Chicago based artist Martina Nehrling uses her distinct mark-making vocabulary and saturated colors to respond spontaneously and organically to the lunette it occupies and the rhythm of the Uptown Kingston atmosphere. First executed on panel, because of the logistics of the covered sidewalk, the mural’s composition was influenced by the honeycombs of beehives hanging nearby. Color decisions began with International Optimism Yellow, a paint color that is its own art project by local conceptual artist Uncle Riley, mixed with the influence of the local classical radio station and the “convivial atmosphere” of the Kingston arts community.