STIR is a competition where colors picked from the Sherman-Williams collection can connect back to my design concept as well as create a beautifully painted commercial space. By redesigning this local historic train depot into a residential, studio and gallery space a new beginning is created within this space. I incorporated my concept, without movement there is no change, throughout the use of a gradient color scheme. The train depot was the place people visited to experience adventure. Smoke is how the train is able to travel to a variety of regions, while the single front headlight breaks any darkness, clearing the way and exposing the path ahead. As the distance of the element increases the source begins to fade. The trips took many days at a time which the dark colors represented within my gallery entry. The concentrated power is also represented through the use of dark, rich colors. As your eye rises, the colors begin to fade as well. I turned to dark, deep blues to represent the dark, thick smoke and the nights many people encountered through their journey. The light neutral paint colors balance this darkness by incorporating a lighter, less-intense, relaxed atmosphere. By using the ColorSnap app by Sherman-Williams I was able to find the perfect balance and compliments of my main color scheme. Sherman-Williams paint colors allowed my space to have the impact I intended it to have. Hopefully I will be entering many more competitions as they come to enhance my digital poster representation techniques as well as being able to explore the hundreds of paint colors Sherman-Williams has to offer.
