Jennie Williams          Murals and muralists have enraptured me since childhood. The scale, the performance, the gutsiness of the muralists and the "background to life" that murals become, all make me deeply happy. Here are examples of my private work: "Hannah" freehand pencil "Dad's Place"acrylic on masonite "The Oneonta Roundhouse"acrylic on masonite I believe that we can be surrounded by "high" art, art that revives us, elevates us, employs all of our faculties and keeps us on our toes.          Mural painting allows beauty and interest to spring from surfaces, giving us hope, encouraging us to live our lives fully, and helping us to believe that we can change the world that we live in. The effect of murals and art on our daily reality is immeasurable, perhaps like the effect of the long lost beauty of elms on our ideas of "what is a tree".          My specialties in art are realistic portraits, landscapes and trompe l'oiel. I especially enjoy incorporating landscape and portraiture within architecture. My major influences are Botticelli, Van Dyke, Sargent and the 19th century American Hudson River School. Krazy Kat comics from the 1920's will always find a warm place in my heart. My work reflects my love of the challenge presented by the human face and the ever changing land, water and sky. E-mail Williams: jennie@muralista.org

Cynthia Marsh          is a decorative painter in the residential and commercial market. Her tasteful blending of texture and color interacts with it's surrounding space to create spectacular settings and achieve results that define luxury, taste and style. "Gold Rooms" private residence PHOTOGRAPH CHARLES BREMER Fireplace, private residence 1998 Elena's Sweet Indulgences          Marsh, an artist now residing in Oneonta, has found classical architecture, especially cathedrals, an ever renewing source of inspiration. E-mail Marsh: cmarsh59@yahoo.com

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WHAT IS PHASE ONE? During the first phase of the Mural Project, the muralists will volunteer, design and paint murals and foster other muralists in the region. During Phase 2 of the Project, the muralists will engage in juried competitions with other muralists for mural sites by exhibiting to the Mural Board.

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