As with window painting, mural and decorative painting is always subject to the expectations of those who have commissioned the work. While not inclusive of all of the work (example: the Todd County museum also commissioned many murals for interior dioramas and displays, which are not displayed here) during the years of roughly 1991 to 2010, this is a fair representation. Missing are also a large mural painted for the kids waiting area at the Long Prairie CentraCare Clinic. Remodeling was done around this mural several times but the area is no longer a clinic. Several murals were completed for the St. Mary's education center and this, too, is no longer used. The large military airplane mural, as well as a large eagle and decorative painting were created for the Long Prairie VFW and this building was demolished several years ago.
The painting of the dinosaurs in two little boys bedroom are memorable as an artistic failure. Those little boys, depicted riding the dinosaurs, thought that when the painting was finished the dinosaurs would come off the wall and they could really ride them! Art can only go so far in meeting expectations.
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