I am so digging this.

I am so digging this. Here is Don’s concept description that we sent in with the design: This mural is a visual symphony of Kenosha’s enduring spirit—an artwork that honors the city’s layered history while casting a gaze toward its evolving identity. Executed in a blend of styles, it draws from bold linocut aesthetics, digital-forward design, and poster-like street art to evoke both reverence and resilience. The shifting styles across the composition are intentional. Like a patchwork quilt or hand-built city, each visual language contributes to the whole. This layering of form mirrors the collaborative effort it takes to build community—an homage to the many hands, cultures, and visions that have shaped Kenosha. Graphic textures sit alongside clean digital gradients, rustic hatching beside geometric abstraction—each distinct, yet part of a unified voice. On the left, a diverse gathering of faces emerges from beneath the protective arch of a tree. Their expressions range from solemn to radiant, unified by shared presence. These figures represent the people of Kenosha—past, present, and future—held together by kinship, memory, and collective will. The tree branch above them extends protectively, sheltering a bird preparing to take flight. It nests near the Kenosha Public Museum and the recognizable shoreline, symbolizing a return to place, a rebuilding of home, and the fragile beauty of civic restoration. The heart of the mural flows with hopeful color. Bright ochres, sun-washed clouds, and stylized flora wind along the lakefront, connecting neighborhoods and seasons through symbolic design. The architectural elements reference familiar sites while also gesturing toward future growth. On the right, we encounter Lady Wisconsin—not in her usual full form, but distilled into an intimate, iconic portrait. Her eyes gaze over the harbor, embodying the state’s motto “Forward.” She is not a passive figure of heritage but an active presence of guardianship and resolve. Her watchful gaze reminds us that civic progress is a constant act of imagination and participation. #Kenosha Murals Project I am so digging this. Here is Don’s concept description that we sent in with the design: This mural is a visual symphony of Kenosha’s enduring spirit—an artwork that honors the city’s layered history while casting a gaze toward its evolving identity. Executed in a blend of styles, it draws from bold linocut aesthetics, digital-forward design, and poster-like street art to evoke both reverence and resilience. The shifting styles across the composition are intentional. Like a patchwork quilt or hand-built city, each visual language contributes to the whole. This layering of form mirrors the collaborative effort it takes to build community—an homage to the many hands, cultures, and visions that have shaped Kenosha. Graphic textures sit alongside clean digital gradients, rustic hatching beside geometric abstraction—each distinct, yet part of a unified voice. On the left, a diverse gathering of faces emerges from beneath the protective arch of a tree. Their expressions range from solemn to radiant, unified by shared presence. These figures represent the people of Kenosha—past, present, and future—held together by kinship, memory, and collective will. The tree branch above them extends protectively, sheltering a bird preparing to take flight. It nests near the Kenosha Public Museum and the recognizable shoreline, symbolizing a return to place, a rebuilding of home, and the fragile beauty of civic restoration. The heart of the mural flows with hopeful color. Bright ochres, sun-washed clouds, and stylized flora wind along the lakefront, connecting neighborhoods and seasons through symbolic design. The architectural elements reference familiar sites while also gesturing toward future growth. On the right, we encounter Lady Wisconsin—not in her usual full form, but distilled into an intimate, iconic portrait. Her eyes gaze over the harbor, embodying the state’s motto “Forward.” She is not a passive figure of heritage but an active presence of guardianship and resolve. Her watchful gaze reminds us that civic progress is a constant act of imagination and participation. #Kenosha Murals Project