from the studio: 03.20.16

Detail of a new painting based on Edward Hopper's  Nighthawks .

Hooks and Needles

My midwife encouraged me to knit/crochet in my third trimester when I was struggling to keep my blood pressure in check. She said it is a go...

from the studio: 03.12.16

A new piece with an assembled nighthawks inclusion. #mural #jazz #assemblage #studio #streetart #hopper #nighthawks #artinstituteofchicago #...

Progress on the Bauer Center Mural

Zach met the After School Arts Program kids on Tuesday evening for their final painting session. The kids finished out faces, painted in th...

New Bauer Family Resource Center Mural in Progress

For the last couple of months, Zach has been working with kids from the Tippecanoe Arts Federation's (TAF) After School Arts Program to ...

the white-washed series

in an effort to seek something 'quieter' in my work, a couple of weeks ago, i whitewashed several paintings i had been struggling wi...

Sunday Morning Wabash River: Day 8

We didn't go out to paint on Sunday partly because of the rain, and partly because we just needed to rest. So today, with the sun shinin...

Sunday Morning Wabash River: Day 7

We were out at the wall from 7am to 7pm today, save for the hour and a half we were at lunch. The main goal was to start filling in the litt...

Sunday Morning Wabash River: Day 6

after the morning session yesterday, i went back out and stayed until after 9pm. there was a jazz band playing in the plaza, so i stayed lon...

Sunday Morning Wabash River: Day 5

Long day today...filled in the river and the foreground trees #spraypointillism #artlala #wip #Seurat #streetart A photo posted by Zach Medl...

Sunday Morning Wabash River: Day 4

i spent the first part of the morning painting in the rest of the lawn.  some of the colors started making my eyes go a bit goofy last night...

Sunday Morning Wabash River: Day 3

Yesterday, Zach finished laying down the complementary color bases for the mural. So today, he started in on the spraypointillism. Here'...