Shaun Thurston Mural Installation Begins at Chamblin's

[Metro Jacksonville]

Shaun Thurston Mural Installation Begins at Chamblin's



Downtown Jacksonville will soon be bragging about another public art installation. Muralist Shaun Thurston was commissioned to create a mural on Chamblin's Uptown bookstore on Laura Street and work has begun. Join us after the jump for more details about the project and the artist!

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[ben says]

Fantastic work!

[Tacachale]

That's going to look sweet. We need more of these kinds of projects.

[fieldafm]

That's going to look sweet. We need more of these kinds of projects.

Well you're in luck.

The Yates parking garage will have two of it's towers covered in a mural as part of Art In Public Place's mural program.

Expect to hear about some more in the future... maybe even one in Riverside

[fsujax]

We need the Ed Ball building painted again!

[BridgeTroll]

That's going to look sweet. We need more of these kinds of projects.

Yes we do!

[Dog Walker]

Is this being paid for by the Laura Street facade improvement grant?  Really good use of the money if so.

[riverside planner]

Is this being paid for by the Laura Street facade improvement grant?  Really good use of the money if so.

Yes, this mural is being funded in part by the Laura Street Facade Grant Program.

[Steve Ducharme]

REALLY EXCELLENT!  Time for a visit!

[ronchamblin]

FYI, the total cost was $6,500.00, of which I paid half.  Besides his art effort and work, he has to pay for insurance, the lift, bagging the meters etc etc.  The work is looking better than I thought it would..... and he is only just beginning.  I'll have to admit that in the beginning, I had feelings that I would rather spend the money on construction "things", but now I'm seeing that the art is a better way to spend the money... and it will last a long time.

[If_I_Loved_you]

Is this being paid for by the Laura Street facade improvement grant?  Really good use of the money if so.

I think so as well.  Shaun is an amazing guy and hes been working on his art for a while.  Once he was just a kid with a spray can.....

"Once he was just a kid with a spray can" Stephen not everybody who once was a tagger is a True Artist as this Shaun Thurston truly seems to be. 

[ronchamblin]

So happy to see that you did not capitalize the word "god" Stephen.  There is hope.  Thanks.

[If_I_Loved_you]

So happy to see that you did not capitalize the word "god" Stephen.  There is hope.  Thanks.

you used the word 'hope', ron.  It implies faith. Which means there is some for you.  Youre welcome.

“Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope”

[ben says]

So happy to see that you did not capitalize the word "god" Stephen.  There is hope.  Thanks.

you used the word 'hope', ron.  It implies faith. Which means there is some for you.  Youre welcome.

How does the word 'hope' imply 'faith'?

[If_I_Loved_you]

So happy to see that you did not capitalize the word "god" Stephen.  There is hope.  Thanks.

you used the word 'hope', ron.  It implies faith. Which means there is some for you.  Youre welcome.

How does the word 'hope' imply 'faith'?

“I like to think our need for faith is a hint from God. An atheist is someone who can’t take a hint.”