Clearwater Mural Wraps Dock in Crystalline Nostalgia

It’s always a clear day in the illusory world of the Clearwater Mural, whose idyllic pastel panorama of the Palisades headlands wraps Sav-on’s north and west sides. The recently added section behind the loading dock, created by local artist Terri Bromberg, completes a stunning sweep of coast from east to west, taking in the Channel Islands in the distance down to the accurately rendered flora and fauna of the coastal environment. Bromberg, who created the mural in Los Liones Gateway Park depicting animal and plant life in a coastal canyon, has accurately recreated this landscape as it must have looked in the 19th century. She has not only included details such as the spider that scurries up the Sav-on dumpster, but also placed the Ysidro Reyes Adobe in the scene that today marks the intersection of Sunset and Chautauqua. For the past two months, Bromberg, along with design artist Merry Ealy, has been cleaning and touching up the original mural that Bromberg completed in 1999. The estimated cost of the entire project, $16,000, was underwritten by the Pacific Palisades Junior Women’s Club and an anonymous donor. However, according to concept producer Stuart Muller, the maintenance fund is drained, and he is seeking contributions to ‘ensure the healthy future of this magnificent community asset.’ Contributions may be sent to Palisades PRIDE (with the notation Clearwater Mural Maintenance Fund), 15330 Antioch, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.