Megan McKeithan of Visionary Mural Co. creates murals on canvas for installation all over Atlanta and around the country…
Murals on canvas around Atlanta…
Megan paints the murals either on Polymural synthetic canvas or on muslin. Synthetic canvas is like traditional canvas in texture and is acid free and archival, but it does not stretch, which is beneficial when you are gluing the mural to a wall or ceiling. Muslin, however, is also great for murals and comes in much larger sizes than Polymural. Once Megan has prepared the muslin appropriately for mural painting, the fabric has stabilized and does not have too much stretch and can be used for murals on very large walls and ceilings. Either method allows her clients to remove the mural later and re-install it in a new place…
She paints canvas murals using two different methods, depending on the circumstances of the site. The first way is to stretch the canvas across the wall in her studio (located just outside of Atlanta in Roswell, GA), using staples all around the edges, then starch, prime, paint and varnish it. Once the varnish is dry she removes the mural, rolls it up and transports it to the site for installation. The walls or ceilings to be covered must be primed appropriately first, using a high quality wallpaper primer. Then the installer applies the right strippable wallpaper paste and installs the mural…
This method works well for ceiling murals or locations under construction. In either case, the mural can be finished off site and then installed quickly. This can speed up the process of ceiling murals, which take longer to accomplish than wall murals, just because of the difficulty of painting overhead. It also limits the time on site and any interruptions to home or business use that can be associated with erecting scaffolding and painting on site. For projects under construction she can start the mural well before the building has been completed and install it as soon as the building is ready for the grand opening, which is a real time saver in construction scheduling…
DeKalb County Renewable Fuels Facility Mural on Muslin, outside Atlanta, GA
Megan created this mural on muslin for the brand new Renewable Fuels Facility located just outside Atlanta at the DeKalb County Seminole Road Landfill. Megan painted the mural on muslin in her studio in Roswell, but stretched the mural around a wooden frame and then installed it inside of an outer decorative frame in the facility. Thousands of school children will visit the facility and use the mural to learn about the project…
This new project takes gases from the landfill and converts them to CNG fuel for the county’s sanitation vehicles, consumer automobiles, and home Natural Gas needs. The mural features the cycle of trash pick up through energy creation at the new facility, along with the electricity producing and composting programs…
Megan created murals on Polymural canvas for these country club dining areas. Megan completed this mural for Sharkstooth at Wild Heron in Panama City Beach while the clubhouse was still under construction. Megan worked with Atlanta architectural firm Foley Design to create the mural. It features the 13th hole in panoramic view and is rendered in an Arts & Crafts Style, featuring a Maxfield Parrish-inspired sky, to coordinate with the Coastal Craftsman style of the club…
Sharkstooth at Wild Heron, mural on canvas, Panama City Beach, FL
Megan completed this mural for the recently renovated Horseshoe Bend Country Club just outside Atlanta, in Roswell, GA. The mural features the new addition to the clubhouse, a new golf hole and a new waterfall and stone bridge. Megan and her client collaborated to create the design, including a sunrise inspired by a photo her client took at the club, as well as the new landscaping and bridge as it will appear in full bloom this summer. In fact, the mural is installed in the clubhouse addition you can see on the right side of the building…
Horseshoe Bend Country Club, mural on canvas, Roswell, GA (just outside Atlanta)
Megan completed these sky murals for homes in the Atlanta area (Marietta and Stone Mountain) on muslin then installed them. She also included metallic leaf accents to coordinate with the framed art in the rooms…
Art & Design Showhouse, mural on muslin and accompanying golf leaf birds & framed art, Marietta, GA (just north of Atlanta)
Private residence, mural on muslin and accompanying silver leaf butterflies, Stone Mountain, GA (just outside Atlanta)
The second way Megan creates murals on canvas is installing the canvas or muslin on the wall first, then painting the mural in situ. She either installs the white canvas on location then just paints on top of it as she would paint any mural on the wall, or, she stretches the muslin or canvas on a frame, then primes, starches, and paints several basecoats on the fabric. Once that is dry she pulls it from the frame and installs it on the wall ready for painting. These options allow her to complete the prep work ahead of time but paint the mural in its intended location and lighting, while allowing the client to remove the mural in the future and re-install it somewhere else…
This mural is an example of a installing the Polymural canvas then painting the mural on site. Megan installed the canvas in three sections so that each could be removed and re-used when the client moves out of this leased office space…
Mindful Body Natural Healing Services, mural on canvas, Roswell, GA
Here is an example video of a mural painted on muslin that Megan’s helper prepared on a frame in the studio. It is mural of the interior of the Paris Opera House, looking out from the stage into the audience. The mural incorporates the beautiful ceiling painted by Marc Chagall in 1964 and the famous chandelier featured in Phantom of the Opera…
Private Residence, mural on muslin, Roswell, GA (just outside Atlanta)
Stephanie built a large wooden frame then stretched the muslin around the frame and starched, primed, and painted multiple basecoats. When it was dry she cut it from the frame and delivered it to Megan for installation at the client’s home, where Megan then painted the mural on site. You can see the steps in this video:
Megan also painted the Inspired By Avatar, “Avatlanta” mural on muslin…
Mural on muslin on curved wooden wall, inspired by Avatar, Atlanta, GA
She designed this 10’ x 20’ mural to stretch around a moveable curved wooden wall. She set up the wall in the studio, stretched the muslin across it and painted the mural, then removed the mural and the wall and re-installed them in the exhibition hall for The Next Cool Thing event. The mural and its wall have been moved 4 more times since then and still look as beautiful as the day she painted them…
Megan also creates smaller murals on framed canvases. She created this flower fairy mural inspired by Mary Cicely Barker as well as the Bambi mural inspired by Disney, and the little bunny mural for children’s rooms. She also created the sky mural for a doctor’s office. The murals can be removed and reinstalled easily when the kids change rooms or move…
Murals on stretched canvases around Atlanta
She painted this beach mural in a home in Panama City Beach. She stretched the canvas around the frame and painted it on location in this luxury rental home. The mural features the view of the beach from the crow’s nest on the floor above and is incorporated into the room as another window, featuring the same breezy window treatments selected for the rest of the room.
Private residence, mural on stretched canvas, Panama City Beach, FL
Murals on canvas offer clients the opportunity to take their investments with them. Painting on canvas also saves time and lessens interruption of life in the rooms where they are installed. With options such as Polymural canvas and muslin, either pasted up or stretched on a frame, Megan can create a mural just about any size for just about any room, wall, or ceiling.
Murals on canvas video by client
Please contact Megan megan@visionarymuralco.com and check out www.VisionaryMuralCo.com to find out more about murals by Megan McKeithan.
