Chris Peterson is an artist with a vision. In his mind's eye, he sees walls in every county in the state covered with murals he's painted of Utah wildlife.
He's already made a prototype. You can see it on the side of the Neighborhood Hive building located just west of the intersection of 2100 South and 2100 East in Sugar House.It's this 120-foot long mural that gave flight to Peterson's lofty idea to adorn the side of a building in every Utah county with a similar rendering of a species that is prized by the locals.
It's his view that the animals in our midst — non-human category — deserve all the attention they can get. The contest, which runs through May 10, is open to age groups 4-11, 12-17 and 18-plus. There are seven categories, including photography, handmade art, video, music, writing, digital art and digital storytelling.
But the ball is rolling. Already, for example, Peterson reports that negotiations are underway in Uintah County to paint a mural on a wall in the center of Vernal of a Colorado River cutthroat trout, a fish Peterson said the Division of Wildlife Resources — one of the donors to the cause — is planning to re-introduce in the northeast part of the state.
Artist Chris Peterson looks over small cutthroat trout in an aquarium at the Neighborhood Hive in Sugar House on April 4. Peterson is overseeing an art contest for the Utah Wildlife Federation.
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