Newest mural to be finished today

The city’s newest fresco is nearly complete. 

Casa Grande artist Mauriel “Mory” Morejon was spotted today finishing his newest mural he titled “By the River.” He started spraying his acrylic paint Monday. 

The freehand mural is painted on a Global Water Resources tank just south of West Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway and Santa Rosa Parkway. It features wild horses drinking water out of a river, with saguaros and jagged Arizona mountains in the background. 

“This spread is without any projection,” Morejon told InMaricopa Monday. “It’s just out of my mind straight to the wall.”  

Morejon is the artist behind another mural at the Maricopa Museum and Visitor Center that debuted last July. He has painted more than 200 backyard murals in the city.  The city is paying the muralist to complete the work.  

The project cost the city $10,000, according to a city statement. The project is a collaborated effort between the city and Global Water, which provided the unconventional canvas for the project. 

The city’s push for more attractive public art includes this, a herd of painted wild horses and traffic-signal boxes as a part of its arts initiative.