Portrait of My Father

Brad Downey

Artist Brad Downey looked to the sky for his first project in Atlanta. Portrait of My Father, an aerial banner, featured a cloud taken from an old photograph of Downey’s father piloting an airplane. As Downey explained, “even today when I think of my father I imagine him somewhere in the clouds looking at vast landscapes imagining how slow the rest of the world is moving… The portrait is not just the cloud but also the plane and the pilot.”

The banner traveled through Buckhead, Midtown, Virginia-Highlands, Poncey-Highlands, Inman Park, Little Five Points, Candler Park, Kirkwood, Reynoldstown, Decatur, Old Fourth Ward, Cabbagetown, Grant Park, Downtown, Castleberry Hill, and the Westside.

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Meet the Artist sponsored by Creative Loafing and Room & Board.