Commercial Tile Murals
Public Buildings
Clock Tower on the Country Club Plaza,
Kansas City, MO
This is the most recent tower added to the Plaza in 1992. Miller Nichols commissioned three 5¹-in-diameter tile clocks to be designed by Carolyn. He wanted Spanish scenes and only diamond shapes, no numbers, to note the time. Carolyn added her own creative touches with birds and people. Miller Nichols and J.C. Nichols Company commissioned Carolyn as the tile artisan for the Country Club Plaza, the historic shopping district in Kansas City, MO, built in the style of Seville, Spain. As new facilities are added or refurbished, Carolyn creates new murals and designs as well as replacing deteriorating tiles throughout the district.
Truman East Medical Center, H & R Baby Center, Lee¹s Summit, MO.
This became a community project with Lee¹s Summit High School art students and the Public Relations Coordinator at Truman. The students came to Payne Creations Studio several times to create this wall. Carolyn drew the logo and placed the large animals in the mural. The students then added expressions and smaller animals for character. It was a fun project and the colors worked well to coordinate with the logo colors. A recognition plaque was also added to the side of the mural.
KC Free Health Clinic 2002
This 13¹x 6¹ mural is done in floating fashion so donor name tiles can be added later if needed. Over $2 million was raised and a new building was purchased and renovated. Over 200 names were added to the kaleidoscope designs according to amounts donated.
