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by Michael Friend
Mosier Ladders Installation
Painting the Ladders in Hood River #2
Painting the Ladders in Hood River #1
View OPB's Oregon Art Beat segment on John's Hand Painted Photographs
JOHN MAHER 
and the Running Fruit Ladders Large Scale Art Installations
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Oregon Arts Commission together with the National Endowment for the Arts along with the Wasco Co. Cultural Coalition and the Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers
Fiscal Agent - Gorge Artists (non profit 501 (c)3 organization)

The Running Fruit Ladders project is 1/2 mile long Artists' Rendition
Large Art Celebrating Small Farms
in the Columbia River Gorge
See Links below for more about the Running Fruit Ladders Project and Partners
Major Donors
Oregon Arts Commission
Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers
Wasco Cultural Trust
The Gorge White House
Willis Orchard Company
Lage Orchards
Metro Recycled Paint
More on Running Fruit Ladders Project

Press Room
press clippings #1
press clippings #2
press clippings #3
Links to web press
Links to Partners
Gorge Artists
The Dalles Art Center
Discovery Center
OSALT Hood River Residents Committee Maryhill Museum of Art
Volunteers Rock!

Some of the many volunteers who made the project happen!
Thank You Volunteers !!!
Jean Vercello applying paint primer with broom
About the Artist

John has worked in commercial and fine art for over 30 years.
He has worked for clients like National Geographic, The New York Times, Oregon Magazine,
In Focus Systems, Adidas, and many others.
His latest work involves large scale art installations of multi-colored fruit ladders along major highways in the Northwest to celebrate small family farms.

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