Hockey World Cup: 3D murals adorn walls of Bhubaneswar city
As part of the beatification programmes of the capital city on the occasion of the Men’s Hockey World cup, a team of four international artists were assigned by the authorities for painting 3D murals on five walls Bhubaneswar. Tracy Lee Stum from Southern California and her team members Julio, G Dler and Ana Ronen painted murals in five different areas of the city.
The artists have arrived to the city 16 days back to carry out the beatification process. They were assigned one design each in different areas. Tracy painted a 3D mural of children playing swings and slides in front of Utkal University, Julio, a native of Los Angeles, painted mural of hockey players in Jaydev Vihar, Dler, a resident of Las Vegas, painted a 3D mural of Indian trucks in Nayapalli and Ronen from Houston painted a pangolin in Acharya Vihar area of the City.
The artists have been assisted by the local painters and the students of BK College of Arts and Crafts. The team have also painted a mural of energy efficient light bulbs in Nayapalli.
Tracy Lee Stum
“We have been working as a team from last couple of years. All the designs were prepared by Sayak Mitra,” said Tracy Lee Stum.
“Mitra was also supposed to come to the City, but he could not make it. We have painted the murals using the house paint colours,” added Tracy
“We usually make the blueprint of the designs through hand sketching and software like Adobe Photoshop. We paint 3D murals for creating an illusion which the people witness while crossing the paintings,” Julio said.
The artists also have plans to paint a mural on a wall inside the Kalinga Stadium. The mural having dynamic hockey players will be designed by Mitra and will be painted by the artists of the country.
The team of international artists said that they could have some time from their schedule and visit the temples of the City. “As artists, we were left awestruck by the temples of the city. Besides this, we also got a chance to taste some local dishes, including prawns,” Julio said.
The Men’s Hockey World Cup is scheduled on Wednesday, 28th November 2018 in Bhubaneswar. The authorities have also arranged special packages for the visitors who are coming to witness the world cup.
