Global Lounge commons

Boise, ID

2021

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Commemorative Mural for Coach Dip

of the park heights saints

Baltimore, MD

2021

After learning of the tragic hit and run death of Garrick Williams Jr., aka “Coach Dip” of the Park Heights Saints in Baltimore City, MD in early 2021, I was compelled to donate my time, talent and services to create this memorial mural for his family, which overlooks the fields where he coached and connected with so many young men in a positive way.

Garrick Williams Sr. founded the Park Heights Saints Youth Mentorship & Football program over 20 years ago, with the help of his son, Dip, and sponsored by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. It has served the community of Park Heights well over the years, acting as an oasis of safety, fun and positivity.

Volunteers include men from the local New Vision House of Hope drug addiction recovery house, Rise City Church & Grace Fellowship Church.

Santorini island mural beautifies dining room of new restaurant

February 2020

Kirk Seese paints a 25 foot mural depicting a sunset view of Santorini Island in Greece for the newly renovated Maria’s of Reisterstown Restaurant in Reisterstown, MD. The artwork took about one week to complete during the COVID 19 pandemic outbreak, which was a perfect time to paint considering the restaurant was closed to the public.

Look for the Grand Opening of Maria’s Restaurant in late 2020!

Work In Progress Video Coming Soon!

New ownership at sorrentos means a whole new look

March 2020

Step one in the new vision for Sorrento’s of Arbutus is to bring the flavor of Italy to this long established neighborhood landmark, by way of a beautiful mural depicting the Italian coastal town where it’s name was derived, Sorrento. Sorrento’s has been a staple of this hard working, blue collar Maryland town, and is now getting a much needed make over!

Kirk Seese of BB Murals spent one week during the COVID 19 pandemic in this closed dining area painting this gorgeous scene that will surely inspire future customers for decades to come.  Stay tuned for more changes including a faux wood texture and Venetian Plaster covering the walls to complete the rustic Italian Villa ambiance.

Work In Progress Video Coming Soon!

New Mural lights up outdoor dining area

in local Baltimore Restaurant

Fall 2019

Kirk Seese takes a bare white wall at the historic Hazelwood Inn, and transforms it into a tropical paradise! Come slide up to an imaginary tiki bar for a drink and some crabs, lobster or shrimp, then eat some real seafood from the Hazelwood Inn kitchen. Known for their mouth-watering King Crab legs and Red Sangria, the Hazelwood Inn is a delightful stop on your way home from work.

To complete the look in Spring of 2020, owner Elias Rizakos plans to add string lights, hanging paper lanterns, surf boards, buoys and real palm trees to this area. He also has plans to replace the white fence with something more substantial that would match the artwork.

 100 foot mural helps advertise local businesses

during the COvid 19 pandemic

The Green Room Billiards Club, Dundalk, MD

2020

BREWERY FIRE MURAL

EPIC FAN ART MURAL PAINTED AT NEW TANEYTOWN BREWERY

Custom mural for the Grand Opening of Brewery Fire in Taneytown, MD, Sept. 2019. This piece depicts a futuristic cantina scene filled with the owners most favorite characters from tv, film and gaming. We plan to create a Scavenger Hunt list for their customers to use while enjoying the outdoor beer garden mural to hunt for all the Easter Eggs hidden within the artwork, as well as photo ops in front of the mural sitting on that orange chair.

In addition to the exterior mural, I painted a smaller interior piece as faux space-aged machinery. Again, chock full of numeric Easter Eggs from the owners favorite scifi/fantasy films and games.

Ripley from Alien, Samus from Metroid and George Costanza.

Add Aslan from the Chronicles of Narnia and Indiana Jones.

Add Paul Atreides from the film Dune.

Authors CS Lewis & JRR Tolkein, who were great friends in real life.

Gnarf from 80’s TV animated cartoon Thundercats, Mog from Final Fantasy, Link from the Legend of Zelda franchise, both Sarah Conner and the T-800 model from the film franchise Terminator, Gandalf from Lord of the Rings.

Gandalf & Yoda doing some parlor tricks.

Willow chillin’ with a cold one - Nelwin sized.

Close up of the T-800 model Terminator. So much fun to paint!

Mal Reynolds from the cult classic TV series Firefly, presumably waiting for his drink, and April from TMNT animated classic fingering the Turtles’ colored masks.

Sketch lines and spray paint.

Interior Muralette

Before…a blank wall.

Custom murals painted for

the Elder Pine Brewing & Blending Co.’s Grand Opening! 

Gaithersburg, MD’s newest brewery just opened in March of 2019! One of three in that area taking advantage of the agrotourism trend. Besides the brewery, canning facility and tasting room, they have the makings of a beer garden and have cleared a half acre for crops. This 17 acre, family owned, former Christmas tree farm has now grown into a pine forest, offering an enchanting and scenic backdrop for any deck party.

Funny story about these murals…since they’ve been up, Elder Pine customers have swore that the murals are actually large decals, despite the owner explaining that he personally watched me paint them. In addition, people at the bar have been spotting faces within the design so much that the bartenders now have a “pointing stick”, dowel rod to target the area’s where people say they see a face.

They’ve become quite the topic of conversation!

Mantra Fit stand up paddle board container gets a signature new look!

York Manor Pool Club

Lutherville, MD

2018

In March of 2018 I painted this 55 foot mural

in exchange for a one year membership to our local pool club.

If I could live off the barter system I would.

So rewarding! 

ClimbZone White Marsh

Middle River, MD

2017

As a wonderful turn of events,

ClimbZone Production,

the company I work for full time designing themed climbing walls for our franchised gyms,

is also in need of a muralist to create the billboard sized graphics for their non climbing walls as well.  Enter BB Murals!

So far I have painted the 50 foot logo in the Laurel location and now in the White Marsh location.

Hopefully with every new gym we open I will be the one they commission for this task.

Thanks to Terrance Briggs,  Zoe Kumpf and Jacob Seese for your assistance on this enormous project. 

Loafers Sports Bar & Grill

Catonsville, MD

2016

Aside from drawing the Sports Bar crowd, Loafers is increasingly becoming the go to spot for hot, steamed crabs in the area.

To encourage this swell of customers and to perhaps persuade onlookers towards a spontaneous crab feast,

the owner commissioned a bay scene including crabs big enough to see from the highway!

What he received is basically a 90 ft., hand-painted billboard.

This mural was completed in late summer and I still remember how hot that tin roof was as I spent can after can of spray paint. 

Pictures do not do it justice.

Black Kettle Restaurant

Catonsville, MD

2016

The Black Kettle, located on Main street in Catonsville, was a brand new establishment in need of a decorated façade that mirrored its hearty, European inspired menu of broths and stews.  This mural has it all, faux stone & stucco, a trompe l'oeil awning, windows, wrought iron railing, vines and bicycle, signage, the works!  I met a lot of curious people passing by on this one.

Because of the deeply textured surface, we decided to forgo hand painting the Bistro sign, with all its intricate details, and instead design it in Photoshop and print on aluminum sheet metal to be installed later as you see in the photos.

You'll notice two different window awning styles represented in the photos.  This discrepancy is because the owner, Noelle, changed her mind midway through the painting process.  We ultimately went for the black and white stripes that matched the side awning and the interior drapes which I think was a good choice in the end.  Flexibility is key when designing for a client.  Patience and humility as well.

That black rectangle you see below the window was purposely left to add a real flower box and kitchen herb box in the springtime.  I'm not sure if they have made it a reality but that was the plan. 

Grace Fellowship Church,

Student Lounge

Timonium, MD

2016

RSM stands for Rooted Student Ministry and is a new over arching term for the middle school and high school student ministries led by Luke Casagrande at Grace Fellowship Church.  I was asked to recreate their logo on a wall in the common area where the students hang out.  This was a one day project.  We actually filmed a time-lapse video of the event and used it as an intro to some of our RSM promotional material.

ClimbZone Laurel

Laurel, MD

2016

Another area of ClimbZone’s flagship location that I was asked to embellish. We adapted our slogan,

“It’s not about holding on, it’s about letting go”

and stretched it across the wall covering the offices and bathrooms. 

Loafers Sports Bar & Grill

Catonsville, MD

2015

More crabs for Loafers!  This time accompanied by two beer mugs 6 ft. tall.  All four sides of this building are now covered in artwork depicting either steamed crabs, the Maryland flag or scenes of the Chesapeake Bay.  Its become a landmark of Route 40.

Loafers Sports Bar & Grill

Catonsville, MD

2015

The owner, Harold, has an incredibly open mind about the exterior of his restaurant, much to my delight!

This time he has asked for a crab, Maryland flag, Chesapeake Bay scene mash up!  The entirety of this mural faces a busy Route 40 intersection in Ellicott City/Catonsville and offers the commuters something to look at while waiting for the light to change.

Maybe even transporting them to a lazy dusk on a pier of the bay for a split second... 

MOM's Organic Market

Timonium, MD

2014

While working a short stint on the 4am-noon shift in the MOM's produce dept. I had the opportunity to create a number of chalk board signs for the sales and special events the store was promoting on a daily basis.  Greater than that was the opportunity to decorate the hallway bridging the first floor with the lower level which houses the offices, stockroom and freezers.  The thought was to design something more employee friendly than the current cinder block wall, you know, for morale.

At MOM's there is a culture within the company based on four principles which they call "The Purple Cows"  They are as follows:  MOM's opens early and closes late for their customers, MOM's will carry out your groceries for you, MOM's owner Scott is reachable by email (which is printed on every MOM's grocery bag), and MOM's recycles just about everything you can recycle.

Besides the grocery store doubling for a recycling center, MOM's has other environmentally sound initiatives including a wind power credit exchange program, beehives on the rooftops and a few more.  I attempted to represent some of these initiatives in the mural design as a reminder to the staff of the bigger picture as they climb the stairs.  That when you are employed at MOM's you are actually contributing to something greater than yourself and making a positive impact in the world.

And I thought painting purple cows would be fun.

Grace Fellowship Church Room 140

Timonium, MD

2012

Another Children’s Ministry full room, panoramic mural.

We wanted to create a safe, enclosed feeling courtyard in a suburban/urban setting.

Thanks to my son Jacob Seese, Meg Garvin and the other volunteers for doing such a good job.

Grace Fellowship Church Room 135

Timonium, MD

2012

For this room we went with a club house / tree house theme complete with tire swing, slide and outhouse. The main “room” is used as a backdrop for skits and worship with the stage riser directly in front.

I spent a week painting this room.

Grace Fellowship Church, The Hub

Timonium, MD

2012

The Hub is an octagon shaped room that connects the children's ministry classrooms with the rest of the church building at Grace Fellowship Church in Timonium, MD.  It's the front gates of the children's ministry, where the parents sign in their child.  In fact, since these pictures were taken we have installed a floor to ceiling, climbable jungle gym complete with a curved tunnel slide in one side of this room that compliments the mural very well.  They look like they were intentionally created together.  I spent two weeks working on this panoramic explosion of color and cuteness.

Grace Fellowship Church, Room 130

Timonium, MD

2011

One of the Children's Ministry playrooms painted as if the viewer was roughly the size of an ant.  The simple shapes and bright colors appeal to the young ones.

Grace Fellowship Church, Room 155

Timonium, MD

2011

This one day mural was painted for the elementary age student ministry at Grace Fellowship Church where my family and I attend.  It was painted on fiberglass brick skin and used as a backdrop for performances and videos produced by the student ministry.

Its got a nice 80’s NY graffiti feel!

Arrow Orphanage

Baltimore, MD

2011

Let me explain how I became involved with this project because it's a doozy.  While attending the S.H.A.P.E. workshop at Grace Fellowship Church in the fall of 2010 I met a man named Mark who was sitting at the same table.  He happened to be an artist and spoke about a Texas based orphanage that he was currently volunteering at named Arrow.  He went on to explain that they were looking for a muralist to decorate a courtyard at the facility.  We exchanged numbers and I didn't hear from him until that following year.  Before I knew it I was smack dab in the middle of a time-sensitive Eagle Scout project for a 17 year-old named Christian Posko who has been working with Arrow for the past two years on a courtyard renovation project for his Eagle Badge.  The re-haul consisted of a paver stone patio, benches for sitting, four corner gardens enclosed in stone retaining walls and a mural on the wall.  This all had to be complete before his 18th birthday or else he would not receive the credit and honor of his Eagle Badge.

This courtyard is meant to be a place of peace and comfort for the young men and women who live there.

A place to cool off and reflect or just be. 

The Samaritan Women Hearth Kitchen Mural

Baltimore, MD

2011

My contribution to this collaborative effort was the hand painted lettering and the faux brick fireplace.

The beautiful fruit and vegetables were painted by Kami Tremblay, a friend and fellow muralist.

Again, its always nice to be able to incorporate scripture in my work. 

Esther's Place Interior Faux Bakery Storefront

Baltimore, MD

2011

Esther's Place is a multi location, assisted living facility serving the elderly in the Baltimore/DC region.

These murals were commissioned for the common room in one such facility

and depict a French bakery store front and a garden on the other end of the room. 

Bon Secours Hospital, Physician’s Cafeteria

“Sewing Seeds”

Baltimore, MD

2010

A commissioned piece relating the explosion of Baltimore's urban garden scene and cooperative farming to the Bible's use of farming metaphors in regards to the human soul.  I ended up meeting one of the men in the photo reference I used for this mural while attending the Beginner Farmer Training Program from Future Harvest CASA.  Funny how those two interests of mine, art and growing, collided.  Really enjoyed this project!  Anytime I can legally write scripture on a wall is a good thing. 

Greenhouse Grill

Glen Burnie, MD

2010

The Greenhouse Grill is a family owned restaurant that had a bit of empty space facing the parking lot

that the owners wanted to add some flavor to.

This was a 3 day project in the heat of summer but a fun challenge. 

Healthcare For The Homeless, Pediatrics Wing

Baltimore, MD

2010

I had the honor of decorating a portion of the newly constructed Health Care for the Homeless building, namely the Children's wing.

The new facility has the special capacity to serve three times as many people in need as their last building!

The design features the HCH Local locomotive train carrying a variety of animals

and a Lion's mouth tunnel welcoming you as the doors of the elevator open.

I like the movement and frivolity of this piece. 

Loafers Sports Bar & Grill Bathroom Doors

Catonsville, MD

2010

Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens and an un-named Ravens Cheerleader gracing the men & women's bathroom doors at Loafers Sports Bar & Grill.  These were painted in 12 hours over a two day period.  As you can see the photos were taken before I painted the faux brick on the walls.  Bit by bit I was allowed to transform this entire building, interior and exterior!

 Sears Baltimore Office Welcome Sign

Baltimore, MD

2010

These are two murals painted for the Sears Baltimore Office.  The first one depicts the Eastern Seaboard and the Sears location on it while the second shows a view of the Inner Harbor with a Sears logo and Welcome sign.

Moveable Feast

Board Room

Baltimore, MD

2010

Moveable Feast is an incredible organization that feeds people suffering from HIV/AIDS who are too sick to leave their houses, hand delivering three meals a day to thousands of people in need.  I had an intern from St. Paul's School for Girls with me on this two-day project.  Marie Rasasco was a very knowledgeable and capable assistant and is currently going to college to study theatre set design.  She spent two weeks with me that summer working on several murals.  The bike theme was chosen because of their biggest fund raiser, an annual bike race.  Although they use a van to deliver the meals.

Grace Baptist Church Gymnasium

Randallstown, MD

2009

Grace Baptist was stepping things up a notch in the gym and commissioned a logo design and painting on the gym floor.  With this project I had a chance to work with an epoxy paint from CA made to withstand the wear and tear of athletes on a daily basis. 

Afram Jewelers

Washington DC

2008

This is Afram Jeweler's new and larger location on 15th & New York Ave. in Washington DC which is just a few blocks from the old store.  They are doing very well and it was time to expand.

I spent a few days painting the sky ceiling while the electricians were lighting the store and other crew were installing the ceiling tiles.  In addition, I hand-painted an 8 ft. sign to match the existing wood furniture with the Afram logo and tagline.

It was an exciting time for Sam Morataya and Miriam Afram because they were expecting their third daughter around that same time period.  You can visit them online at www.aframjewelers.com 

 Red Snappaz Restaurant

Randallstown, MD

2008

Jamaican Jerk Chicken & fish at it’s best!

After the murals I also painted their delivery van for them.

Loafers Sports Bar & Grill

Catonsville, MD

2008

Loafers new outdoor seating area has a tropical flare enabling its patrons to relax in style.  Besides the sub tropic forest scene and trompe l'oeil archway I also painted the black top in a flagstone patio motif. 

WHUR Adscape Mural Advertisement

Washington DC

2008

The WHUR was the first major advertisement mural for BB Murals.  A collaboration with Provision Outdoor and Adworks of DC, we pulled off something rarely seen.  I wish I could say without a hitch but this job was wrought with danger and problems.  The first of which was the growing ecosystem on the rooftop in the form of a 16 ft. pond which was in the pathway of my scaffolding.  After a 5 day painting marathon, the ad was complete.  Later we discovered that changes had to be made to the design and I was back up there again to fix it.  The final design had black lettering which we thought would be more visible from afar.  In between painting the designs, the roof collapsed and was rebuilt just in time for me to paint the second time.  This was an excellent lesson for me in perseverance and determination as I satisfy my own standards as well as the clients.  It was a true test.

After the WHUR mural, I was hired on the spot to paint two more in the area seen below. tHe Granny’s Kitchen sign and Off Da Hook Tattoo’s. As partial payment I received a free tattoo on my back of my Astrological sign Sagitarious.

 True Balance Studio

Baltimore, MD

2008

There is more to come from this growing fitness center.  Ali True, owner and operator was featured in the 2008 issue of Everyday People Magazine under the Entrepreneur Spotlight, "The Business of Health".  She opened up her own club after a number of years as a personal trainer at Merritt's Gym in downtown Baltimore.  find more at www.truebalancestudio.com

American Vintage Clothing Store

Barefoot Landing, Myrtle Beach, SC

2007

This 2,300 square ft. ceiling is just the first step into transforming this space into a 50's style indoor gas station set.  Complete with paved roads, vintage cars, street lights, true to era gas pumps and American memorabilia filling the location.

I spent a week working on the scissor lift and using an airless sprayer and spray paint to achieve the faux sky look.