Mural Stories - For larger views, please click on the photos. A New Historical Mural is on Display at Mission Mill Museum!
A new historical project is now on display at Mission Mill Museum. Four separate panels of early wool polers and dyers who worked in the Dye House are being recreated using early 1920 - 1940 photos. The panels will combine to form one historical mural at Mission Mill Museum. The completed mural will be mounted and viewed inside the Scouring Room. Each visitor will experience what it will be like to peer beyond a weathered wooden door from inside the Scouring Room into the Dye House, and observe life-sized, recreated figures working under the difficult conditions of this earlier time.
Check out the fun mural of happy animals in a rural farm scene in Oregon. Yes, that is Mount Hood in the background. The mural was painted for a children's play area in a Salem dentist's office. The staff contributed their ideas and suggestions for the choice of animals.
The Edgewater Cafe Mural in West Salem
The Willamette River scene is depicted in sepia tones and using historical colors from yesteryear. The mural is based on a photo taken in 1906 at Sioux Rapids, Iowa, which served as the initial inspiration for the mural.
Trompe L'Oiel Office Wall
A Child's Room
Photos from Monet's Garden in Givenchy, France were used as inspiration for the window scene. The wall also incorporates a variety of stonework. The bougainvillea tree completes the inside courtyard effect.
Care Bears are the favorite of this little girl. Metallic paint enhances the starry rainbow.
(Note: The "Care Bears" TM and the copyrights in the character designs are owned by Those Characters from Cleveland, part of American Greetings.)
