Tuesday, June 16, 2009

BELLINGHAM BAY / ISLANDS / MURAL

















Yesterday while out walking with a friend, I was surprised and delighted to see the new mural painted by Thomas Wood, a Bellingham artist, as the backdrop to small outdoor music stage at Boulevard Park on Bellingham's waterfront. In addition, Tom painted a smaller mural on the other side of the backdrop wall. The new music stage was privately funded in memory of Mark Witter, a local musician.

Below are three small images from the stage backdrop-sized mural, a wondrous art and music history pastiche which includes images taken from Tom's lifetime work as a printmaker and painter. If I didn't live in Bellingham, I would travel to see this mural. It speaks of the power of art and music and people and animals and love.






































6 comments:

Tiggerlily said...

very nice!!!

Zhoen said...

Love the band, and the happy bunny dancing along.

Dawn said...

loving your photos Am and the mural!

Anonymous said...

it is such a breath of fresh air to read this and see someone supporting public art. kudos to you, am. kjm

am said...

Good to hear that you all enjoyed the images from Tom Wood's mural. Maybe I'll be able to photograph the entire mural one of these days.

Tiggerlily -- Hi. Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment.

mum said...

vibrant, beautiful. Thanks for the links. I love Thomas Wood's prints and Mark sounds like he was quite a guy.