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Renewal Murals

I ran across these murals recently in my archive of potential blog posts. They all had one thing in common, the theme of renewal. Therein Happy Easter!! They remind me of spring, new birth, new awakening and new growth. Change, when it is afoot can be uncertain but mostly good.

I really like this one in North Stonington’s Health Center, where artist Karen Krogseng painted the murals along with four students from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). I like how the tree branch goes over the doorway. There’s a bird’s nest with eggs and even (Easter) bunnies in this one. This mural depicts change branching from one side of the door to the other where the leaves are barren but new life is about ready to break open.

RISD Health Center Murals, as seen on Art Is Everywhere
North Stonington Center Murals

The “Bird’s Eye View” mural not too far from Pittsburgh has a creative perspective from above with the birds looking down on the community below and gives you an indication of what they may see as they fly the friendly skies. It has a 3-D look because the bricks lend themselves to defining the houses they represent. The story of how this came to be is pretty fascinating as well. Happenstance often seems fated but maybe it’s a larger force looking out for us. This story seems to indicate this to me. Click here to see some before pics and the mural in progression

Birds Eye View painted by Kristin Williams, as seen on Art Is Everywhere
Birds Eye View painted by Kristin Williams via Forest Hills Regent Square Patch

Artist Dylan Karges was working in Bill Poe’s garden with a lumbering mother and baby giraffe mural as part of an Art in the Garden event in 2011 in Starkville, Mississippi. Poe stated that the objective of the event, “is to heighten the visibility and engagement in appreciation of the arts, to get people out so they can create a forum to share and inspire others to raise the bar for their gardens and the general aesthetics for the town.” Who doesn’t find giraffes some of the most curious of animals? I love how this mural becomes part of the space naturally with the foliage — some painted and some real.

Art in the Garden mural via The Dispatch, as seen on Art is Everywhere
Art in the Garden mural via The Dispatch.

This next set of murals via Studio G, depict street artist Roa’s work. They are somewhat dark but have that beautifully detailed look of illustrations from a different decade. Here’s a tumblr site with more of Roa’s work. I’ll end back where I started with a bunny but this one much larger than life. Easter is like that.

Roa Rabbit as seen on Art Is Eveyhere
Roa’s masterful Rabbit

Happy Easter, again!

 

I'm an artist, wife and mother of two boys. I started my illustration business, The Occasional Palette over 35 years ago, when my oldest son was an infant. Once my children were in school, I began painting decorative, faux finishes and murals through my second business, Casart, now over 30 years old. My third business, Casart Coverings, is a springboard from my second. Click on the link on the sidebar to see innovative, custom, designer wallcovering, removable and reusable wallpaper and coordinating decor.