Artist Restores Vintage Beloit Mural
by Kathryn Larson, Spectrum News – August 21, 2020
Standing at just 5’2″, with two new hips, a talented Rock County native uses her skill with the paint-brush and boom lift to restore an old mural in downtown Beloit.
“I’m healthy and strong and I’ve always been a hard worker, so I definitely have the determination to make it happen and get it done,” Kathy Piccione says.
Over the last six weeks, Piccione has faced death-defying heights and used gallons and gallons of acrylic paint to bring back century-old advertisements— located on the side of what once was an old grocery store. She says because the brick wasn’t in great shape— it made it a challenging, but exciting, opportunity.
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