Rich Ramos designed the "Water is Life" mural for downtown Ogden. On Friday, May 5, 2017, Ramos and two other artists spent the day creating the giant spray paint mural for the Moments art festival. The painting blends Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" with the recent protests in Standing Rock, N.D.
LEAD BZ 050517 Rich Ramos Moments Mural 06-1Rich Ramos works on his mural, "Water is Life," on Friday, May 5, 2017 in downtown Ogden. Ramos's 26 foot by 12 foot spray painted mural is based on Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" but updated with imagery from the pipeline protests in Standing Rock, N.D. "I've inserted more of an American story," says Ramos. The painting is being completed in one day as part of the Moments art festival.
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Secondary BZ 050517 Rich Ramos Moments Mural 08-2Zach Blair helps spray paint the "Water is Life" mural on Friday, May 5, 2017, in downtown Ogden. The mural is temporarily installed in an empty lot along 25th Street.
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Secondary BZ 050517 Rich Ramos Moments Mural 01Spray paint, supplies and a sketch of the completed mural sit under a tent near Rich Ramos's work space on Friday, May 5, 2017, in downtown Ogden. Ramos bought 96 cans of black, white and grey spray paint for the project.
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BZ 050517 Rich Ramos Moments Mural 04-3Josh Smith, left, and Zack Blair help install wooden panels that will make up Rich Ramos's mural backdrop on Friday morning, May 5, 2017, in downtown Ogden. Ramos sketched out the mural earlier and will spend all of Friday spray painting the full piece along with Smith and Blair. The painting, titled "Water is Life," uses the template of Pablo Picaso's "Guernica," but it is updated to reflect the protests in Standing Rock, N.D.
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BZ 050517 Rich Ramos Moments Mural 05-4Rich Ramos, left, and Josh Smith build a 12 foot by 26 foot mural backdrop in downtown Ogden on Friday morning, May 5, 2017. The two artists will spray paint the mural throughout the rest of the day as part of the Moments art event.
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BZ 050517 Rich Ramos Moments Mural 07Rich Ramos, left, Josh Smith, center, and Zack Blair work on the mural, "Water is Life," on Friday, May 5, 2017, in downtown Ogden. Ramos design the 26 foot by 12 foot spray painted mural based on Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" but updated with imagery from the pipeline protests in Standing Rock, N.D. "I've inserted more of an American story," says Ramos. The painting is being completed in one day as part of the Moments art festival.
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BZ 050517 Rich Ramos Moments Mural 03-2Zack Blair, left, Josh Smith, center, and Rich Ramos build a 12 foot by 26 foot mural backdrop on Friday morning, May 5, 2017, in downtown Ogden. The three artists will spray paint the mural throughout the rest of the day as part of the Moments art event.
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BZ 050517 Rich Ramos Moments Mural 02-1Josh Smith, left, and Zack Blair help install wooden panels that will make up Rich Ramos's mural backdrop on Friday morning, May 5, 2017, in downtown Ogden. Ramos sketched out the mural earlier and will spend all of Friday spray painting the full piece along with Smith and Blair.
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BZ 050517 Rich Ramos Moments Mural 09A crowd gathers to watch Zack Blair, Josh Smith, and Rich Ramos spray paint Ramos's "Water is Life" mural in downtown Ogden during the Moments arts festival on Friday, May 5, 2017.
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