ORLANDO, Fla. – One of the largest murals ever painted for the city was dedicated Tuesday at a small park in downtown Orlando.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Commissioner Patty Sheehan and representatives from Orlando Health — including ORMC Chief Operating Officer Ohme Entin — turned out to dedicate “An Ode to Harmony.”
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The mural, which is located at the corner of Rosalind Avenue and Central Boulevard, features images of swans and a little girl wearing a crown on her head.
That little girl is the daughter of one of the artists.
“We’re not from Orlando, but she is going to grow up in Orlando,” Peterson Guerrier said. “She is the future of Orlando, so we wanted to create something that basically speaks that volume of what Orlando can be and will be.”
Guerrier was joined by artists Jordan Justice and Chris Jones.
Jones said it’s appropriate that their piece faces the children’s section of the Orange County Public Library, which sits right across the street.
“To know they did it freehand is awesome,” Dyer said. “I don’t know how they can actually get the dimensions and everything.”
The mural will stay on the building it was painted on for at least a couple years.
The building is slated to be torn down to make room for Lake Eola’s transformation, which will open up a new path for people to enter the park.
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