Work samples

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    Murals about local history Horse track, betting, and prohibition
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    Underground railroad mural

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    John and Matilda O'neill

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    Duckzilla

About ezra

I have been an artist/muralist around the Baltimore area, mostly in Havre de Grace, for over 20 years.  I graduated from MICA.  My art usually deals with local themes.  Visually my style is a combination of local ideas and history sometimes mixed with surrealism and a touch of whimsy.

Currently I am working on a large scale historical mural project in an alley with large walls, collaborating with real estate owner Allen Fair, on Market street near Bourbon street in Havre de Grace.  … more

a selection of ideas

This gives a basic overview of my style.  I try to marry bold colors, landscapes, architecture, surrealism, and whimsy to create a different way of looking at the world around us.  There is a shallow depth of field that is deliberate to create bold colorful images.

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    this is an opportunity to paint local landscapes, but slightly alter it to make it more interesting, surreal
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    bulle rock restaurant entrance

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    havre de grace bridge mural
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    laurrapin grille mural.jpg
    shakedown street
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    rose ladies.jpg
    rose ladies
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    crab infiltration Havre de Grace.jpg
    crabs taking over downtown historic district
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    Amsterdam.jpg
    red light district, brothels
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    german dinner.jpg
    prost
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    scientists.jpg
    invention oil painting

NEW OUTDOOR MURAL PROJECT in HAVRE de GRACE

This is a current project underway that real estate owner Allen Fair and I are working on to help give visuals to our local Havre de Grace history and culture.  We are excited about the attention and overall support this project has gotten.

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    Red Onion (Brothel Mural), and the next two murals underway, the Underground railroad, and the skipjack maritime mural.
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    The Dream Race at the Graw is about our local race track that once was a huge tourist attraction and part of our local economy. It was a very exciting time in our local history. the small mural that is attached to it is part of the story following the great Citation from arrival, the winning the race, to the celebration afterwards.
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    Underground Railroad (incomplete) and the Red Onion Brothel Mural
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    This one made the Baltimore news after Lowell Melser picked up the controversy of several locals who thought the mural was too descriptive for public art. Allen and I chose the edit the original so that we won back the majority of the people who were upset about it. An overwhelming amount of public support came forth at the same time. The idea proved to be a hot topic that had many people talking about forgotten local history, our wild past, public art, easthetic beauty, and our town.

more ideas


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    bathroom mural fish underwater.jpg
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    bulle rock restaurant.jpg
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    desert myth.jpg
    something combining hunger/thirst, mythology, and woman as goddess
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    fish in wine glasses.jpg
    different tastes, dry red and semi-sweet white, different ways of viewing things, discussing a book after dinner
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    floating boats sunset lighthouse.jpg
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    I worked at the Plumpton Park Zoo for a brief time to make ends meet, this is Jimmy.
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    mazehead.jpg
    My sons loved bedtime stories and the father and son bonding time.
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    innocently on vacation enthralled by the beauty of nature, nature can so quickly take us when it is our time
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    woman relaxing in tub surreal.jpg
    woman sending calm waves of emotion to a boat riding on her waves, like the moon influencing the tides

Larger and larger projects

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    Under Chesapeake or Gone Fishin
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    this is a painting I wish I never sold. I always liked it and as you know, artists dont always love their work.

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    this is me playing with colors. when I return from the paint store with new colors, I get so excited to try for new things. playful
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    my kids loved the jurassic park movies. this is my attempt to captivate them with paintings. it worked. these were their favorites.

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more murals

I have been doing a large scale along with real estate manager Allen Fair.  The project has grown into a multi year project focusing on Havre de Grace's rich (and sometimes seedy) history.  These murals are part of a larger idea to convert the surrounding area into a community park and outdoor venue space as well turn the interior of the building into the area's largest cultural center, Harmer's Town Art Center.  (www.harmerstown.org).

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    the tradition of decoy carving, these are the most well known guys who started that, most notably Madison Mitchell, third from the left.
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    the susquehannock Indians are an often misrepresented story in our history books. We are trying to tell the story blunt and honestly.
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    The fury of the race must have been exciting event to behold back in the days of the Graw track.
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    panorama of the park area.
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    around the corner of the building, the newspaper boys delivering the news
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    city hall, council chambers
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    the grain mill with covered bridge (which has been destroyed)
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    when the circus came through town, it was an exciting time
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    WORK IN PROGRESS. To honor our veterans.
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    the political show, a sketch for a mural in Washington DC.

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murals

  • the midwives
    the midwives
  • evonik mural side 2
    evonik mural side 2
  • mural on evonik
    mural on evonik
  • the newspaper delivery boys
    the newspaper delivery boys
  • farm store in monkton
    farm store in monkton
  • head on head wind
    head on head wind
  • jazz band
    jazz band
  • speakeasy painting
    speakeasy painting
  • when the circus comes to town
    when the circus comes to town
  • spirit of the susquehannock
    spirit of the susquehannock

Murals

  • Macgregor
    Macgregor

Amigo

  • Poe in a rowboat
    Poe in a rowboat
  • Ouija board
    Ouija board
  • Pimp negotiating
    Pimp negotiating
  • Old man fishing
    Old man fishing
  • The storyteller
    The storyteller
  • When once the stars did guide us
    When once the stars did guide us
  • Fatz the hack machanic
    Fatz the hack machanic
  • Fishing by the moon phase
    Fishing by the moon phase
  • Edgewood experiments
    Edgewood experiments
  • Bourbon moonshine
    Bourbon moonshine