the PORTLAND MEMORIAL OAKS BOTTOM MURAL

First off, I did not paint this. I was part of a process that helped start the project rolling in Oct of 2009. I landed the job by getting a call one day from Mark Benett the owner of ART FX Murals in Portland. He said his crew was out of town on a job and needed help getting this one started. They had been in the planning stages for this one for years. I helped him get this set up on the roof with a large 60' lift that we had to be harnessed to. I helped paint the first image on the wall which was the great Osprey to the right and the tree with the Eagles nest. Oaks Bottom is a large Wildlife Reserve in Sellwood Oregon. The building that is seen from the west hillsides, Oaks Park and the highway is the old Portland Memorial Crematorium building. It houses over 75,000 dead people. Quite an interesting juxtaposition in theme to be painted celebrating the Wildlife that surrounds the area. It is also one of the larges Murals in the country! This side of the upper terrace of the building was over 60 ft high!