Wildflowers Mural
New London, WI
Designed and co-painted by my mother, Karyl, Wisconsin Wildflowers is a tribute to the native flora of our beautiful home state.
Massive credit is owed to the Wolf River Art League, who pioneered the mural effort, and the businesses who offered up their empty walls. Thanks to dozens of WRAL volunteers, the city of New London now has over 60 murals and counting!
Our flower forest can be enjoyed year-round on the east face of Water Street Vintage.
There’s power to things when they’re larger than life ~
and when they’re the only color to be found in the drab, bitterly cold Midwestern winters.
Process
Collectively, we spent over 623 hours painting.
…and singing, and laughing, and obsessing over details.
It was awesome.
Day one!
First brushstrokes
Long way to go
We had a handy "mirror" across the street
Yellow & purple coneflowers
Mixing periwinkle for chicory
Adding veins in the leaves
Milkweed / columbine / chicory
Golden hour reflections
Columbine
Lupine
The first ladybug
Basher brush for texture
Trillium / wild geranium
Last work day of 2020
Jack in the pulpit
Ground planning
Hawkweed
2021 & back to work!
Fuzzy!
Mullein
Dandelion
Starting the dandelion puff
Wintergreen
Bringing down the last few tall stems
Progress photo from across the street
Prairie smoke
Finishing touches
Strangers & friends visited often!
Climbed through the antique mall roof to hide the last ladybug
The WRAL mural project was featured on local television!
Love you, mom.