Mural for Nashville Walls Project

Nashville, U.S.A.  // July, 2016

The Beautiful Decay design was symbolic of what I was going thru in my personal life in July, 2016. I'll try to quickly explain in a few sentences. For literally 20 years I lived in a self imposed shadow of anonymity. My identity, and real name were both kept highly secret. It was in June, 2016 when I started the process of stepping out of my isolated shadow. The Beautiful Decay design represents peeling away the older layers, and starting fresh. The trompe l'oeil shadow effect was the most important element of this mural. The illusion of the shadow was symbolic of the anonymity I had put myself through for over 20 years. This was my first mural painted as Tavar Zawacki :)