UBS Arena

A set of two lobby murals were created for the UBS Arena on Long Island. The $1 billion, 18,000-capacity entertainment facility is state-of-the-art, catering to the Islander’s hockey team and their fans. Also a concert venue, the grand entrance acts as a spacious environment to meet up and hang out after a show. READ MORE

Easton Readiness Center

What was previously called an armory has taken on a new identity. A legacy building constructed in 1976 that housed Maryland’s National Guard was demolished and rebuilt with state-of-the-art technology and creature comforts.

The 37,000 square-foot Army National Guard Readiness Center in Easton, Maryland qualified for the public art program, and with a two-story, glassed lobby, it was a perfect venue for commissioned art. Stutzman was awarded the project through a competitive design submission process. Rather than a framed piece of art, he designed a custom stone surround to match faux relief decorative elements within the artwork. He also budgeted for special framed lighting to illuminate the artwork so it would glow inside the lobby space. READ MORE

Ford Hits The Streets

Ford asked Lonely Planet to create an interactive campaign that taps into traveler’s spirit of adventure. Through a series of maps highlighting off-beat urban locations in five major cities, the newest model of the Ford Explorer became the centerpiece of places to go and things to do. After Stutzman painted the five maps, they were painted on-site by muralists for passersby to enjoy watching the images progress. READ MORE

C&O Canal

In a newly renovated visitor’s center, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Williamsport, Maryland offers the public a wall-sized, illustrated map to navigate the nation’s most visited national park. Built as a primary mode of transporting people and goods, the C&O Canal once bustled as a center of commerce before the rail system eventually replaced it as a faster and more efficient mode of transportation.

First Responders

A sad, blank wall became the site for a colorful tribute to area first responders. Through his research leading up to the project, Stutzman found that recruits for the local Volunteer Fire Department had plummeted in the last decade. This triggered his direction to appeal to a younger demographic that could become the next wave of volunteers. By heroizing those who are the first on the scene of a crisis, and in a style indicative of superheroes, Stutzman felt he could inspire young recruits.

In a comic book style, Stutzman asked firefighters, rescue squad members, and town police to act out their roles in community service. He used overlapping and oversized dot patterns using the primary colors, red, blue, and yellow, and black line-work to hold the shapes. The comic reads from left to right starting with a 911 call.

At the dedication ceremony, representatives from each group depicted in the mural addressed the importance of acknowledging those who keep the community safe, protect those in harm’s way, and nurture the injured back to health.

Monterey Bay Aquarium

The food court at the Monterey Bay Aquarium requested a series of backlit posters with laser-cut metal silhouette frames to express the importance of sustainable and healthy foods. The series utilized a vintage airbrush technique indicative of the 1920s. See larger images in the POSTER tab of the website.

FireFly Farms

A goat cheese manufacturer was opening their first retail location in Western Maryland and wanted to make a big impression with a mural in the Art Deco style. Entwined with decorative elements, a central figure cradles a baby goat while the two share an endearing glance. To the right, a farmhand pours a can of goat’s milk to form a stream that eventually flows into the maiden with Sienna hair. Fireflies emerge from a mason jar and a goat jumps over the moon.

B&O Railroad

The hand-painted mural was a team effort of Mark and Laura’s. Assignments and weather limited the number of hours Mark could work outdoors so when fall was quickly approaching, Laura stepped in to help. This was the couple’s first and last venture in painting outdoors.

“It was occasionally enjoyable but sun exposure and climbing scaffolding grew old very quickly,” said Mark. “I’ve grown soft with the creature comforts of my studio and with new technologies that allow for ways to economically enlarge art, painting outdoors is rarely necessary.”

A key frustration in the process was the deep texture of the cinderblock, according to Mark. “I spent more time pounding paint into the nooks and crannies than I did rendering the image.” He also noted that passersby would often want to chat which consumed rare and valuable time while he was trying to get the project completed.

The mural is slowly fading but has survived nearly a decade in direct sun. He was asked to touch up some areas where the paint had come loose but Mark wants it to age naturally and be painted over when it’s too far gone.