Sultan Train Station Wall Mural

While visiting my sister who lives in Sultan, I decided to snap a photo of this wall mural I've admired for several years.  It sits across the street from the post office on the side wall of the Sultan Chiropractic Office.  In researching the artist, I found that it was actually painted for the Sultan Visitor's Information Center.

Photo by:  Cherri

Per an article in the Monroe Monitor in June of 2008, this mural was painted by Monroe muralist, David Hose. In 2008, he was painting another mural on the wall of the old fire station in Sultan when the article appeared.  I will have to check that mural out soon.

In 2004, Hose moved to Monroe with his wife, Takeko.  His second career as a muralist began to take off when he moved here. He had loved art all his life and had been painting professionally for about 10 years when he came to Monroe.  Since he has lived in the Sky Valley, he has painted the details of the lives, history, and ecosystem of the area in more than a dozen public artworks.

He has created murals for Eddie’s Trackside in Monroe, Monroe’s Napa Auto Supply,  a mural called River of Life, which is a sun-dappled above-and-below mural on a cross section of the Skykomish River, and numerous small murals at Monroe’s Hitching Post Cafe, among others.

Although Hose loved art since his youth, the first 28 years of his professional life were spent working for the Reverend Sun Young Moon in the San Francisco area.  It was there he met his wife, Takeko.  The young Japanese woman had come to the United States as a missionary to work for Moon.   

Hose’s success since arriving in the Sky Valley represents a strong start to a second career. In the Monroe Monitor in 2008 he stated, “I'm 63, and I’ve never been more excited in my life,” he said. “I love this valley. A lot of people are winding down at this age and I am just getting started.”

There is more information about this talented artist and his amazing wife at the following website:  http://www.tparents.org/library/Unification/Talks/Dhose/Hose-080603.htm