In 2022, I had the honor of partnering with Rock City to help take up the torch in the restoration of their iconic barns that once dotted the landscape all across the south and throughout the midwest. Originally started and painted by Clark Byers in 1935, at one time there was over 900 "See [...]
University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd made welcoming remarks at last Friday’s “Everywhere You Look, UT” mural celebration. “Bringing the opportunity of affordable access to higher education in lower-middle Tennessee has been our goal during much of the past year,” said Boyd, adding that the mural is a reminder of UT’s impact in Lincoln [...]
Had a great time walking around downtown Springfield (IL) with Mark McDonald discussing the process and history of the Farmers Market Mural and the Frank Lloyd Wright mural, as well as the community mural in Brown County and the Whitetail Properties mural in Pittsfield, IL. Mark and his crew just does a fabulous job with [...]
"We want to have a UT mural in every county in the state!" When I heard those words spoken by the marketing director of UT to the local Bristol, TN news reporter while I sat nearby cleaning my brushes after just finishing the most recent UT mural/ sign painting, it took me a minute to [...]
2020 Best Public Art/ Mural (Illinois Times, Springfield,IL) Always an honor to work with our good friends at Grab-A-Java on these fun and creative (and sometimes tongue in cheek) banners. Over the past few years, we have knocked out a few of these that have become locally (and partially nationally) famous. Very happy that they [...]
Working closely with our good friends at Grab-A-Java in Springfield, we have come up with a few creative banners commemorating pop culture, events, and social issues. This all comes with great love and admiration of the original banners that were created over the many years by the original owner of Grab-A-Java who painted countless banners [...]
In 2018 we began a whirlwind marketing campaign with Certified Angus Beef® as part of 40th anniversary ‘Brand the Barn‘ initiative. The project consisted of painting the CAB logo on 40 barns in 27 states from March - October. It was an amazing adventure and wonderful time getting to work with and meet so many [...]
Drovers magazine is the go to magazine for the cattle industry and being interviewed for their monthly "I'm A Drover" section is a distinct honor. Click Here to read the full article and interview
I am very excited to announce that FreeSky Studios will be working in partnership with Certified Angus Beef, traveling around the United States painting 40 barns with the CAB logo as part of their 'Brand the Barn' celebration. Our first barn is NEXT WEEK, starting off in South Carolina, then jumping over to Georgia, Arkansas [...]
A few months ago, my wife and I were interviewed for an article in The Restorer magazine for the college she works for (Lincoln Christian University). I always find it interesting that anyone would find our "story" unique and interesting enough to write about, let alone publicize. I know EVERYONE who walks in faith has [...]
