Lee, Massachusetts

Lee, Massachusetts
11/50 for the #50in50project 
This mural is located on the side of the Meow & Growl pet store on Main Street in Downtown Lee. I first connected with Sabrina Touhey & Christopher Brittian with the Town of Lee in February of this year. After a few calls and emails back and forth, they were excited to welcome the 50 in 50 Project to their area of Massachussets. They got me in touch with the Lee Chamber of Commerce where I continued my work with the Chamber Executive Director, Kathy DeVarennes. Who went above and beyond to make my experience in Lee unforgettable!

The chamber group guided the inspiration for this piece. They wanted to incorporate recognizable landmarks and features from the town. Mentioning things like the historic church steeple, the old mill, the Housatonic River, and High lawn Farm. I pulled references from their town website to create the main scene of this mural...things like the cotton candy colored sunset and the street posts/flower baskets.

The mural itself took about roughly 25hrs of painting at about 8ft tall by 14ft wide

Big shout out to this beauty.... Lady Jean P. from High Lawn Farm! Who is one of the main features in this piece. I had the pleasure of doing a tour of the farm and meeting her in person! Can't recommend putting High Lawn on your bucket list, whether to see the animals or taste the ice cream! You can't go wrong.

Thank you so much to the Lee Chamber of Commerce for making this mural possible! I am so grateful for the opportunity to work on such a fun piece. I couldn't have had a more genuinely incredible experience.
& Big thank you to appetito lee for hosting the Unveiling gathering this afternoon & serving delicious food!
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And of course to ~
Chris Brittain (Town Administrator) &Sabrina Touhey who took a chance on a proposal email from me back in January!
&Lee Chamber Doug Bagnasco(President) and Erik Williams(vice president)
Kathy DeVarennes, Executive Director of the Lee Chamber of Commerce who coordinated and made this piece possible!