Community Mural Print - "Snowy Range Rainbow"

Artistic Director: Paul Taylor

Artists: Community

Print of the April 2018 Snowy Range Rainbow Community Mural

Snowy Range Rainbow, Laramie High School Mural Project. Designed by Sierra Penrod, Sara Eliason & Aeslin Mattimoe with Rebecca Watson & Shelly Miller.  Artistic Director: Paul Taylor. Painted by UW Shepard Symposium participants 2018.

Original mural measures 15' x 52"

Mural Story
Snowy Range Rainbow celebrates our Laramie River which gifts our community with about 50% of the precious water that flows into our Albany County homes. Looking to the west from the Laramie High School you see the skyline of the Snowy Range of the Medicine Bow Mountain Range. This is a major part of the Laramie River watershed. Our water is drawn from the the Big Laramie to the treatment plant near Harmony and pumped into town. The other half of our water is supplied by the Casper Aquifer to the east of town and located on the slope of the Laramie Range. In times of drought, our county can be more reliant on our precious aquifer resource.

“The river rises in northern Colorado, in the Roosevelt National Forest in the Front Range. It flows north-northwest into Wyoming, along the east side of the Medicine Bow Mountains, past Jelm and Woods Landing, then northeast emerging from the mountains 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Laramie. The river then flows north through Laramie. In the Laramie Plains it is joined by the Little Laramie River. The Laramie River then continues north through the Laramie Plains and through Wheatland Reservoir. It flows northeast through the Laramie Mountains. Emerging from the mountains, it receives the North Laramie River 5 miles (8 km) north of Wheatland.  It joins the North Platte opposite the town Fort Laramie.”(Wiki)

The water continues it’s journey across the continent to the Missouri River, then the Mississippi and ending in the Gulf of Mexico.

The mural is inspired by Aboriginal art & culture featuring the Sky Father in Blue, the Earth Mother in Gold, and the Rainbow Serpent who brought water to world representing the Laramie River. When we “Care for Our Country”, Rainbow brings the right amount of rain and snow (dots), filling our river, giving birth to all life and keeping the ecological balance on our beautiful land.

Original mural measures 15' x 52"

Variations of the print:

Framed print  28" Long x 8" High x 1" Deep. Framed in sleek black plastic frame with white matting and D-ring and wire for hanging

Blank Greeting Card 8" Long x 4" high blank greeting card. Envelope included.  Can also be framed