Wings of Community
Five walls. One story. Augmented reality.
A five-wall masterpiece at the Orange Garden Community Center. Across the walls, a vibrant hummingbird hovers among blossoms, while an outstretched arm reaches toward butterflies and flowers — symbolizing connection and growth. On the back wall, a larger-than-life butterfly takes flight and comes alive through augmented reality.
Wings of Community was commissioned by Osceola Arts as part of their ArtisNow public art program. The brief was ambitious: transform five exterior walls of the Orange Garden Community Center into a single unified narrative that would both beautify the space and create a reason for people to visit, interact, and return. I approached it as one continuous story wrapped around the building — each wall a chapter, each chapter connected through color, motion, and symbolism. The final wall carries the project into augmented reality: the butterfly painted there can be activated through a phone, bringing the entire building to life as a living canvas.
01Wall One — The Hummingbird
A vibrant hummingbird hovers gracefully among blossoms. The opening image — movement, stillness, and the first flash of color that announces the rest of the story.
02Wall Two — The Outstretched Arm
A human arm reaches toward butterflies and flowers. The central metaphor of the piece: community as the act of reaching, offering, connecting.
03Wall Three — The Garden
Bursts of yellow, green, and blue energize the space. Bees and butterflies weave through the scene, celebrating the harmony of nature and community.
04Wall Four — The Transition
The narrative accelerates toward its conclusion. Color and form carry the eye toward the final wall — where painting becomes experience.
05Wall Five — The Butterfly (AR)
A larger-than-life butterfly takes flight. In augmented reality, it comes alive — wings moving, petals drifting — inviting viewers to step into the artwork and become part of the experience.
The AR Experience
The walls are not only painted — they are triggers. When viewed through a phone camera, the mural activates: butterflies, hummingbirds, and flowers lift from the surface into augmented space, blooming and moving where there was only paint. The goal was simple: make the building a place people come back to. Art that moves invites return visits.
The AR experience went through several iterations before the final version locked in. Each test taught something about assets, animation, tracking, and how the painted color reads through a phone camera. These are the versions on the path to the final result.
First 3D model and animation — AR Viewer’s limitations forced the design to evolve.
First asset test in the AR Viewer — verifying the 3D butterfly model, environment props, and lighting read cleanly when rotated through full orbit.
AR running against a controlled green sheet — anchor and tracking validated before going to the wall.
Weeks of painting, from scaffolding to finish line. The exterior demanded weather-resistant materials and a process that could handle Florida sun, humidity, and the occasional afternoon downpour.
Wings of Community is a permanent installation on Kissimmee’s public art map. Covered in regional press across six outlets.
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