Shawn Michael Warren, Muralist
May 25, 2021
3 minutes
INTERVIEW BY SAM STALL
Photograph by
KATRINA WITTKAMP
HAD YOU HEARD OF MAJOR TAYLOR BEFORE APPLYING FOR THIS MURAL PROJECT?
I was familiar with who he was, but I didn’t know that he was the first African-American world champion cyclist.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO DO THE MURAL IN MONOCHROME RATHER THAN COLOR?
Because there are no color images of him. But I paint the majority of my large-scale murals in monochrome. I believe it looks very timeless. It’s a theme I’ve
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