A few years ago I had a stream of painting jobs where I'd go into children's hospitals and paint their new CT scanners to make them less ominous to the patients. It was a fun series of gigs, my first job was painting two scanners for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. It was a little intimidating at first, since these are obviously very expensive machines and they would make internal clicking and whirring sounds every so often.
This machine is a combo CT and PET scanner located at Children's Hospital of Dallas. I ended up painting three scanners for them over an 18 month period. I painted this one in two days. It was a very long weekend but having my ipod helped a lot. Here's the sequence:
The blank plastic "canvas".
This may look like a quick and simple coat of blue green but it took hours! I had to be very careful around all the buttons and laser openings inside the tube.
Fish detail.
Done deal on Sunday afternoon, I catch a plane back to San Francisco the following morning. Sponge Bob watch out!
I love these! You rock. Put up the beautiful one with the birds!
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ReplyDeleteI need to scan the other photos of the bird CTs, they were done before I had a digital camera....soon, I promise!
Denny, what a transformation! A wonderful way to help others through art. Way to go...
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ReplyDeleteThanks, it was rewarding on many levels. In these hospitals you really get a sense that everyone is dedicated to the well being of the kids.
By the way, is that your artwork hanging in the new Italian restaurant in Manor? I saw it from the outside, sure looked like your style of work!
What a wonderful way to make a frightening medical machine more approachable. Here's a perfect example how "Art Saves Lives" and can be appreciated by everyone.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed, Donna, yes indeed...
ReplyDeleteI love this! It's such a great idea. And it's so much happier now.
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