When you’ve got a lot of creative people in the workplace, it’s not uncommon to see that creativity manifested when your employees are off the clock.
What is a bit rare, however, is to see creatives exhibit the discipline and adventurousness that our art director Charlotte Wyatt showed us recently.
Charlotte recently wrapped a marathon art project—100 Days of People: 100 Portraits in 100 Days, inspired by The Great Discontent.
From early April to mid July, Charlotte sat down at her desk every single night to paint a watercolor portrait of someone she knew. And since we’re all fortunate enough to see Charlotte five days a week, some of the Big Communications crew made the cut—23, to be exact (plus one former intern). Almost a quarter of the whole project!
“Since I’ve been working full-time in design, I’ve had less motivation to pick up my brushes and paint after a full day of work,” she said. “So I needed a project to keep me motivated. I started out with over a 100 names in a jar and drew one randomly each night. I put the names of the people I work with in the jar, and well, that’s a lot of people. Not everyone got drawn from the jar, and I wish I had the full team, but I’m glad so many Big people ended up getting drawn.”
Charlotte plans to display the full 100 Days of People series in a pop-up show later this month, but until then, check out all the Big faces that were featured.
24/100 | Ford Wiles | Incredible designer. Leader. Mentor. Motivator. Brilliant ideas. Dedicated. Truly exhausts the search for excellence. #1OOdaysofpeople #the100dayproject #100daysofpeople @fordup A photo posted by charlotte wyatt (@charlotterwyatt) on
68/100 | Onna Cunningham | Joyful. Fun. Kind. Inspiring. Brilliant cook. Deep thinker. Hard-worker. Sweet mother. Appreciates life. A friend to all. #1OOdaysofpeople #the100dayproject #100daysofpeople @onnamatopoeia A photo posted by charlotte wyatt (@charlotterwyatt) on
74/100 | Amanda Paul | Kind. Passionate. Sweet-spirit. Caring. Hard-worker. Great style. Painted from @octanebham (uptown) tonight as part of drink + draw. A nice change of location. If you’re an artist, come out on Thursday nights! #1OOdaysofpeople #the100dayproject #100daysofpeople @amandapaul914 A photo posted by charlotte wyatt (@charlotterwyatt) on
66/100 | Logan Shoaf | Kind-spirit. Fun-loving. Joyful. Enthusiastic. Confident. Encouraging. #1OOdaysofpeople #the100dayproject #100daysofpeople @lshoaf A photo posted by charlotte wyatt (@charlotterwyatt) on
79/100 | Jeremy Burgess | Talented writer. Excellent proof-reader. Witty. Enthusiastic. Uninhibited. Knowledgable about all things music and pop culture. #1OOdaysofpeople #the100dayproject #100daysofpeople @freeburge A photo posted by charlotte wyatt (@charlotterwyatt) on
36/100 | Caroline Collins | Talented designer. Hard worker. Always smiling. Caring. Creative. Sweet spirit. #1OOdaysofpeople #the100dayproject #100daysofpeople @carocolls A photo posted by charlotte wyatt (@charlotterwyatt) on
17/100 | Taylor Evans | Great designer. Big laugh. Adventurer. Stylish. Such a bad ass. #1OOdaysofpeople #the100dayproject #100daysofpeople @tev_ans A photo posted by charlotte wyatt (@charlotterwyatt) on
21/100 | Billy Ivey | Writer. Witty. Intelligent. Thoughtful. Family man. #1OOdaysofpeople #the100dayproject #100daysofpeople @wrivey A photo posted by charlotte wyatt (@charlotterwyatt) on
34/100 | Janie Walters | Fun loving. Bright. Warm hearted. Friend to all. Young spirited. Organized. Keepin everyone on task at the office. #1OOdaysofpeople #the100dayproject #100daysofpeople @janierebecca A photo posted by charlotte wyatt (@charlotterwyatt) on
94/100 | Shaydah Rabiee | Sweet. Kind. Fun-loving. Energetic. Encouraging. Caring. Queen of birthday celebrations. #1OOdaysofpeople #the100dayproject #100daysofpeople @shaydahrabiee A photo posted by charlotte wyatt (@charlotterwyatt) on
43/100 | Emily Guin | Incredibly thoughtful. Brave. Dedicated. Youthful. Adventurer. Dreamer. Loves unconditionally. Amazing designer. Always appreciates the details. Dear sister in Christ. #1OOdaysofpeople #the100dayproject #100daysofpeople @emilyclaireguin A photo posted by charlotte wyatt (@charlotterwyatt) on
Want to see more of Charlotte’s 100 Days of People series? Check out her Instagram feed.