JOANNE GOUDIE, "HISTORY OF EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY OF GALESBURG," 1997

acrylic on shaped canvas, 12' x 4.5'

Located: Carl Sandburg College, Knox College and Galesburg CUSD #205 joint Educational Technology Center, 335 E. Main St., Galesburg, Ill.

Other works: Iowa Power and Water Administration, Muscatine, Iowa

"History of Education and Industry of Galesburg" is a representational painting that seamlessly blends past and present Galesburg history with a focus on educational and industrial achievements.

Occupying central positions in the mural are the old Churchill School, Carl Sandburg College and Knox College. The Burlington Zephyr cuts a diagonal into the right corner of the composition, a field with horse and tractor are to the left. Galesburg inventions: the Ferris Wheel, the Gale automobile, Butler Manufacturing's grain bins are all identified and recorded in paint. Across the top of the mural, the names of local founders, educators and inventors are lightly stenciled.

Like pages in a book, the images on the four-part shaped canvas flow into one another creating a timeless Galesburg universe of past and present achievements.