Something Fishy

My skyway mural is finished and I finally had a sunny day off work to take a few photos of it. The mural is part of Rochester's Art in the Sky project. Six artists painted murals in the downtown skyways. (A "skyway" is an enclosed walkway above the street - so wimpy people don't have to venture outside during Minnesota's freezing winter weather!) Tjis is the view from down below on the street.

My fish design was inspired by the morning walk I used to take along the Zumbro River in downtown Rochester before we moved to the farm. There are huge carp that live in the Zumbro and congregate by the little waterfall across from the Government Center in spring.

I have to admit, the carp don't really look very much like this (it's called artistic license.)

There is one brilliant golden fish among the ordinary drab carp - perhaps he was a pet goldfish that was released and grew to be wild and huge. You rarely catch a glimpse of him so every time I do see him I consider it a lucky omen.

I think what I like best about how the mural turned out is the shadow design it creates on the floor.