GRAPHIC DESIGN
STEPHANIE ZELLER
MURALS
BURNETT ELEMENTARY
During my senior year of high school, I was informed that a nearby elementary, Burnett, was looking to make its library more exciting to its students—a place for imagination to take hold. They didn't have the money to pay me for my work, but they gave me free rein in terms of design and execution. I worked for months around my school, work, and sports schedule, often coming in before school started to make progress. It was a wonderful experience and remains at that library today.
APARTMENT SUNFLOWERS
My first apartment needed some light. At the time, I didn't have enough art to adequately cover my walls, so I painted this little mural in a few hours to brighten my mornings.
LIVING ROOM ASTRONAUT
When some friends of mine expressed the need for some wall art, I jumped at the opportunity to paint them a crazy mural for their living room. I designed, projected and then painted this rather illusionistic work during 2017. Unfortunately, the complex has now painted it over, so it remains immortalized in this photograph.
BABY LOGAN
A good friend's older sister recently gave birth to her first child, Logan. She allowed me the honor of spending a day painting the entire wall of his first nursery. The rest of the room's decor was made to match the whimsical scenery of my painting. So far, he seems to like it!
LIVING ROOM DECOR
This was my first living room painting. It takes up the size of the wall, as can be seen in the accompanying time-lapse. This, too, was painted on an apartment wall, and therefore no longer exists in this form.
Late Summer, 2016
LUTHERAN SOUTH ACADEMY CAFETERIA
Not long after I graduated high school, I was commissioned to complete a mural for my old cafeteria. This mural is quite large—approximately 12-15 feet high—and sits on the main wall of the all-school cafeteria, which doubles as a meeting space and events area.
CHILDHOOD HOME
My first attempt at any artwork on any wall was this—the wall of my childhood bedroom. In the middle of winter break I missed the sun and the water, so I spent a few hours creating this foamy wave to improve my spirits.