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Beautiful Greenwich Connecticut
April 2008
Sherry Lawler Sparks was part of a team of decorative artisans that produced faux finishes in the newly built residence of television star  . Pictures of the completed project appeared on "Live with Regis and Kelly" on June 17th, 2008. Regis had attended the star and her husband's wedding anniversary bash in the newly constructed residence. Regis commented that it was one of the most beautiful homes he's ever seen.
Sherry was invited to join a team headed by Patrick Ganino of Creative Evolution in Connecticut. Over the past year the artist has created graphics for Pat's web based projects as well as the cover of his book, "The Business of Faux" and it's audio CD jacket cover. (VISIT fauxwarehouse.com)
Sparks met up with fellow artisans who post and commune on a popular faux & mural forum (fauxforum.com - also one of Pat's projects). Working in a concerted manner had new challenges for Sherry to face. Different products, different tools, and other artist's finishes.
The team tackled the formal dining room, the master bedroom; the foyer, loggia, and main area of the TV star's office. The whole operation was incredible. As soon as a finish was complete and approved, teams of other specialists followed with lighting, flooring, and then furnishings. When the artist arrived it had been 37 days since they laid the foundation and just weeks after she left, the home was ready to live in.
Giant Paint-By-Number Mural
2007 
In 2006 Sherry Lawler Sparks was asked to direct a community mural in honor of Cesar Chavez at the Euclid Library in Anaheim, CA. The project was a co-creation of Youth Achieves (YMCA) and the Euclid Library supervising staff. The city of Anaheim deliberated for permits and guidelines.
The project was something new for Sparks. Much thought went in to how to orchestrate a dozen volunteers, many of whom had never touched a paint brush, and have the project turn out to be something the city officials and community would appreciate. "The last thing I wanted to do was help to create an eye-sore in honor of a man who had done so much for his fellow man." Sherry said.
Sparks came up with a design that was broken up with paint-by-number symbols in the different colored fields. The artist pre-mixed colors in labeled containers to match the given areas denoted by matching numbers. A master diagram was created and several copies for the volunteers in case a number was accidentally painted over or if an area was started and another artist had to take over.
"It went surprisingly well..." Sparks commented. "I was very concerned that I had not thought everything through enough. I went through hundreds of 'what ifs?' in my head in the few months before we started. I only had the volunteers for one day. The mural needed to be finished and ready to seal when I left that evening." Sparks had prepped the wall, cleaned and oil primed, the day before.
The following year the artist was asked to direct a second team to extend the mural along the west facing wall. The mural's theme included books that appear to be growing on a large tree. Teens are gathering from all over to read the books. Sparks went on to say, "Mr. Chavez was very adamant about reading. Reading and education were the tools he stressed were needed by the community to climb out of the horrible conditions they were working under. He understood the value of enlightenment."
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