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BLOOM FLORAL Mural
Floral mural Gale painted for Bloom Flower Shop in 2019. Alley side of 155 N. College Avenue, Fort Collins
Alley wall of America Building at 155 N. College Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado
Gale's mural design based on Bloom owner's favorite flowers
First outlines sketched on the stucco wall
The pencils needed constant sharpening!
Design pencil outlines completed
First areas of solid color painted. A friend said it looked like the murder of a snowman!
Gale continuing to paint solid color areas
Nearly finished with solid color base coat
New cans of vibrantly colored paint
The entire mural was painted exclusively with these five brushes
First strokes of black outlines
Black outlining continuing
Black outlines on fiddlehead ferns
Challenging to paint on the texture of the stucco wall!
Floral mural complete!
Bloom floral mural complete with purple awning re-installed
Detail of floral mural Gale painted for Bloom Flower Shop in 2019. Alley side of 155 N. College Avenue, Fort Collins
Bloom floral mural painted by Gale Whitman in 2019. Commissioned by America Building owners. 155 N College Avenue, Fort Collins Colorado
Bloom floral mural on alley wall of the America Building, 155 N College Avenue, Fort Collins Colorado
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