Gwinnett County School Cafeteria gets a mural — Six days in March of 2008

Six days.  Five artists.  Paints, ladders, brushes, sponges…

2000 square feet of cinderblock wall in a school cafeteria.

Top picture shows the main area where a pull out stage allows for programs.  A ramp is behind what was a cinderblock wall, now is a stacked stone wall with a bit of moss. 

My contribution? Lots & LOTS of stone wall!!! I began with this area of tumbled down wall.  Rhonda added the beautiful trailing flowers & greenery.  Moving to the area around the water fountains — more stone wall, Kim added the school mascot, a meerkat, peering over the stone wall into the water fountain. The center pic below is the wall before the moss & meerkats were added.

Isn’t he cute?

A meerkat family perched on the wall.

Just around the corner from the school is Union Grove Baptist Church, in Auburn, GA.  This is a local historical spot that is incorporated into the mural. 

For perspective, a wider shot of the side wall; church is to the left.

A closer view of the scene between the windows.

This beautiful spot was painted by Kim Chambers & is her grandmother’s Kentucky home! While not specifically a landmark from around this school, this growing but still rural area of the county still has picturesque scenes such as this.

Opposite wall has another beautiful lake.

Rhonda Storer, Ron Storer,  Kim Chambers, Richie Brannon, and me, Mary Hanks