![]() ![]() He said Carl Funtal, owner of Cop Out Pierogies would bring out food and water to him and Flax as they worked. He said some people had traveled from Texas, Ohio and Michigan to see the mural.Įveryone from Etna has been really nice, Zermeño said. During the process, the work was already gaining the eyes of fans and passersby who visited to take pictures or watch him work. The project took Zermeño and his friend, Nick Flax, a week and a half to complete, working from 8 a.m. ![]() features Miller wearing Steelers gear and waving the Terrible Towel, artwork from his albums and mixtapes, one of Pittsburgh’s iconic sister bridges and various portraits of Miller.Īnother mural honoring Miller, who was 26 at the time of his death, is in East Liberty Who is better to gauge that than people who knew him personally?”Ī closer look at the mural. This is connected to the people that knew him best, and I wanted to make sure what I created really represented not Mac Miller but Malcolm,” he said. The mural was Zermeño’s second out-of-state project. He connected with producer and engineer E. ![]() The trip to Pittsburgh happened following another mural he painted of Miller between 20. “Even if I created something artistically on the same level, it wouldn’t have had the same energy,” he said. While Zermeño had long-time experience painting and drawing, he said he has only been painting murals professionally since 2016. “People close to Mac reached out and said we wished you would come out to Pittsburgh some time.” Zermeño painted a mural for Miller, whose real name is Malcolm James McCormick, on the side of a friend’s house after his Sept. Labs, where the late rapper and Pittsburgh native recorded his music in Etna. was happy he waited three years to paint a giant mural of Mac Miller at I.D. ![]()
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