After Labor Day, most of Fuller Pool’s staff–lifeguards, desk clerks, swim instructors–moved indoors, to the Mack School pool. But they left behind a virtual presence: eight oil portraits donated by aspiring artist Myron Brownie–“an older gentleman” who “swims here all the time,” according to Fuller and Mack facilities supervisor Dan McGuire. While employees were initially hesitant, once Brownie “did one or two, everyone lined up,” says McGuire–whose own portrait captures him perfectly.
Brownie didn’t follow his subjects to Mack–he’s now swimming at EMU. He’s already painted portraits of some of Eastern’s lifeguards, too.
