Casey Page, a Glasgow-based artist, adds his finishing touhces to a mural at the Boys and Girls Club of Glasgow/ Barren County.
(BRENNAN CRAIN/WCLU NEWS)
GLASGOW, Ky. – A local artist has made his debut in Glasgow with a project at the Boys and Girls Club of Glasgow and Barren County.
Casey Page, a Glasgow-based artist and owner of Cardinal House Studios, began work on a mural at the Boys and Girls Club after club CEO, Mallie Boston, reached out to him.
After speaking with Boston, Page took ideas and formed what he calls “Neon Hearts,” which is a high energy piece.
“Going off of that, I just knew I wanted to see something that made you want to move – made you excited,” Page said. “That is the basis for this whole thought here. I just feel like I wanted to see movement. I wanted to just look alive. And that’s what came about.”
Page is mainly an oil painter, but he takes a liking to large-scale work. In fact, he completed a mural at Frank’s Barbeque in Bowling Green before completing the mural at the Boys and Girls Club.
“The painting itself, of course, the way it’s placed, really puts it on the map,” Page said. “People didn’t even know it was there.”
The restaurant’s mural was an exterior project, and the club’s mural was completed in the cafeteria.
Page said he’s always enjoyed art, despite having a formal art education.
“Naturally, I’m just an easy-going kind of guy,” Page said. “I want to be that force that brings people back to that middle ground. That’s just me – my personality. Naturally, I’m just an artist.”
Brandon Wood, Page’s brother-in-law, recently began work with Page after he moved back to Glasgow from Nashville. Wood is a musician.
At the base of the mural, Page said he wanted to complete something for the children of the club.
“You know, it’s just not a building here. There’s a lot of love going in daily to what’s happening,” Page said. “We wanted to depict that. With the arrows – there’s a lot of arrows going on – because we want to say to these kids that we’re all going to go different directions in life, but your purpose is just as important as anyone else.”
Page’s art studio is located at 201 S. Race St. in Glasgow. He said he hopes the building can become a public art gallery soon.
The mural at the club took approximately one week to complete.
Page hopes to complete more local projects. He was mentioned in a previous interview with Glasgow/ Barren County Tourism Commission Director MacLean Lessenberry as a potential candidate for a future project in the city or county.
