Purple Palace Mural

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FFCC99" ALINK="#009D74" VLINK="#FF9966"> <div> <IMG SRC="29a8ce7e0.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Purple Palace Mural</div> <div> <IMG SRC="2df622a10.jpg" border=0 width="802" height="417" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Of all the murals I've done, this is the one I'm most proud of. Connie, of the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#9933FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.thepurplepalace.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thepurplepalace.org"><U>Purple Palace</U></A></FONT>, had seen another mural I painted for "Lalo's" a Mexican restaurant </div> <div> in San Diego and asked if I would consider doing one for the kids she rescues off the streets in Tijuana, Mexico. I couldn't think of a better way to </div> <div> "Give Back" and so I agreed. Most of these kids come from dangerous streets and abandoned by family. </div> <bR> <div> I came up with this mural which has children being led along the beach by Pegasus and holding onto a purple ribbon.</div> <div> I painted 16 different animals for them to find including two monkeys, snake, gecko, woodpecker, frog, armadillo, mouse, dolphins, whale, seagull & more.</div> <div> There is a purple palace on the upper left side  (see below) all within a tropical, Baja setting. </div> <bR> <div> In the photo above are some of the little kids that the Purple Palace helps to stay healthy and safe who posed in front with me.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="28edf7210.jpg" border=0 width="247" height="289" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="28e6241f0.jpg" border=0 width="292" height="287" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="28e807230.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="291" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="28eb2b260.jpg" border=0 width="299" height="294" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Purple Palace            kids and dolphins                  Pegasus                     hidden armadillo</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Below is a brief quote from their site and a clue about the importance of their work.</div> <div> "In 2001, we began renting a big warehouse in the heart of the Red Light district for $1000 dollars a month.</div> <div> We had volunteers renovate this warehouse to become a pleasant place with a dormitory for boys, 2 living areas, </div> <div> a dining area, a kitchen and 2 bathrooms. , We had 20 boys.These boys were ones that roamed the streets all night , </div> <div> would be raped, some were doing drugs and selling them, some would sell little girls to pediphiles for $10 each. </div> <div> When they were bored, they would find drunks on the sidewalk and take their alcohol , </div> <div> pour it all over them...</div> <bR> <div> <B>more...</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.thepurplepalace.org/about_us.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thepurplepalace.org/about_us."><U>http://www.thepurplepalace.org/about_us.php</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> _____________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="paintingpurplepalace.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Painting the Purple Palace mural"><U>(click to see how this mural was painted)</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="paintingpurplepalace.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Painting the Purple Palace mural"><U><IMG SRC="291872560.jpg" border=0 width="114" height="86" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> YOUTUBE VIDEO OF PURPLE PALACE VISIT:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adPPuhj1y68" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adPPuhj1y"><U>SDSU UCSD Circle K at the Purple Palace Orphanage </U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>     <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#A6CAF0" FACE="Times New Roman" >  <script type="text/javascript"> var page_name = ''; var invisible = ''; function sE(){return true;}window.onError=sE; var ui='rik';var rn=Math.random();var base=top.document; var qry=ui+':3::'+escape(base.referrer)+'::'+screen.width +'x'+screen.height+'::'+screen.colorDepth+'::'+escape(page_name) +'::'+invisible+'::'+rn+'::'+escape(base.URL); document.write('<a href="http://www.web-stat.com/stats/'+ui+'.htm'); document.write('"><img src="http://server4.web-stat.com/count.pl?'); document.write(qry+'" border="0" alt="web stats analysis"/><\/a>'); </script><noscript><a href="http://www.web-stat.com"> <img src="http://server4.web-stat.com/3/rik.gif" border="0" alt="web stats analysis"></a></noscript>   </FONT></div> <div> Murals Fantastic is the online portfolio for San Diego, California artist & muralist Rik Erickson.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> All images are © Copyright 2000 - 2001 by Rik Erickson, and may not be reproduced, </div> <div> copied, displayed, or used in any way without written permission.</div> <div> All rights reserved.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#A6CAF0" FACE="Times New Roman" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EGO</FONT></div> </BODY>