Painting the north face

When Tim Hamilton, head of The North Face creative, needed to wow the CEO and board executives, he called on SF Bay Murals. We chose to paint the original drawing of The North Face Logo designed by David Alcorn in 1971. This project called for an ultra-tight deadline with size and surface challenges that took the skill and challenging project management.

Candice opened a Vietnamese restaurant and needed some art to fit her vision. Anh’s Vietnamese restaurant is a tribute to Candice’s mother, who immigrated here during the fall of Saigon. She wanted some way to show the struggles her mother endured. The boat she used to cross the Atlantic seemed a perfect symbol. Unfortunately, no photos of the craft survive today. After searching high and low, we found an image of a ship similar but was not exact. So, we needed to tweak a mock-up multiple times until Anh felt the depiction of the boat was perfect. Then the hard part started, drawing eight feet by four feet, framing it, and lighting it. With this piece alongside Anh’s cooking, patrons leave with a sense of her proud family’s history.

Happy To Help Andy!