DCA Mural Artist Reunited with Work by Jim Lundstrom of Penninsula Pulse

DCA Mural Artist Reunited with Work 

Giffey delighted to see his work standing up to time 

By Jim Lundstrom

David Giffey talks on July 8 with Anne Haberland Emerson. Photo by Jim Lundstrom.

It  Seeing his creation for the first time in 20 years, David Giffey's blue eyes seemed to dance with joy and appreciation across the wavy waters of the mural "Door County/The Water"on the south wall of the Door Community Auditorium entryway.

"There's the joy of designing," Giffey said. "I remember the water was really fun to paint. I was trying to bring in different elements of color because water is not blue."

Confronted by the Door County icons he was commissioned to portray in mural format in the early 1990s, Giffey had the look of a man seeing a dear, old friend after a very long time as he took turns gazing upon "DC/The Water" and, on the other side of the entryway, "DC/The Land."

"I'm delighted to see it," he said. "It looks very bright and lively to me."

The premise of the murals from the start, he said, was to make it local.
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