them is to paint a massive mural on the concrete field in Burns Bog. I don't remember what used to be on the concrete (some sort of building) back in the day, but it hasn't been there in ages and a big, fat field of concrete is just chillin' real lonely in the Bog now. It's right around the 72nd Avenue overpass in Delta (the one you drive over to get to Highway 91) and it's home to a lot of havoc (ie. highschool kids wanting to party). Under the overpass is a pretty major spray spot, but everyone paints over it all the time and I want to leave my mark in a more memorable way.

I've brainstormed endlessly (mostly because when I wanted to do it last year I didn't get around to it, and the weather needs to be nice because it takes awhile) and I've decided to paint Salvador Dali's face - the photo is pretty much the most famous one taken of him. I want this to be MASSIVE - I'm going to have to grid it out with sidewalk chalk and roll it on before I get the detailing done. I figure Dali is a good choice because he's my main man as far as twentieth century art goes, and his mustache is just plain old dang awesome. I want to do it alone, but I guess I'll need a spotter because the Delta Police will probably have a beef with me - but the way I see it, the field is uglier than most ugly things in life, and it could use some cheering up. Plus, it'll be visible by Google Earth. How cool is that?

Answer: so cool we'll have to measure it in Kelvins.


Here's the photo I'm going to use.