Artistic Murals By: Tamara Gerkin 

"Hyla US Corporation dome and wall murals"

The Hyla Corporation, Pompano Beach, FL:  

To Filiz and Hartmut Gassman and their employees... Thank you for making my time at your company, a memorable one.   Filiz, you are a very special lady and I was always treasure my memories of us up on the scaffold each morning before our day began. Thank you for the journey... I wish you only the best that life has to offer.

Dome Side Wall, Day 27:  The client wanted the side wall to have a heavy stone look that serves as a daily reminder of the difficulty she has experiences in business.  

• The dark square represents the especially hard times. In the middle of the dark square, I placed a beautiful candle.  It represents "Hope."    I wanted to create something that reminds her that in the midst of all the difficulties of running a business, there is always "HOPE" that tomorrow will be better.  

• The candle is sitting on the edge of the stone, because in life and business, hope is often on the edge of problems. 

• The two large clusters of fruit represent "The fruit of her labor" and how hard she had to work to become successful. The lighter fruit on the left represents those times in business that are pleasurable; reaping great rewards.  The darker fruit represents the harder times. 

• The rope like shape extending from the candle, represents climbing up the ladder to success.  It is narrow and hard...  

• There are two small bunches of fruit on each end of the structure.  The light colored bunch on the left  side represents, "Good".  This "Good is indicative of people in our lives that  go out of their way to help others become successful. On the opposite end of the structure there is a cluster of fruit painted in black. This bunch  represents "Evil."   These represent  those unsavory souls that do their best to harm your ability to succeed.   These are the are cold, dark natured people that often hide  under a beautiful facade. I always light a candle and say a prayer that God will shine his goodness upon those who are intentionally cruel to others by their actions, words or lack thereof.  

These are the final photographs taken on the scaffold and on a ladder.  The dome/sky took me 11 days to complete. The wall took 27 days and 308 hours and went through a multitude of changes before it developed into what you see here.  I hope that the finale result gives the client years of pleasure and that she always remembers the journey we took in creating this piece.  I especially hope she remembers the last day when the scaffold was cleaned of all my supplies and we sat there looking at the mural.  I did my best to give her the look that she wanted in the dome and its side wall that is located over her desk. 

 (Her guardian Angels...)

Guardian Angels

Early Morning Sky

Early Morning Sky

 The sky, is an early morning sky.  It represents a new day, a new beginning, and the promise of a fresh start. Filiz, I hope that it has all the beauty you hoped it would have and so much more.   

Love, 

Tamara                         

To CMSI:

One of the absolute highlights of this project was the pleasure of getting to know the crew at CMSI construction building company in Pompano Beach, FL.  Not only were they a pleasure to work with, but they also did a beautiful job building this 6 million dollar building.   If you are ever in need of an excellent builder, I highly recommend hiring CMSI.   And Steve H, if you do not have a builder yet for your new bank yet,  give the owner/ Ed a call at CMSI (954) 978-8000. You will love their dedication to quality, craftsmanship, professionalism and philosophy that the customer always comes first.  Plus they are in your area...