Times Union: Works starts on next downtown Albany mural

Published by Steve Barnes in Times Union on August 15, 2018

Liz Zunon, an Albany-born artist who spent her childhood in the Ivory Coast, the west African homeland of her father, brings those disparate influences together in "Geraldine's Reverie," a mural she has begun to paint on a concrete wall in downtown Albany as part of the #CapitalWalls project.

Starting with a chalk sketch earlier this week, Zunon has put primer and otherwise prepared the wall before applying colors next week. The mural wall runs alongside a walkway next to the Clinton Avenue off-ramp from I-787 and across from the north side of the Quackenbush Garage, which features a mural of bluebirds in flight that was painted two years ago by local artist Michael Conlin. Last year, the New York City artist known as Hellbent used bright colors and patterns to create a vibrant mural on the garage's south and west sides.

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