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PAINTER RETURNS TO ADD 7-FOOT BEE TO CALIFORNIA MURAL

- September 1, 2019 -

Dixon, California native and artist Colleen Gnos was back home this summer to enhance and restore “Gazing Into Infinity.”

She painted the 46-by-32-foot mural as a commission for Agriform Inland Terminal and the City of Woodland, CA from June to July 2012. Colleen hopes her updates using state-of-the-art materials and techniques will extend the resilience and visibility of the giant painting in Yolo County’s intense weather conditions. Measuring 65 feet at its highest point, this prominent work of art depicts a farmer looking at the sunrise, and pays homage to Gnos family agricultural roots. https://youtu.be/KEjEearUM6k

Mural History

The impressionistic mural is on the Tremont Group Building, off Highway 113 at 1002 N. East St. …

In 2012 Agriform Inland Terminal, a major California fertilizer distributor, commissioned Gnos to create the iconic

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