In honor of the 100th annual Cicleville Pumpkin Show famed muralist and Circleville native Eric Henn has completed a mural on the downtown Johnson building to commemorate the event.
Found at the corner of Court Street and Main Street in Circleville Ohio the mural stands52’X 36’. It features a large gray arch painted with a scene from what the artist images that the first pumpkin show looked around the turn of the century. Featured around the outside in gray matching the arch are iconic figures from pumpkin shows of old including the pumpkin man, water tower, and Lindsey’s pumpkin pie.
To Circleville locals the Pumpkin Show marks the high point of the year. Schools are out for an entire week and the town literally shuts down to celebrate everything pumpkin in what has been appropriately dubbed, “The Greatest Free Show on Earth.” Henn has captured the spirit of the larger than life event with a larger than life mural that uses its bold colors and depth to literally make you feel like you are a part of the mural and a part of the history.
Found at the corner of Court Street and Main Street in Circleville Ohio the mural stands52’X 36’. It features a large gray arch painted with a scene from what the artist images that the first pumpkin show looked around the turn of the century. Featured around the outside in gray matching the arch are iconic figures from pumpkin shows of old including the pumpkin man, water tower, and Lindsey’s pumpkin pie.
To Circleville locals the Pumpkin Show marks the high point of the year. Schools are out for an entire week and the town literally shuts down to celebrate everything pumpkin in what has been appropriately dubbed, “The Greatest Free Show on Earth.” Henn has captured the spirit of the larger than life event with a larger than life mural that uses its bold colors and depth to literally make you feel like you are a part of the mural and a part of the history.
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