click for larger image (photo credit Ron Lewis)
Francis Building Mural
Half Moon Bay, California
Summer 2003
The process of developing a design for this mural was very dynamic,
very much organic, and intuitively driven.  When Charles Nelson first
approached us with his idea, we were immediately drawn to his
exciting energy and vision.  Knowing the importance of composition,
he was very encouraging about not putting everything into a perfect
box.  This, in turn, unleashed a flood of design and concept
possibilities.  

We were quite fortunate for the many valuable occasions where we
met with persons who shared their memories and experiences in this
community.  We are grateful for the many generous individuals who
provided countless resource information through documents, archives,
and other media.  Through all of this, it became clear that Half Moon
Bay has a living, breathing history; one that originates in the past and
sustains the present to help guide the future.  

In order to depict something not bound by the conventions of linear
time, we needed a design that appears to emerge out of time; a design
where the events which shape Half Moon Bay take place
simultaneously.  A square frame could not contain such an image.  On
the contrary, its edges and contours would be guided instinctively, as
the coastline delineates our own natural geography.  Held together by
the relation between different traditions, cultures, views and
commitments, the design is free to reflect the forms and colors as they
once emanated through the different words of different people: vividly.
Adriana Yadira and Claudio