Painted by Crystalle Izzo
The story behind the mural.
A local Michigan artist, a barn wall, and a lot of red and green paint. Here's how it came together.
A local Michigan artist, a barn wall, and a lot of red and green paint. Here's how it came together.
When it came time to give the barn a facelift, we didn't want a sign we bought online. We wanted something that actually meant something, made by someone from here.
Crystalle Izzo, a Michigan artist, spent days out on a ladder in the sun turning a plain red wall into the mural you see today. It's grown into the spot everyone stops for a photo, and every bit of it was painted by hand.
The whole panel got a base coat, rolled on by hand.
No stencils, just VR glasses to trace the outlines before the paint went on.
Coat after coat, until the red really popped.
No vinyl. Drawn on with a paint marker, letter by letter.
Edges and details, up on a ladder.
Now the first thing people photograph when they pull in.
The mural's right out front, waiting for its next picture. Tag us when you visit; we love seeing it out in the wild.
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