Exterior mural · Brick · Columbus, OH · 2026
Angel Wings
A congregation with a long blank brick wall and an idea. What they wanted wasn’t decoration; they wanted a place people would stop and stand, and be photographed with wings.
THE FINISHED MURAL · WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, COLUMBUS, OH
Location
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Address
222 Schoolhouse Ln, Columbus, OH
Surface
Painted brick
Completed
July 2026
The surface
A wall begging for texture
Brick is not a neutral surface. Every course of mortar interrupts a line, and the face of each brick drinks paint at its own rate — which is exactly why the wings ended up looking like feathers instead of a decal.
Drawing
Chalk at full scale
I don't project. I chalk it, walk back across the lawn, erase most of it, and chalk it again. Feathers are all about the angle of the shoulder — get that wrong at scale and the whole thing sags.
For everyone
Wings for every size of angel
There are several pairs on this wall, and they are deliberately not all the same size. A grown adult can stand under the big span; there's a pair set low for a toddler, one at wheelchair height, and a small pair near the ground for whoever wants to sit down. Everybody who walks up to this wall gets wings that actually fit them.
[VERIFY] The specific heights (toddler / wheelchair / seated) were inferred from the photographs and have not been confirmed by the artist.
Reveal
It stopped being mine
The parishioners asked whether I could hide certain words inside the feathers. That sounded fun, so I did — they're in there, worked into the linework, and you only find them if you get close. Now the wall has a scavenger hunt in it, and finding the words isn't up to me anymore.
Process, in order
Primer and patch
Chalk layout
First color block
Feather detail
Final highlights
How it landed
People stop on the way past to stand against the wall. The wings fit whoever shows up.
Westminster Presbyterian Church — [name to confirm]
