A few weeks ago, a sander was fast at work, clearing a worn and faded painting from the old jail building in what’s known as the Phase 2 Alleyway leading to Herald Square. The small building sat like that for a while until mid-July, when Sapulpa native Bailee Green arrived to do what she does best: give it a vibrant new touch of color.
Green did her very first mural in 2017, and began getting serious about it not long after. “I started pursuing it as a career in 2019,” she told Sapulpa Times, “I started my LLC last year and have been a full-time artist since then.”
The mural, featuring Oklahoma’s state bird, its state butterfly, state tree, and state flower, was commissioned by the Creek County Master Gardeners and based on a concept drawing by Master Gardener Kathleen Curran…