{"id":13744,"date":"2022-02-07T16:54:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T22:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=13744"},"modified":"2022-02-07T16:55:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T22:55:45","slug":"americas-muralist-back-in-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=13744","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s Muralist back in Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2n2va8y\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51869190130_08c8626f76.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF0074\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I drove up the freeway from Tulsa to the little town of Collinsville, Oklahoma to check out a mural painted last summer by a friend of the family, Raine Clotfelter, of Branson, Missouri.  He was commissioned by a business owner who had bought a new building for his establishment and wanted something to make it special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2n2mFcw\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51867535272_9609702aca.jpg\" alt=\"DJI_0390\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s special alright, 140 feet long and 20 feet tall of special, showing a lot of Oklahoma features under a beautiful sky and a huge United States Flag. It was too big to put it all in one photograph, even with my drone so I made a short video further down this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2n2mE9E\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51867531742_0d2db7b5af.jpg\" alt=\"DJI_0394\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Raine does this thing all over the country. You want a mural painted he&#8217;ll come and do it for you. He goes by the moniker <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/americasmuralist.com\/home\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/americasmuralist.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\">America&#8217;s Muralist<\/a> and he is very accomplished artist. Check the link for examples of his work and his clients. He has done work for Walt Disney Productions, Columbia Pictures, and others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\">\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DJI_0398\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\"  src=\"https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/photos\/51867528632\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He grew up in the small town of Antlers, Oklahoma and you can tell his small-town values are still with him. He likes to do work in small towns to help enliven them. He has certainly done that in Collinsville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newson6.com\/story\/60bb80907c6fb50bf8fb0dd9\/work-almost-complete-on-oklahoma-themed-mural-in-collinsville\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.newson6.com\/story\/60bb80907c6fb50bf8fb0dd9\/work-almost-complete-on-oklahoma-themed-mural-in-collinsville\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> is to a local television story about Raine and his mural. This <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tulsaworld.com\/news\/local\/renowned-artist-enlivens-downtown-collinsville-with-historic-mural\/article_35fd157a-d066-11eb-b0ac-97a44b1fcf45.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tulsaworld.com\/news\/local\/renowned-artist-enlivens-downtown-collinsville-with-historic-mural\/article_35fd157a-d066-11eb-b0ac-97a44b1fcf45.html\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> is to a newspaper article about the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check his website <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/americasmuralist.com\/home\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/americasmuralist.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\">Americas Muralist<\/a>. See if there is one of his mural near you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am linking with <a href=\"http:\/\/ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Our World Tuesday<\/strong><\/a>. 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