john Wehrle

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For the last thirty years John has been creating public murals and installations throughout California. Many of these monumental paintings have become urban landmarks. He has painted murals on the outside of the DeYoung Museum, one on a downtown Los Angeles freeway for the 1984 Olympics and has fabricated installations for Libraries, Firehouses, Schools and Train Stations throughout California. He created a series of signature paintings for various Bay Area Biotech Firms and several prominent public artworks for the City of Richmond. Wehrle’s work has been featured in numerous books on Murals and Public Art as well as a Film”Mur Mur” by Agnes Varda. Recent explorations have included large panoramic photographs that have been shown in several Bay Area exhibitions.