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e 25-year-old artist says she is
primarily a figurative ceramic sculptor
but she also draws, paints and works
in other media. She has a particular
interest in murals and said that stems
from her childhood when she watched
an artist paint a large mural in the
library at her elementary school.
"My mural passion was sowed in
that week," she wrote on Facebook.
She painted her first permanent
outdoor mural in 2017 on the back of
the historic Boylan-Pearce building
in Raleigh and last year was selected
to create two more murals – one in
Durham and the one in Fayetteville.
Work on the Fayetteville project
began in late October of last year. Over
the next two months, Coulter spent
long days – and nights – preparing and
painting a gigantic, detailed version
of the picture she'd presented in her
initial proposal to the school.
Coulter wanted the mural to reflect
the school's focus on developing
young artists while also stressing the
importance of academic excellence and
virtuous character. She used current
students at the school for her models
and said she tried to paint each "as
beautifully as I could."
"I wanted to make sure that they
saw themselves reflected in beauty and
strength, as the captains of the ship,"
she said.
Coulter used the titles of books in
the mural to connect the picture with
Fayetteville and Fort Bragg, calling one
"Lafayette's Visit" and another "Fort
Bragg Stories."
At the mural's dedication
on January 25, Coulter said
the mural aims to show
children using knowledge and
imagination to steer their own
course in "a grand voyage of
inspiration and exploration."
