Dogwood Park Animal Clinic
April 2026 - Augusta, GA
If you've ever been to Augusta in April, you already know. The city is in full bloom, azaleas everywhere, that warm southern air, the kind of light that makes everything look like it was made to be photographed. It's a hard place not to love this time of year. So when this project landed on my calendar to kick off 2026, I wasn't exactly complaining about the location.
Dogwood Park Animal Clinic had a wall problem, not a bad wall, just an invisible one. Situated right along a main road with steady traffic, the building had been blending into its surroundings for years. Nothing wrong with it, nothing that made you slow down either.
That's the quiet cost of a blank wall: it doesn't offend anyone, but it doesn't stop anyone either. The client wanted something that would change that. And honestly, this one was right in my wheelhouse: animals, bold color, big energy. The kind of project where I get to remind myself why I picked up a brush in the first place.
The final design pulls you in from the road. Rich, vibrant colors, the kind that don't care what time of day you drive past. For an animal clinic, the mural needed to do two things at once: feel welcoming and warm for the pet owners walking in, and loud enough to register at 40 miles per hour for everyone else. I think we nailed both.
Since it went up, the double-takes have been real. Drivers slowing down. People stopping to get a photo. That's the thing about a well-placed mural: it doesn't just decorate a space, it announces it. Dogwood Park Animal Clinic isn't blending in anymore.
