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Riverside Arts Center, Winter, 2007, Newsletter

Oh, what a little paint can do!

“Every project is a grand adventure, if passion for the work and inspiration are your guides,”
-Eric Grohe
After building removals (left), Bucyrus, Ohio, had "The Great American Crossroad" mural (right) painted on the same space. The Chamber of Commerce hosts "Music of the Mural" on that site today.

Working in cooperation with architects, designers, art commissions, and community representatives, Eric Grohe creates mural art that transforms the environment and communities. He believes that his art should involve, challenge and inspire the viewer and not simply adorn but integrate with its architectural surroundings.

The large public mural projects are painted on site and typically take several months, giving the community a unique opportunity to witness the day-to-day creation of a work of art.

Grohe continues to refine the technologies, methods and equipment that ensure the permanence and cost effectiveness of his work. For large-scale exterior projects, he prefers to use Keim Mineral Paint from Germany. Murals painted in the 19th century with Keim have retained their original appearance to this day. The paint crystallizes into mineral substrates and will not fade, peel or blister. Grohe is one of just a few muralists in the country skilled in the use of this unique and superior paint.
Muralist Grohe on a 30' scaffold
during his Mt. Carmel mural work
"Liberty Remembers" dressed up this wall
in a shopping center at Niagara, New York

See more Eric Grohe’s trompe l’oiel murals at www.ericgrohemurals.com

Murials on da wall
by Lou Carter, The Singing Cab Driver
[“If I had a nose full of nickles, I’d blow ‘em all atchoo!”]

I like to look at pictures
Whether they are big or small
But the kind of art that hits my heart
Are the murials on da wall.
A painting of a palace
By a guy named Taj Mahal
It really fits as long as it’s
A murial on da wall.
Perhaps some new old masters
Will come along real soon
Like Ray Fayel and Rema Brandt
And even Clare Delune. 		So when you’re feeling lonesome
And nobody comes to call
Why take a walk when you can talk
To the murials on da wall?
Then there was Mona Lisa
I tink dat was her name
She’s laughin’ on the outside,
By cryin’ just da same
It makes no difference whether
It is winter, spring, or fall;
I’d never roam if in my home
Was murials on da wall.

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