Portland Memorial Mausoleum Mural, Large-scale mural at Portland Memorial Funeral Home, United States.
The Portland Memorial Mausoleum Mural is a 2009 latex painting by Dan Cohen of ArtFX Murals and Shane Bennett at Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Funeral Home, 6705 Southeast 14th Avenue. It covers about 43,485 square feet across eight surfaces, including the earlier Great Blue Heron Mural on the lower west wall. Painted birds with outstretched wings span the white and pale blue facade above rows of rectangular windows.
The mural dates from 2009, when Dan Cohen of ArtFX Murals and Shane Bennett expanded an earlier heron painting on the building's lower west-facing wall into a work covering about 43,485 square feet across eight surfaces. It was funded by the Public Art Murals Program and private donors and is administered by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
The mural shows how the city relates to nature by displaying the neighboring Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge and its wetland habitat. This depiction of the local environment becomes visible as visitors explore the area.
The mural can be viewed from multiple angles, especially from the OMSI Springwater Trail or while traveling on Interstate 5 through Portland. The best views occur during daylight hours and at quieter times of day.
The mural was funded by the Public Art Murals Program and private donors, and the Regional Arts & Culture Council administers it. It covers about 43,485 square feet across eight surfaces, an expansion of the earlier Great Blue Heron Mural on the lower west wall.
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