CAMANO ISLAND — It’s been a community effort.
Danny Koffman rallied fellow island artists and owners of numerous local businesses to erect a new welcome sign for Camano.
The new 200-square-foot mural at Terry’s Corner will be unveiled at noon on Feb. 1 at Camano Gateway Park. Music, speeches and service of coffee and doughnuts are planned.
Koffman’s design is made up of 48 square-shaped segments created by 29 artists in a variety of styles and mediums. TThe pieces were then stitched together digitally to form a giant map of the island.
“The colorful representation is rich with texture and details, yet provides an overall feeling of the natural beauty and geography of the island,” Koffman said. “The mural is a big example of the unity of community.”
The project took four months to complete and involved more than 60 people from the island and the Stanwood area.
“It’s like a lovely quilt,” Koffman said. “And all the pieces fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.”
Artists involved in the project included Ray Fossum, John Ebner, Helen Saunders, Dotti Burton, Dale LeMaster, Molly LeMaster, Sally Chang, Lee Beitz, Mary Simmons, Kathy Dannerbeck, Marie-Claire Dole, Karla Matzke, Frank Renlie, Betty Dorotik, Chris Tuohy, Jack Gunter, Roger Cocke, Opal Cocke, Nicki Wight, Michele Rushworth, Linda Demetre, Liz Hamlin, Susan Cohen Thompson, Chain Bezalel-Levy, Yonnah Bezalel-Levy, Mark Ellinger, Danny Koffman, Nikki Yamamoto and Suki Guzinski.
Koffman’s mural will be the latest addition to the park, which was started by a group of artists and business owners in 1997.
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