Muralist Beau Stanton spent recently some time in Nashville, Tennessee in the US invited to paint a 75X70 Foot mural as part of the Nashville Walls Project commissioned by a consortium of five conservation groups.
The mural, located on 5th Ave in Downtown Nashville, shows a classic Greek Goddess pouring water from an urn, providing a home for three blue scaled fish swimming below. The Goddess and the purpose of the mural is to bring attention to the waterways of Middle Tennessee and the value they bring to the area.
“Rivive! Nashville” Their goal through the mural is to highlight the contributions of local streams so they might be prioritized amid the area’s rapid growth.
“Nashville started as a river city. From trade and commerce and transportation, that’s what attracted people here and got people here,” said Terry Cook, of the Nature Conservancy. “We think water should be one of the most valuable resources we seek to protect.
Stanton spent 12 days painting the 75 x 70 foot mural in Nashville, which is also part of the Nashville Walls Project. He said he often incorporates familiar, iconic images and presents them in contemporary ways. He chose a classical female for the Rivive! mural because it is an iconic figure and because of Nashville’s historical reputation as the “Athens of the South.” His mural also includes Gothic and Art Deco designs he has seen in Nashville.
“I like for the images to speak for themselves and I like when people come to their own conclusions with regard to the meaning” Stanton said.
The mural, by street artist Beau Stanton, is located at Fifth Avenue North and Commerce Street.
Author: Fran
Founder and editor of Urbanite. Street Art lover who after the finishing her MA thesis on the Mexican and Norwegian muralist movement in the 1920-50s, developed a fascination for street art and graffiti that eventually led to collaborations with different art blogs, including the creation of this one.
