Two Orders of Painting Envy, Coming Up!
Leah Langby
April 12, 2011
Keeping Up With Kids

Wowser! Check out the amazing paintings created for the children’s room at the St. Angelo Public Library in Cumberland. The library hired local artist Jeff Hile to create the murals as a way to honor the life of Katherine Robinson, the well-loved library director at Cumberland from 1939-1975.

According to Lori Bock, the current library director, Jeff has turned the library (already amazing) into a “destination that is not to be missed!” The paintings are so lifelike, people keep asking how the artist stuck the butterflies to the wall, and have to spend quite a bit of time looking close-up to realize that they are part of the painting.

Way to go! It’s nice to have something to celebrate.

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