Some Murals that Beat the Heat

Since it is so sweltering hot outside, I thought I’d post some murals with “cooling” subjects to help beat the heat.

Here they are in no particular order:

Washington State’s Port Angeles Mural was originally painted by Tim Quinn and finished after his death by Jackson Smart and Dani LaBlond. It was sponsored by Nor’wester Rotary and the Port Angeles Downtown Association.

Beautiful woodland murals in downtown Hurstburo, AL, painted by Cheryl Mann Hardin. Visit the Chattahoochee Valley Daily Photo blog for much more detailed information:

Wild Turkeys in the snow have “Spring Fever,” is another wonderfully executed mural in this series by Cheryl Mann Hardin, also from the Chattahoochee Valley Daily Photo. Check this link for more “chillin” winter and woodland scenes.

This coming-right-at-ya mural of stampeding buffalo might just make you forget the heat for a minute —  before you start running for you life due to their realism. Click this link to find out how Alex Pavlenko, the artist of the downtown Lethbridge (Alberta) Cananda murals,  achieved such realistic trompe l’oeil techniques.

Paul Viel’s blog, Travels with a Muse, shows some whimsical and seaport celebrated murals by various artists, included one by Wyland, I believe.

Since I ran a post on the Battle of Bull Run’s anniversary last week, it seems fitting to post this Steamboat Mural, a part of a riverfront series that commemorates the Battle of Vicksburg.

This was found on Marty Kittrell’s blog which has some wonderful photos like this one, which reminds me, we could use a thunderstorm.

If you want to see some really cool interiors to further beat the heat, go on over to Slipcovers for your walls, where the post today includes The Ice Hotel among other cool spots to chill.