New Hot Mural at Overstreet House of Cars
August 14, 2010 on 7:10 am | In Uncategorized | No Comments
Despite interior temperatures of ninety-six degrees, initial work of the new classic car mural at the Overstreet House of Cars began this week. Much acrylic retarder was used as the paint almost dried on the brush but the art must go on. The scene which measures 60′ wide by 18′ tall shows a vintage Drive-In Movie setting. The title of the painting is “The Summer of ’69″. The scene will take weeks to finish and will serve as a visual backdrop to the more than sixty classic cars in the museum. This pencil sketch shows the preliminary design. Stay tuned for art update photos.
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August 13, 2010 on 7:53 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments
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August 4th – “Classic Road Show” Mural is Complete!
August 4, 2010 on 7:42 am | In Uncategorized | 2 CommentsWith only three days of drawing and thirteen days of painting the newest mural on Route 66 is complete!. The mural titled “Classic Road Show” commissioned by Midwest petroleum was signed by artist Ray Harvey yesterday after the last brush stroke was applied. The painting measuring 50′ wide and 8′ tall is located in the Midwest travel plaza at the corner of Route 19 and Interstate 44 in Cuba, MO. This painting marks the twenty-second original art piece by Ray Harvey in the area. The mural depicts a few of the classic cars seen on Route 66 during it’s hey day. The mural will greet the thousands of travelers and local patrons stopping in for food, fuel and refreshments. The plaza serves customers on nationwide travel as well as campers, truckers, residents and visitors to the Lake of the Ozarks.
Ray Harvey’s next mural is scheduled to begin next week at the Overstreet House of Cars in Maryland Heights, MO. This is the newest classic car museum in the midwest and will house at least one Ray Harvey original. This one being a Drive-In scene from 1969.
July 29th – Route 66 Mural Drives Toward Completion
July 29, 2010 on 7:47 pm | In Uncategorized | No CommentsWith only a couple days left of painting the new Midwest petroleum mural is winding down. Thirteen painting days and forty-eight feet later there will be a new classic car painting gracing the area of Route 66 in Cuba, MO. This painting is titled “Classic Road Show” and is greeting travelers at the Midwest truck Port. The atrium is open twenty-four hours and the painting will be there waiting for you. If you are on your way south or doing some floating stop in and see.
July 23rd – Route 66 Mural Meets Halfway Point!
July 22, 2010 on 7:56 pm | In Uncategorized | No CommentsThe latest painting for Mural City commissioned by Midwest Petroleum reached it’s halfway point today. After only six days twenty-five of the total fifty feet wide design has been completed. The Mid-way point was reached with the completion of a yellow Buick. This mural now shows four of the total of nine autos depicted in the design.
July 22nd – A Purple Goat and a Yellow Buick!
July 21, 2010 on 7:50 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments
The GTO was completed today, along with progress on the Buick. After tomorrow the right side of the fifty foot Route 66 mural should be completed.
July 21st – More Route 66 Mural Progress
July 21, 2010 on 6:30 am | In Uncategorized | No Comments
Today the Cadillac was completed. The 1966 GTO was begun. Thinking about a Purple Goat.
July 20th – More Progress on Route 66 Mural
July 19, 2010 on 9:22 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments
These photos show more progress on the latest mural for Route 66 in Cuba, MO.
Stay tuned for daily picture progress.
July 16th – First Week of Route 66 Mural Completed.
July 16, 2010 on 5:17 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments
The new Route 66 mural in Cuba, MO is well underway after the first week of work. The initial layout drawing and the first classic car has been completed. The 1953 Corvette now hangs over the visitors in the atrium room at the Midwest Petroleum Truck Port. Eight more cars are ready for painting beginning Monday.
New Route 66 Mural Commissioned
July 2, 2010 on 8:26 pm | In Uncategorized | No CommentsMidwest Petroleum Company has commissioned Ray Harvey Art to create a new mural for the atrium wall at the Cuba, Missouri location. The painting, which will measure forty-eight feet wide, will depict the nostalgic transportation on Route 66. The design will incorporate an estimated ten classic vehicles including autos such as a 1959 Cadillac and Ford Fairlane, a 1953 Corvette, a 1965 Mustang GT and others. The mural will be viewed in the entrance to the restaurant which serves thousands of customers traveling Interstate 44 which runs parallel to The Mother Road of Route 66. The design by Ray Harvey was presented and approved by owner Don McNutt of Midwest Petroleum yesterday with the final art being started by next week. The mural is expected to take three weeks for completion. With anticipation of this successful first painting there is already talk of continuing the mural to the other adjacent walls showing additional Cuba, MO transportation including air, rail and transport. This painting will mark an estimated twenty-two murals and scenes by Ray Harvey in the Cuba, Mo area.
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