Mayor Strange's press conference in downtown Montgomery, AL, to announce that Sunny Paulk will paint the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March mural. January 22, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
Priming begins on the wall at 129 Montgomery Street facing Lee Street. January 31, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
Day two of priming. Welcome to February, the coldest month in Montgomery. February 1, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
The Valspar swatches.Thanks to the guys at Lowe's for being so helpful and awesome!!!
Laying in color. Corey Spearman, an Alabama State University art student, arrives on the scene. February 6, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
Layering and mixing color background. Auburn Montgomery art student Kaylee Hobbs arrives on the scene. February 7, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
Sunny, Kaylee, and Alabama State University art student Tamika Johnson continue to layer background colors. February 7, 2015. Photo by Russell Estes
Time to snap chalk gridlines and start sketching. February 8, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
Sunny and Kaylee measuring and snapping the grid. February 8, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
Corey sketches out the figures in each grid square with a Sharpie. February 8, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
At the end of the day, two Alabama State Troopers appear on the wall to await the marchers. February 8, 2015. Photo by Sunny Paulk
The marchers arrive. February 13, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
The trusty supply cart. February 13, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
Corey continues to sketch, patiently waiting to paint. You must sketch before you paint, grasshopper. February 13, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
Marchers continue to appear. February 14, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
Alabama State University theatre student Charlyn Massey arrives on the scene to begin highlights. February 15, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
The National Guard appears on the wall to protect the marchers. February 15, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
Trying to get the lines of the flag poles straight. February 20, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
The wall is filling up! February 20, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
February 21, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
February 21, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
Bikers from the #Selma50ride start to arrive in downtown Montgomery and stop to check out Sunny and Corey in action. February 21, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
Third tier of scaffolding is added. Sunny and Corey working through an especially cold day to meet the deadline. February 27, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
Almost there!!! February 27, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
The finishing touches. February 28, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
The signing of the mural. February 28, 2015. Photograph by Silvia Giagnoni
The finished mural. February 28, 2105. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
March 6, 2015. Photo by Scott Phillips
Sunny Paulk with Ashley Ledbetter, head of the Public Art Commission March 6, 2015. Photography by DiAnna Paulk
A million thanks to Scott Phillips for this time-lapse video!!! The photos were shot on a Nikon D600 mounted to a tri-pod with the timer set to capture an image every 20 seconds. Using Lightroom, he processed more than 10,000 images. The video was created using Final Cut Pro X and the music came from iStock (Positive Acoustic by Fleisis). https://vimeo.com/123544877
The historic marker is up! December 7, 2016.
The historic marker. December 7, 2016.