Nick Goettling/Artwork

I worked with the City of Issaquah to design and paint a mural flanking their historic Shell Station community hub in downtown Issaquah. The space is used for public events, city meetings, and serves as the entrance to downtown.

Click to view the mural in Google Street View.

Acrylic on cement.

To celebrate Stevens Point Brewery's 160 anniversary, I was commissioned to paint this mural highlighting the historic role of the brewery in the city.

Acrylic paint on sealed brick.

I worked with the City of Portland's Regional Arts and Culture Council, Free Arts Northwest, Epic Youth, and community leaders to create a two-wall mural for an under-served Portland neighborhood.

Acrylic paint on cement.

I worked with the City of Tacoma, The Tacoma Arts Commision, local historians, and prominent community developers to design and paint a mural for 100 year anniversary renovation of the historic Murray Morgan Bridge.

Click to view the mural in Google Street View.

Acrylic on cement.

I created this full-vehicle wrap for the Des Moines Area Rapid Transit buses in conjunction with the Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation. The art buses acted as part of the public transit fleet for a year.

Photos by the Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation, 2018

I designed and painted this mural for North Eastern Illinois University to celebrate their new 'El Centro' campus, while also working with students and local volunteers.

Click to view the mural in Google Street View.

Acrylic paint on cement.

I worked with Chicago Mosaic School and Greene Architecture to create these prominent murals for their brand new building. The murals celebrate the people and culture of the Lakeview neighborhood and are a prominent sight from the El-train Redline ‘Granville’ stop.

See the murals from Google Streetview here

Ink drawing with digital color, printed on vinyl

I was included in a group of artists painting these double-sided murals for the Berwyn Depot Railway Project, installed alongside the main train stations in Berwyn, IL. The project was created by the Berwyn Public Art Initiative.

Acrylic on sealed plywood

I was commissioned by the University Village Neighborhood Association to paint a large mural as a artistic centerpiece for this emerging Chicago neighborhood.

Click to view the mural in Google Street View.

Acrylic paint on cement.

I worked with the Evanston Mural Arts Program, the Evanston Arts Center, and the Central Street Business Association to paint this mural celebrating the Central Street, based on their theme of 'Connections.'

Acrylic on sealed cement.

I worked with the Chicago Parks District and Chicago Sculpture International to create this 70' installation on the historic Columbia Exposition grounds for the Chicago Tree Project (2017 group.) Special thanks to the Forestry Department for their installation work. 

1" nylon rope, steel eye screws, installed on a stabilized dead tree

I painted the exterior of this bus which was converted into a living space and art studio in the ghost town of Cisco, Utah. You can learn more about the ghost town, its founder, and the artist in residence program at EileenMuza.org

Acrylic on metal

I worked with Lagunitas brewing, Paul Kahan's Big Star resturaunt, and international tattoo artist Hannah Aicheson (who drew the original label art)  to create this mural celebrating Lagunitas' newest beer.

Acrylic paint on wood.

I worked with Clif Bar and The Lumberyard indoor pump track to design a mural that young biking enthusiasts could help paint. I led the team of kids and teenagers during a painting party, and then finished painting the rest of the mural.

Acrylic on cement. 

As the Arts of Science Learning's Artist In Residence at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, I worked with National Poetry Award winner Hannah Gamble to research, write, and illustrated a digital art piece about the important historical applications of creative problem solving. We participated in the year long National Science Foundation STEM program that paired creative professionals, scientists, STEM professionals, and volunteers to apply creative problem solving to the challenge of urban food deserts.

Learn more at the AoSL website, and see the full project here.

Ink with digital coloring/assembly. 

I worked with an interior design firm and Big Shoulders Coffee to design and paint this mural for their State Street location right off of the downtown’s ‘magnificent mile.’ Based on the Carl Sandburg poem 'Chicago'.

Acrylic on painted drywall

I worked with the Edmonds Mural Arts program and the local business community to bring the mural to downtown Edmonds, WA.

Click here to see the work here on Google Streetview.

I worked with an interior design firm and Big Shoulders Coffee to design and paint this mural for their new Lake Street location in the Chicago Loop. Based on the Carl Sandburg poem 'Chicago'.

Acrylic on painted drywall

I collaborated with the Northshore Health’s newest clinic in Evanston, IL to create this printed vinyl window wrap for their new clinic.

I designed this mural illustration/installation for the newest Kroger ‘QFC’ building in Kirkland, WA.

I designed and drew this seasonal mural around the new decor of The Bristol.

Chalkboard pen on chalk wall.

I was an artist working with the west coast McMenamins group for the renovation of the historic Tacoma Elks Temple. The multi-level building is filled with original artwork celebrating the local history and culture of Tacoma.

This painting is an based on the eccentric figure of Walter Sutter. In a time when many people rarely strayed beyond their home state, Mr. Sutter was an eccentric world traveler and passionate collector. As a young teenager, he traveled to China in 1901. Years later and full of stories, he eventually returned to Tacoma and designed an usual new house to contain his prolific collection of Chinese art and dolls, Artifacts from Asia, and a broad collection of fluorescent minerals. His unique home and “Peace Garden” were noted in a WPA guide to Tacoma as “The Chinese Museum” and was open to visitors for many years. Here we see Mr. Sutter showing off his glowing rock collection to a visiting nurse from nearby Ft. Lewis, where he would often amused injured troops with his minerals. The crystals glow under black light. The figures are flanked on either side by censers (a form of incense burners) that are based off of the mythical 'qilins' often seen in Chinese artwork from the 17th and 19th century. This period of artwork would be consistent with the age of the artifacts he might have collected.

I was an artist working with the west coast McMenamins group for the renovation of the historic Tacoma Elks Temple. The grand ballroom of the multi-level building has a number of murals based on a Tacoma interpretation of Wagner’s ‘The Ring’ opera.

This mural, adapted from a scene from Wagner's 'The Ring' opera, shows the Valkyry Brunhilde entering Valhalla for eternal rest. She has gone against the wishes of her father, and is condemned to become mortal and stay forever on the mountain. and as she takes rest, she is encircled by protective fire.

However, in this mural adaptation, Brunhilde is portrayed as Fay Fuller, the first woman to summit Mt. Rainier in 1890. Having moved form the east coast as a child, she made it her goal at 17 to someday reach Rainier's peak. She became a schoolteacher and journalist in yelm until she decided to buck traditions and set off toward the summit. She wore practical and appropriate (for the time,) hiking clothes, which were seen as immodest for a woman. They slept in steaming vents and ice caves on the summit, and came down the next day. After her climb she helped found the Washington Alpine club, as well as the Mazamas climbing club.

Here she is resting on a rock, encircled by flaming Scarlet Paintbrush, a common alpine meadow flower on Rainier. We see the rock cairns she's built, which are a common sight in hiking and are used to help others find the path. On each one is a shining hair pin, which she left a trail of as she hiked to the summit (according to one very apocryphal story.) Behind her is the warm glow of the Camp Muir hut, used by climbers to summit, and how her Valhalla home.

Click to see the Tacoma Elks Temple here.

I was an artist working with the west coast McMenamins group for the renovation of the historic Tacoma Elks Temple. The grand ballroom of the multi-level building has a number of murals based on a Tacoma interpretation of Wagner’s ‘The Ring’ opera.

This mural, adapted from the opening scene from Wagner's 'The Ring' opera, shows the three mischievous and flirtatious Rhine-maidens toying with the dwarf Albrich. However, he eventually manages to spitefully steal their Rhine-gold.

In this mural adaptation, Albrich is the Elks' cook, who has wandered down the block to the Rialto to see a bawdy stage and film performance by the touring Zigfield Girls. These pipe-smoking, fur wearing women in the 20's would beckon men into come see their 'bathing beauties' dance and 3D film show. This story assumes that the after-party at the Rialto continued on, eventually sloshing down into the pool of the Elks Temple. Here the prohibition-era bathtub-booze was smuggled in by the dancers, and then stolen by the cook.

Click to see the Tacoma Elks Temple here.

I was an artist working with the west coast McMenamins group for the renovation of the historic Tacoma Elks Temple. The multi-level building is filled with original artwork celebrating the local history and culture of Tacoma.

This painting is an illustration of Frank Herbert's Pacific Northwest inspiration for the epic Dune book series, rather than an illustration of the book's narrative. Dune is part of the sci-fi literature cannon, and here we see the various Tacoma influences literally transformed through his writing process into the rich sci-fi universe of Dune. The vast shipping, logging, rail, and maritime industries that built the economic and political power of Tacoma and the larger Puget Sound are seen here as the inspiration for the geopolitical maneuvering that makes up the main plot of the Dune series.

I painted the exterior of this bus which was converted into a living space and art studio in the ghost town of Cisco, Utah. You can learn more about the ghost town, its founder, and the artist in residence program at EileenMuza.org

The design was inspired by ‘Shepherd Ron’ and his local flock of sheet, a frequent sight in Cisco.

Acrylic on metal

I worked with Clif Bar, Evo, and the All Together Skate (A.T.S.) indoor skate track to design a mural that young skaters could help paint. I led the team of kids and teenagers during a painting party, and then finished painting the details of the mural.

Acrylic on plywood. 

I worked with artist Emily Woodworth to create this temporary mural for The Violet Hour, a prominent Chicago bar.

Acrylic paint on paper, archival prints, and acrylic gel medium on wood.

As the Arts of Science Learning's Artist In Residence at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, I worked with National Poetry Award winner Hannah Gamble to research, write, and illustrated a digital art piece about the challenges of the creative solutions that have shaped modern nutrition. We participated in the year long National Science Foundation STEM program that paired creative professionals, scientists, STEM professionals, and volunteers to apply creative problem solving to the problem of urban food deserts.

Learn more at the AoSL website, and see the full project here.

Ink with digital coloring/assembly. 

I painted and installed 15 wood panel elements over a background mural for this state of the art housing community designed by Seattle's Beacon Development.

Acrylic on wood panel with background acrylic mural.

I worked with Breakout Studios to design, paint, and install a mural for The Lowe Group, one of Chicago's top real-estate groups. The keys are interchangeable, allowing the mural to evolve as the elements are rotated throughout the seasons.

Acrylic and plywood, and wood frame.