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A vibrant, large-scale mural made of square tiles depicts a lush, expansive landscape. On the left, tall trees with light-colored trunks and green foliage frame a scene that transitions into a wide-open field in the center. A light blue river flows from the left foreground to the center. The mural extends across a long wall under a brown overhang.

Junction Springs

Date Installed:
Region:
North America
2D/3D:
2D
Linda Dixon & Drew Krouse

Located throughout Junction Plaza, in Junction Springs the artists have woven a beautiful tapestry of diverse and interconnected living things, incorporating flora and fauna from the North Carolina mountains, piedmont and coast. The overarching theme is water, a natural resource and a basic requirement for life. The mural depicts the movement of water from a mountain spring towards a river basin and finally into the sea. Rain clouds in the distance remind us that water falls, is absorbed into the earth or flows in rivers and creeks, evaporates, forms clouds and falls again, in an endless cycle.

This vast installation includes a thirty-one-foot mural, a twelve-foot-long inlaid stream, a thirty-one-foot-long bench, water fountains*, and twelve eight-foot-tall columns throughout Junction Plaza. 

*The water fountain features of Junction Springs have been removed.  

Sponsored by Bob and Bonnie Meeker, Winn Dixie, the J. Richard & Sybel F. Hayworth Foundation, the NC Arts Council, the Ronald McDonald House Charities- International and NC Chapter, Acme McCrary and Sapona Foundation
Junction Springs is located throughout Junction Plaza in the middle of the North Carolina Zoo.
A vibrant, large-scale mural made of square tiles depicts a lush, expansive landscape. On the left, tall trees with light-colored trunks and green foliage frame a scene that transitions into a wide-open field in the center. A light blue river flows from the left foreground to the center. The mural extends across a long wall under a brown overhang.