(710) Freeway @ Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd @ 11350 Wright Rd.
(actual city approved concept may differ)
Mark Kudler designed the pole cover based on the Lynwood Kight's colors and on the Knight's shield. The pole cover also uses the shield, City logo and the All-American City award to assimilates the "military rack" of medals and ribbons displayed on military uniforms.
Rick Robinson designed the Lynwood Knight in a charge on a horse using his distinctive "primitive pop" artwork which he will paint and glaze. The artwork will be illuminated with hidden lights.
These two gentlemen have accomplished so much in the sign industry and in their communities. They now want to create something new just for the City of Lynwood. Mark and Rick want to do something never done before by incorporating artwork into the structural steel of a bulletin. They are calling it “BullArt” (Bulletin + Artwork). The objective is to create an iconic landmark by having a well-known artist like Rick work with Mark who is a well-known sign designer. Since both are industry leaders in the out-of-home industry (also called “Outdoor Advertising”), they had to design something that would also be commercially acceptable to advertisers.
They started with the concept to utilize the colors of the Lynwood High School logo of the Lynwood Kight mascot (Purple and Gold). As can be seen below in Mark’s bio, he already designed the Marco Firebaugh High School Sculpture Garden, so he wanted to do something to honor the Lynwood Knights. As can be seen in Rick’s bio, he is an abstract artist that has a focus on “primitive pop” art that assimilates Native American art.
