Clifton Mural

“A Window to the Past:  A Reflection of Ludlow”
A project of the 2007 ArtWorks Summer Program

• Located at Keller’s IGA - 319 Ludlow Ave.  Cincinnati, OH 45220
• Mural dedicated September 2007

Walking past the Keller’s IGA on Ludlow Avenue in Clifton, a new window might catch your eye.  Painted to both reflect the “street” and allow a glimpse into the grocery store, this mural shows a world that cannot be seen everyday. The image is of a reflected 1930s street, complete with streetcars and storefronts that used to line the street. One can see a meat market within the store, fashioned to look historic as well.

“I didn’t know it took so much work to create a mural!” exclaims Apprentice Chloe Williamson. This trompe l’oeil  style mural was probably the most complex mural painted this summer, the challenge: painting reflections, the illusion of glass and doing it all in reverse.  All of that hard work definitely paid off with the wonderful Clifton mural.

Before	The proposed design
The mural was painted on a special material called Parachute Cloth.	Apprentices project the design on to the canvas in the dark.

Thanks to Keller’s IGA