"First Reflections"  taken from  May 9, 1988 | State, The (Columbia, SC) Located on the side of the Columbia Conservatory of Dance, what use to be the old nautilus Executive Fitness Center at Taylor and Main Streets. Waldrop said he has done close to 500 murals in six states as far away as Kentucky and Oklahoma. He has had to go far afield to find work, he said, because in some places he has painted every available wall someone was willing to pay for.