http://www.freeskystudios.com/wordpress Up to date info on what is going on at Free Sky Studios Fri, 22 May 2009 22:53:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hola! So, after a couple consultation meetings we finally got the green light to start on the Mexican Hacienda mural for this client. This mural is 15' x 5' and is on the main wall in their kitchen. The client travels to Mexico as often as they can and wanted ... http://www.freeskystudios.com/wordpress/?p=52 After the completion of the Sunstone Mural done for the Maya Buffet in Springfield, Illinois, the owners requested an additional piece to be added based off of a hand embroidered Aztec cloth featuring a traditional Aztec Warrior. Free Sky Studios muralist Michael Mayosky added the additional background showing a fiery ... http://www.freeskystudios.com/wordpress/?p=45 One of the nicest set of interior murals painted by Mike has to be the set of alcoves and Greek themed statues painted at Augies Front Burner in downtown Springfield, IL. This long, narrow restaurant has a very sophisticated menu and ambiance to match thanks in a large part to ... http://www.freeskystudios.com/wordpress/?p=38 Well, over the weekend Mike went out and pulled an all nighter and kicked out the mural shown here for the Maya Buffet Restaurant in downtown Springfield, IL. We had previously researched the Aztec sunstone and got the approval to do a simplified version of one on the side of the ... http://www.freeskystudios.com/wordpress/?p=30 [caption id="" align="alignright" width="298" caption="Dominic does not fit in at the nursery"][/caption] Who doesn't love cute tales of nature and the outdoors? Well, at least I enjoy them and think they are great fun to illustrate. This project is for  children's book about Dominic, an orphaned tree. I started working on ... http://www.freeskystudios.com/wordpress/?p=34 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Mike painting Marilyn for the Route 66 Mother Road Festival"][/caption] Once again, thanks in part to Mike's busy schedule, he started working on painting the window of Cafe Brio for the annual Route 66 Mother Road Festival the night before it began. "I am not grandstanding, I'm just ... http://www.freeskystudios.com/wordpress/?p=27 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="click on the image to view the video"][/caption] On Thursday September 18th, our wonderfully talented lead artist, Mike Mayosky was interviewed while painting the alley project for the Trout Lily Cafe. link to the article on the WCIA site Springfield Murals Reported by: Blake Wood / WCIA 3 & MyCFN ... http://www.freeskystudios.com/wordpress/?p=15 Mike has just finished up a very nice mural in the alley on the north side of the Trout Lily Cafe in downtwon Springfield, Illinois. The drab alleywall is a popular walkway with a lot of the downtown workers and we recieved many positive comments from people walking ... http://www.freeskystudios.com/wordpress/?p=7 Keeping with the progress of trying to keep the world informed  of what is happening with our fine company, we have just finished setting up this lovely blog. Please take a minute to  sign up to receive RSS feeds and stay up to date on everything that we are doing. ... http://www.freeskystudios.com/wordpress/?p=1