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Theresa Brandon: Illustrator, Photographer

Paint The Town, Morrison, Illinois

3/28/2013

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One of our favorite family events since 1994 is Paint The Town in Morrison, Illinois. "For one Saturday, each September, Morrison’s downtown is transformed into an outdoor canvas for hundreds of amateur artists of all ages who gather to Paint the Town. The Children’s Art Preservation Association created this unique family art event as a way for the community to participate in the arts together, as families and individuals. The focus of the event is the painting of five- foot squares on and around Morrison’s Main Street. The number of squares painted has grown steadily since the event’s debut in 1994, when 250 squares were painted to the nearly 2000 squares that have been painted in recent years.. More than 6,000 attend the event annually to enjoy the painting, variety of entertainment, and great food."

My brother, R. Joe Brandon, has created videos document various years of  Paint the Town  including a massive mural that I designed and coordinated the work of 26 family members in 2009. Paint The Town is sponsored by the Children's Art Preservation Association, a group that is a prime example of the pride that Morrison takes in Art Education.

Here are some of my paintings from previous years of Paint the Town




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Tempera on glass, backed by inked mylar.
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Recursive me! Tempera, mirrors, drawings, prints. If you stood on the X painted on the ground in front of the window, you would appear reflected in the rectangular mirror and it looked like the painted me was painting you!
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Permanent mural, True Value Exterior Paint
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2009 Permanent Mural, True Value Exterior Paint
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8/11/2015 12:09:04 pm

Wow! This event really makes my heart tumble! I like the people who can simply draw how much more those people who can paint? I love to watch them starting doing their work of arts, but to tell you the truth, I don’t have any gift of paintings, but I want to learn, but because of my busy schedules, I don’t have time to go to school of art nowadays, maybe five years from now. This is amazing!

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3/9/2023 09:19:07 pm

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