Volunteer Sharon Wood of Mission Viejo uses bright blue paint as she helps put the finishing touches on the “Tunnel Vibration” project on a walking trail near Oso Viejo Park in Mission Viejo on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Sarah Stimson, Cultural Services Manager for the City of Mission Viejo, joins a team of volunteers in putting the final touches on the “Tunnel Vibration” project in a walking tunnel along Oso Creek Trail on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Volunteers armed with paint brushes, ladders, and neon paint, help put the finishing touches on the “Tunnel Vibration” project on Oso Creek Trail, near Oso Viejo Park, in Mission Viejo on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Volunteer Sharon Wood of Mission Viejo uses bright blue paint as she helps put the finishing touches on the “Tunnel Vibration” project on a walking trail near Oso Viejo Park in Mission Viejo on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Volunteers armed with paint brushes, ladders, and neon paint, help put the finishing touches on the “Tunnel Vibration” project on Oso Creek Trail, near Oso Viejo Park, in Mission Viejo on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Ythy Farnsworth of Mission Viejo assists her son, Bobby Farnsworth, 20 months, and daughter, Yvy Farnsworth, 3, as they help paint a brightly colored mural in a tunnel along the Oso Creek Trail during a volunteer event hosted by the City of Mission Viejo on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Chris and Ythy Farnsworth of Mission Viejo, and their kids Bobby Farnsworth, 20 months, and Yvy Farnsworth, 3, help paint a brightly colored mural as part of the “Tunnel Vibration” project in a walking tunnel along the Oso Creek Trail during a volunteer event hosted by the City of Mission Viejo on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Rochelle of Mission Viejo helps paint a tunnel along Oso Creek Trail in Mission Viejo during a volunteer event, hosted by the City of Mission Viejo, to put the finishing touches on the “Tunnel Vibration” project on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Owen Edens, 11, of Mission Viejo helps paint a tunnel along the Oso Creek Trail with bright, neon colors during a volunteer event hosted by the city on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Volunteers armed with paint brushes, ladders, and neon paint, help put the finishing touches on the “Tunnel Vibration” project on Oso Creek Trail, near Oso Viejo Park, in Mission Viejo on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Volunteers and Mission Viejo residents Owen Edens, 11, and Sharon Wood help paint a tunnel along the Oso Creek Trail with bright, neon paint as part of the “Tunnel Vibration” project on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Owen Edens, 11, of Mission Viejo helps paint a tunnel along the Oso Creek Trail with bright, neon colors during a volunteer event hosted by the city on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Volunteers armed with paint brushes, ladders, and neon paint, help put the finishing touches on the “Tunnel Vibration” project on Oso Creek Trail, near Oso Viejo Park, in Mission Viejo on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Owen Edens, 11, of Mission Viejo helps paint a tunnel along the Oso Creek Trail with bright, neon colors during a volunteer event hosted by the city on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Sandy Wood, a Mission Viejo resident since 1968, joins other volunteers as they put the finishing touches on the “Tunnel Vibration” project along Oso Creek Trail on Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Community members picked up brushes for a painting project on Mission Viejo’s Oso Creek Trail over the weekend.
They were helping to transform the tunnel the trail passes through at Jeronimo Road and Arbolitos into a public art piece. The “Tunnel Vibration” mural will take advantage of an optical illusion that will make the tunnel’s walls appear by vibrate because of the high-contract colors that are being painted along its length.
The city even plans to host concerts in the park later that will make use of the tunnel’s acoustic properties to further connect with the mural’s theme.
