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COMING SUMMER 2010

Sponsored by Redwood Mural Society

Hiouchi Hotel

	Known for the excellent fishing, the Hiouchi area would like to promote its greatest asset. The mural will feature deer, bears, an osprey, driftboats and fishermen on the unusually turquoise green colored Smith River.

Completed July 2009

Sponsored by Redwood Mural Society

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CalTrans Building, Crescent City, CA

across from Home Depot

CalTrans has two walls, one to the north and one to the south. The north wall was done in sepia tones from historical photos, the south wall represents modern CalTrans and was done in color.

Fred Endert Municipal Pool, Crescent City, CA

completed January 2009

Located at Beachfront Park, the Endert Pool was recently remodeled

Kathleen worked in conjuction with the Redwood Mural Society

and many of their fabulous artists

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	Brookings Harbor Oregon completed July 2008

Kalmiopsis Elementary School

Brookings, Oregon

completed August, 2008

Headstart School

Smith River, California

completed August, 2008

"Mary Adams Peacock" completed May, 2008

Located at the corner of 3rd and I Street in the heart of Crescent City, this mural is sponsored by ReMax and Oberaker Construction. Mary Adams Peacock was one of Del Norte county’s favorite historical women. The mural portrays Mary as she was in 1890 when she and her pack mules carried the mail between Crescent City and Grants Pass. 

Home of Tim and Becky Criteser

Big Flat, California

completed May, 2008

"High Meadow Elk " completed September, 2007

This lovely 8’ x 8’ mural was mounted on the Post Office in the tiny town of Smith River, just north of Crescent City.  This mural may not be very large, but the detail is impressive with eyes so realistic the elk seem alive.  The original painting on canvas won first place at the 2007 County Fair.  Smith River is known for its elk, salmon fishing and Easter lily fields.

"The Return of the Yurok" completed October, 2006

This 8' x 40 mural is located on the S-turn of Hwy 101 in Crescent City, California.  Funded by local merchants, Ralph Murphy and Mary Weir, it was painted in tribute to the commercial fishermen of Crescent City.  The mural features The Yurok joyfully returning with a successful crab catch that overflows the lower hold and spills out onto the deck.  All boats in the mural were done from photographs of actual, existing local boats.  With the crab and salmon fishing drastically reduced every year, these boats will eventually disappear.

"Mermaid and the Orca" completed July, 2006

This 8’ x 8’ mural is located on the S-turn of Hwy 101 and Front Street in Crescent City, California.  It was painted to compliment The Emporium costume shop inside the building at that location.  The mural features a beautiful mermaid, her head thrown back in ecstasy, riding the Orca killer whale down through the depths of the kelp forest.  Sunlight filters through the waving kelp, highlighting the dancing leaves, the mermaid’s hair and the jeweled scales of her tail.

"Redwood Elk" completed December, 2006

Donated to the Crescent City library during Christmas, 2006, this 6’ x 4’ mural illustrates a scene that is familiar to everyone who lives on the north coast.  Bull Roosevelt elk browsing in the lush vegetation is a common sight to Crescent City residents.  In addition to the elk and giant redwoods, the mural also features the beauty of ferns and rhododendrons so typical of the Northern California area.

"Remax's Aleutian Geese" completed March, 2007

Remax's Aleutian Geese mural is located on 9th Street in Crescent City.  This mural has generated much controversy since its creation in March because it violated a city ordinance which states that a mural cannot contain advertising.

The local residents loved the mural, but ReMax recently lost their final appeal. City Council ordered the balloon and advertising to be removed, which left the mural in a partial state of destruction.  Remax has decided to replace the balloon with a historical mural of Crescent City circa 1900.

"Pacific White Sided Dolphin" completed June, 2007

.Located at 135 Leif Circle (across from the hospital) in Crescent City, this is an 8' x 8' mural of a Pacific White Sided dolphin with Castle Rock in the background.  Indigenous to the Crescent City area, the Pacific White Sided dolphin differs from the Bottlenose dolphin in color and shape of the head.  The beautiful green-blue color of the ocean on a sunny day makes this mural a real eye catching piece. 

AND COMING SOMEDAY..............

	Proposed for Tsunami Landing in Crescent City The Lady Washington and Pacific White-sided dolphins Original painting for sale at Mory's Brookings, Oregon

	Currently proposed for the wall of Ray's Hwy 101 Smith River, California This mural will portray a historical scene of the Tolowa man dipnetting for smelt at the town of Tr'uu luu-k'wut original painting for sale at Manley Art Center Brookings, Oregon

Blessing of the Salmon This proposed mural is based on the book, “To the American Indian”, written by the Yurok woman, Che Na Wah Weitch Ah Wah, in 1916.  It is the only written record of Yurok history.  The mural originally was intended to portray the Yurok ceremony performed at the beginning of the salmon fishing season.  The Yurok maiden is dressed in her ceremonial finery of a white bark skirt adorned with abalone and cowry shells.  She is wearing the traditional basket woven cap worn by all members of the Yurok tribe.  The redwood canoe and Yurok lodge are also authentic. She is accompanied by her “loki”, a young Yurok man, as she blesses the salmon in hope of a successful fishing season.  Original painting for sale at Wild Bill's Crescent City, California

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