We discovered this brand new
mural while walking to this year's "Art
in the Park" event on a very blustery
day in early October, 2009. This is the sixth
mural by Connie Burnett-Ferraro in Boulder
City. The others are on the side of Edie's
Flowers on Nevada Way, across the street from
the Back Stop Bar on Avenue B, on the American
Legion Hall on California Street, on the Goatfeathers
Emporium building on Wyoming Street and above
the bar at the Boulder City Brewing company.
This last one features detailed scenes from
the construction of Hoover dam. Here's
an article in the Las Vegas Sun about the
artist.
This vivid 14 x 20-foot mural in downtown
Las Vegas depicts a desert landscape morphing into
gigantic dice. It is roughly based on the topography
of nearby Red
Rock Canyon.
This is one of our favorite murals
in Las Vegas. Commissioned as part of the city of
Las Vegas Centennial celebration in 2005, it's one
of 100 murals either completed or in progress. Information
about 78 of the completed murals is online at www.lasvegas2005.org.
This Henderson-based artist is currently working on
murals in Henderson and surrounding communities.
Location:
"Pyramid at Red Rock Canyon" is on the east-facing
wall of the Fremont Hotel & Casino at 200 Fremont
Street (adjacent to the SW corner of Ogden and N.
3rd Street).
