Consistently ranked as one of the best children's hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report, Children's serves as the pediatric referral center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Children's serves as a primary teaching, clinical and research site for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Atrium
Melinda French Gates
Ambulatory Care Building
Children’s Hospital, Seattle
The Melinda French Gates Ambulatory Care Building houses more than 100 exam rooms, plus faculty offices, team work rooms, procedure rooms, consult/education rooms, audiology booths and testing rooms, blood-draw rooms, reception areas and a sibling playroom.
My second Children’s Hospital commission was a 120 x 20 foot mural on three substrate - drywall, perforated metal and glass - for the Melinda French Gates Ambulatory Care Building. The building, and the mural, were cover features on Healthcare Design magazine and Health Facilities Management magazine. My mural was an undersea environment, Sound Garden, dominated by a Giant Pacific Octopus, nicknamed “Candy” by some of the Hospital patients. I painted the majority of the mural in oil on canvas and subcontracted the glasswork to artist Irene D’Aloisio, who sand-carved my design into four 4x9 foot glass panels. Irene and I also worked together on a second glass project at the King County Courthouse.
