2005 

The "Tail" continues!  The Chamber is proud to present the 2005 pieces of art work that were sponsored for this year's project.  Last year the Chamber had 9 pieces of art work now in 2005 there are 15! The committee picked out another Tail to provide an base for the artists, the dragon fly and changed the horse from one that was rearing to a running horse. They are all out on display in the community.  10 of the pieces are currently located in and around the Moran Overlook Park, (west end Green River across from the Sinclair Station, where the Chamber's Reader Board sign is located).  
Book & Bean & All State Insurance - "Rainbow Reflections" by Kathleen Clymer
Bronze Bay Tanning & Skin Care Salon - "Empress Jade", by Janis Hughes
Brokerage Southwest & China Gardens - "Tranquility" by Jeff Bernal
Castle Rock Veterinary Clinic- "Desert Paint", by Mary Shaw
Curves - "Dragon the Line", by Leslie Wilson
Carl Morck - "Desert Silhouettes", by Rudy Gunter
Mustang Motel - "Cassandra-Garden Goddess", by Angie Bennett
Sweetwater Cable - "Techni-Fly", by Julie Williams
Twin Pines Realty - "Equine Ethereal", by Travis and Caitlin Hart
Western Gas Resources - "Palisades Pixie", by Teryl Hartman
The remaining five projects are located next to the following businesses:
Active Realty - 367 E. Flaming Gorge Way - "Fairy Fly", by Jeannie Earhart
Castle Rock Realty - 247 E. Flaming Gorge Way - "Red Hat Mary-Y", by Theresa Stark
Coachman Inn, 470 E. Flaming Gorge Way - "Quilted Freedom Fly", by Theresa Stark
Golden Hour Senior Citizens Center, (sponsored by Fraternal Order of Eagles),  550 Uinta Drive, - "Green River the American Dream", by the Senior Citizens
State Bank of Green River, 30 Shoshone - "Desert Spirit", by Scott Blume

The Tall Tails Committee also sends its thanks and appreciation to John Salisbury of
3 J’s Fab, for working on the dragon fly design and coming up with a wonderful blank “canvas” for the artists to work on! John also created

The “Herd” will remain in the Moran Overlook Park until August 25^th, when they will then move to Expedition Island for the River Festival. They will be auctioned Friday night during the River Festival at 7:30 pm . 

One more Tall Tails Celebration will take place August 13^th with another free Barbeque and entertainment in Roosevelt Park at 6 pm . 

"Rainbow Reflections" was painted by Kathleen Clymer and sponsored by Book & Bean and All State Insurance. Owners Misti Karician-Zimmerman, of the Book & Bean and

Linda Faloni, owner of Castle Rock Realty with artist Theresa Stark and her project, "Red Hat Mare-Y". 

Curves sponsored artist Leslie Wilson and her dragon fly, "Dragon the Line"

Rudy Gunter with his creation of "Desert Silhouettes", is the only project that has a  sponsorship by a individual, local resident Carl Morck is very involved in the community and want to have more art work out and visable. Rudy, former art teacher at the High School, incorporated many horses in his piece. If you look closely you will the silhouettes of running, rearing and herds of horse. See how many you can come up with! 

Sue Bozner, owner of the Mustang Motel stands by her sponsored piece, "Cassandra - Garden Goddess" painted by artist Angie Bennett. Angie had this to say about her creation, "Cassandra-The Garden Goddess reigns over a whimsical garden. Her name gave me a theme. I used bright happy colors with garden symbols. Cassandra's garden is pure fantasy. She wears a smile and hopes that people who see her will have a smile also. I have enjoyed painting this giant metal sculpture. It is the first project of this size that I have tried". 

Twin Pines Realty has once again sponsored Travis Hart. Travis and his daughter Caitlin's piece name "Equine Ethereal" echo the wonderful day and night skies here in Green River.   

"Desert Paint" was created by Mary Shaw for sponsor, Castle Rock Veterinary Clinic. Mary's 3-dimensional piece of art work was created by using spray insulating foam over the metal cut-out. One side of the horse features wild running horses while the other side has pronghorns.

 The Coachman Motel, with owners Linda Faloni & Scott Hamel,  sponsored, "Quilted Freedom Fly", a Theresa Stark Creation. The art work is embellished with 3-D Stars all over the body and head. 

"Tranquility" by artist and Middle School art Teacher, Jeff Bernal is sponsored by China Gardens and Brokerage Southwest. This is the only fish cutout for this year.

Golden Hour Senior Citizen were very excited about the Tall Tails project this year and convinced the Fraternal Order of Eagles to sponsor their art work. Several Senior Citizens worked on the piece named "Green River the American Dream".  One side of the dragonfly has a flying eagle in red, white & blue and the other side is a panoramic representation of Castle Rock, Tollgate and the Palisades.  

Scott Blume stands with his creation " Desert Spirit" that was sponsored by the State Bank of Green River. This is the second year that the State Bank has sponsored Scott's creations that are done all with spray paint! 

Julie Williams' art work was sponsored by Sweetwater Cable TV. "Techni-Fly", evolved from the initial research she did on the construction of a dragonfly's wing and the similarities she noticed between it and Sweetwater Cable TV. At first, she was captivated by the tile=like appearance and the challenge seem to be in giving each individual block its own unique color. She says, "But, as I become more involved, I realized the network of lines was just as important in creating the "bigger picture". Finally, the colors began to mesh and the overall pattern fell into place, creating the wing network and ultimately resulting in the "Techni-fly you see today."

Dave Hatfield, District Manager of Western Gas Resources poses with artist Teryl Hartman and her creation, "Palisades Pixie". 

Last years Tall Tails