Mural expected to attract visitors to Post Falls Chamber

POST FALLS — Watching paint dry takes time. 

However, that hasn’t been landscape artist Christina Hull’s experience this week as she’s worked on a new mural on the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce building.

Paint has been drying nearly as fast as she can pour it out. 

Hull started work on the mural at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday to try and beat the heat. It incorporates outdoor scenes filled with bright colors. 

By week's end, the stucco front of the building will be populated with fish that are native to Post Falls: cutthroat trout, perch and bass. 

“It’s super fun to be able to do this, but I’m spoiled, I’m used to painting murals indoors on smooth surfaces,” Hull said. 

The Coeur d'Alene resident and has done murals at local schools and businesses.   

“My art is always celebrating the Pacific Northwest and the beauty that surrounds all of us who are lucky enough to live here,” Hull said. 

Christina Petit, president and CEO of the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce, said the plan to place a mural in the front of the building has been in the works since early this year.

"It’s inspired by murals throughout the Dakotas,” Petit said. “We wanted to have a place for people to gather and have a photo opportunity.”  

Hull said the mural could include local landmarks like the water tower. But along with the more grounded elements, some things were included just for fun. 

“They (Post Falls Chamber of Commerce) really wanted it to be interactive and so it’s going to have a sasquatch and a fishing pole,” Hull said.