July 3, 2007

OCEAN: Gilgo Beach mural project

On June 30th, 2007 Thrust Clothing hosted a surf competition at Gilgo Beach with the goal of raising awareness for ocean pollution. Part of that plan was to have 5 local NY artist's paint wall murals based on the theme. The day was a major success. There were waves, surfers, food, drink, artist's, paint and plenty of people to watch the event. We couldn't have asked for a better situation. The support of the people all day as they walked by was really incredible. Artist's usually paint indoors alone without anyone around but on this day there were seas of people… people from every walk and size who watched as we painted. All the artist's agreed that we could easily get used to having a cheering section of positivity around us like that. I just wanted to thank everyone who made the event possible but especially all the people at the beach with nothing but kind words to say. We were glad that we could bring a little bit of beauty to the tunnel that leads you to your beach. The slideshow unit below will give you all the visual details from this amazing day but before you do that take a look at what the wall looked like before the mural project began…..