Laramie River Rainbow
Laramie River Rainbow, Laramie River Watershed, Designed by Paul Taylor, Mandi Pollard & Barb Farley. Painted
by Harmony and Centennial school kids and teachers. Science consultant Chris Moody. Mapping by Robert Kirkwood.
May 2022, 8 feet x 52 inches
Laramie River Rainbow was painted by 18 students plus staff from Harmony & Centennial Elementary Schools in Wyoming.
Looking straight West at the Snowy Range of the Medicine Bow Mountains, our mural celebrates our beautiful land, our mountains ((deep blue purple), our plains (red pink yellow) and our Laramie River watershed (green blue). Laramie River is L running through Harmony and the Little Laramie River is R running through Centennial. (They meet up further E close to the Laramie township). Looking closely to the L, you can see Harmony School with it's Mustang hoof print symbol, the nearby Water Treatment Plant (water drop), Woods Landing (pine tree), Jelm Mountain with it's Observatory (star) and the kids ranch brands. Central you will see Rob Roy Reservoir (top), Sheep Mountain, Lake Hattie Reservoir with plains lakes, and the stunning wind eroded Big Hollow (wind symbol). To the R you can see the Medicine Bow Peak Mountain lakes at the top, the Centennial School with its Wolf Cub symbol and the kids ranch brands.
Our mural is inspired by Aboriginal culture and indigenous wisdom of "Caring for Country". The land topography mapping and the dot painting tradition are ceremonially intended for the regeneration of our water and land, maintaining all life in abundance and balance,
"bringing the happiness to the land" with the right amount or rain.
Harmony and Centennial School Students
Mandi Pollard
Paul Taylor
