TIVERTON – Experience isn't everything. So when artist Roxanne Blackmore was offered the chance to paint two murals, in a very conspicuous outdoor location, she did not hesitate to take the challenge.

Last weekend, on a whale watch in Boston Harbor, Lauren YS caught sight of deflated birthday balloons floating in the water. The muralist was horrified. “Sea life eats that,” they said. “And then they ...

Artist Austin Davis was a high schooler in Yelm when he first saw downtown Olympia’s mural of “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” which has stood on Fourth Avenue at the foot of Budd Inlet for almost 50 ...