At last Tuesday's Chambers-of-Commerce Sunrise Breakfast, Wellsville Area Chamber member Paul Blevins put in a plug for donations for a large mural. It is commissioned to be painted by the E. Liverpool Masonic Temple Co. Mural Fund Development Committee. Blevins is one of two Co-Chairmen on that committee. The other member is Earl Fitzgerald.
With telling about the project Blevins announced that Gina Hampson has been selected to do the painting. Hampson is the talented artist that has single handedly painted all the floodwall murals in Wellsville. Her art work can also be seen in other areas of town. Hampson is the owner of "Gina's Burningbrush" specializing in art for any occasion with custom murals, signs & painted faux finishes. The painted brickwork on the floodwall murals is an excellent example of a faux finish.
When the Homer Laughlin mansion was demolished a while back it exposed an eye sore of a side wall on the EL Masonic Temple, located on Broadway. It can be seen from West Virginia. The committee came up with the mural idea earlier in the year and began a fund drive to get it accomplished. Blevins said it is estimated to cost $30,000 with $10,000 already collected toward that goal. We have been told the wall will be repointed before the painting begins. They hope to begin that next month.
Blevins noted the floodwall murals have "been a tremendous asset to Wellsville". They are sure the painting will do the same for East Liverpool. The EL mural as shown here will include various scenes and logos that pertain to the entire area. It will even include Wellsville's Boy With The Boot.
Congratulations to Gina Hampson. We think you're super and it appears we're not alone.
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