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Chris Blarsky’s 2004 WYZEGUYZ Mural at 16350 South Golden Road

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Yes, for the record I am the one who painted the mural at 16350 South Golden Rd. in Golden CO. I finished it July of 2004. AI and Google have not correctly reported it over the years, so I thought I would create a post about it. Make sure to click on the image as I have left a high resolution pic of the completed mural one year after I finished it.

I painted it on the west side of the building that we rented as my art shop. The first panel depicts South Table top with the company name WYZEGUYZ displayed across it like the Hollywood sign in California.

Here is a series of progress pics of the mural. The actual measurements are fourteen feet high by forty feet long. My favorite part of the mural is the highlight on Bogart’s upper lip reflecting the white cigarette. I NAILED that detail!!! Also for scale reference, Marilyn’s lips are three feet wide!

I also would like the general public to know that I specifically painted this mural knowing it would deteriorate over the years and hoped that younger generations would have to figure out who these ‘celebrities’ were in American history. One side effect I had not planned on was how poignant the digital history would be. If you go look up this address in Google Maps and bring up ‘street view’ you can see the evolution of the resolution of Google’s cameras over the years. The first shot is very low resolution, ironically when the mural looked the newest. And now 22 years later the resolution is much better, but the mural continues to deteriorate, like I planned all along. Fun little fact.

LINK HERE

I am honored and humbled that the piece has lasted this long without tagging. In my next post I will go over my airbrush portrait collection briefly to satisfy any more interest. Fun to go over memories of the past.

I saw Golden Today posted a very early picture of the building early in its history HERE.

Back to the Future

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In 1927 Sparks-Withington Co (Sparton) produced this battery powered radio for $188.00. Adjusted for today’s inflation that price is now approximately $3,620.88. Most today would see this as an old relic from the past and dismiss it immediately. My grandmother passed away 10 years ago now and she told me many stories of listening to this radio. She was 8 or 9 years old, as she recalls when she first heard it. This radio manufacturer was a stone’s throw from where she grew up and I have fond memories of playing around the building where Sparton used to manufacture these in southern Michigan. The company has long since vanished, but the building still stands as so does this cabinet.

The box was built of stunning quality hardwoods and all the hinges worked great. Not bad for being almost 100 years old! The original radio had long since been dismantled and used for parts leaving only this very well crafted wooden box.

Here is a pic of the original box.

I thought it only fitting to restore this box, changing the purpose only slightly from its original use. I added 127hp of 3U eurorack space and a 1U Pulp Logic row as well as a Korg sequencer with some custom made brackets to attach it to the front door. Added a Bluetooth receiver and small amp to power my old Fisher speakers. There are of course a few of my own custom modules in there too.

Put the refurbished box into the center of the basement where it now can entertain my friends and I today.


There will never again be a time like my Grandmother’s childhood, a hundred years ago, but maybe with a little bit of luck we can hope some of these things can still be used and reused, going well into the future.