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Check out my slightly misquoted feature in today’s newspaper! I had the chance to read it in advance and correct any errors, which I did, but sadly left them sitting in my drafts folder! Oops. Still immensely grateful for the commission and the article!
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Nikki May’s “Angles Garden” is an illustrated garden with a title inspired by the Paducah estate of Alben Barkley — the airport’s namesake and past Vice President to Harry S. Truman — poised between the mullions of the gate area’s 950-square-foot glass wall.
“This particular area goes from departures on one side to arrivals on the other, and they wanted it to convey a direction,” said May, the owner of Nikki D. May Art and Design and a Yeiser Art Center board member. “The feel of piece goes from spring to fall, implying movement in a forward direction as you walk through the security line”
May has 26 years in web design, offering branding and web solutions to clients while pursuing other projects less confined to cubicles and conference rooms.
May completed a three-story window mural earlier this year with the Broadway Mural Project, a Paducah Main Street and Creative & Cultural Council joint effort. At 315 Broadway, monarch butterflies rest on Black-eyed Susan flowers.
“I love the connection between the piece I did downtown and the piece in the airport,” she said. “I picture people arriving, seeing the work in the airport, then seeing the similar one downtown and making the connection between the two. I’m super excited about this opportunity; I know all the other finalists’ work, and any of them would have been amazing! I’m just so grateful that the committee and airport board have put their trust in me for this project.

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