"My abstract painting is inspired by the colors and shapes used on a fence about 2 miles South on River Road at Park. I am a member of Eug-Art 404, made up of artists based in River Road and Santa Clara. A few years ago some friends painted colorful stripes and the message "Love is a Choice" on 404 member Catherine's fence. Soon after forming in 2018, a few members extended the mural to include fanciful flowers and shapes. I originally proposed the design for the (dull gray, often graffitied) box in front of Catherine's fence, but was happy to continue the theme down the road to where the City needed to replace a box. Though the love literally spelled out by the fence mural is abstracted and psychedelicized on my signal box, the theme is still expressed, but with a different voice, at the place where our neighborhood road connects to the freeway system."

This project is possible with the support of the City of Eugene Traffic Operations Team.