Preparing the Canvas...

Carlos Boada uses a power washer to blast away peeling paint off the wall of a local area business as volunteers prepared a section of the downtown area for the second phase of a public art project. Celebrating its second year, the Community Canvas of Mountain Home will transform the alley walls of several downtown businesses with an assortment of original artwork. Organizers have 35 additional canvas projects planned this year with additional businesses allowing artists to decorate the walls of their shops and stores to expand the outdoor galley with an official reveal of this work scheduled for July 4.