Drop in a question of your very own BY CLICKING HERE or by emailing 25-year Vermilion County reporter Jennifer Bailey at [email protected] . This week's Bailey Buzz questions had me talking to an inspiring Georgetown artist, finding out more about Ridge Farm's Sesquicentennial celebration that is Friday and Saturday, and with the school year ending, learning of a returning Garfield Park basketball tournament in Danville that encourages young people to be safe in the summer.
Artist Aaron Schmit, Georgetown, uses a sprayer as he paints a mural on the side of the building at 905 S. Neil in Champaign on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Artist Aaron Schmit of Georgetown checks the saved images he made on his computer before transferring them to the wall as he paints a mural on the side of the building at 905 S.
Neil St. in Champaign on Wednesday. Can you tell me about the Georgetown man who painted a barn near Cissna Park using a giant flag.
Has he painted other barns? I sought out the artist in question, who himself is widely being sought after for various area projects. Aaron Schmit, 34, of Georgetown, had been working at a slot machine shop in Georgetown when he picked up a paint brush for the first time four years ago. He has no art training but painting seems to come naturally to this artist.
"My life was in the worst downward spiral," Schmit said. He put down the alcohol bottle and picked up a paint brush and started painting. He first painted on wood/plywood, when someone st.
