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Click on a category above to see samples of Caplinger’s artwork, and to learn more about the artist. |
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Portraits, Paintings, Murals of the Southwest
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“Famous Places in Montebello’s History” by Chuck Caplinger (1997)
Mural for Metro Rail Station, Montebello/Commerce, CA
Size: 10’ x 30’
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Chuck Caplinger’s original maquette for the Montebello Mural, “Famous Places in Montebello’s History,” which depicts the early Mission and Ranchero days, early oil wells, the famous Simon’s Brick Co. and Vail Airfield in Montebello, California.
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The 10x30 Montebello Mural was painted on canvas at Caplinger’s desert home, Desert Art Studio in 29 Palms, CA--in his specially constructed “outdoor art studio”--then delivered and installed at the Metro
Rail Station site wall. The finished mural was officially unveiled on Sept. 27, 1997.
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Chuck Caplinger’s assistant artist on this mural was longtime friend Lee Kiefer of Los Angeles (at left in both photos). The artists are seen here working on the mural in September
1997.
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Unlike his other on-site murals, where Caplinger paints directly onto an exterior building wall, the Montebello Mural was painted at his home studio first--on a sun-screen material that was prepared to resemble
artist’s canvas, and designed to be installed on an exterior wall like wallpaper and to be highly resistant to the elements.
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