Downtown Luray has established several historic mural art trails with a walking path that acquaints residents and visitors with the work of local artists who have painted over 30 murals. It also has pedestrian traffic that reflects a busy and active life style.

Featured Mural - "Willow Grove Mill"
     Jennifer Bradt's Inspiration for the Willow Grove Mill Mural was simply a love of the subject and having the right location for it. The water wheel on the side of the mill had fascinated her for years, the grounds around the mill photographed very well. The Civil War camp in the far background of the Mural is there because the historic plaque at the mill has a story about a local Civil War battle. The beagles are a guilty pleasure. A lot of people walk their dogs on the Greenway and she wanted to add life-size dogs to her Mural. When she finished several dog owners said their dogs didn't like walking past her mural and would stop and check out the nearest painted dog.
  Mural Artist: Jennifer Bradt
  Location: (Hawksbill Greenway - Red Section)

Mural Mention#1 - "Nature's Tribute to 911"
     Janet Scott - "Saw Ad in paper, GW wasn't built yet - this was the first one on the GW, submitted a sketch that was approved, was asked by the former Rec Director Pat O'Brien for something to dictate wildlife and plants indigenous to our area, scaffold was setup to climb, Town supplied paint." She started in the spring during trail construction/breaking ground, painted from ground up, took 4 years - painted seasonally, finished in 2004.
    She had family in NY and was so moved that she asked to add the flag across the mountains and drew another sketch. White duck with its wing spread covered by fence now, symbolizes her honoring that day, she wanted to pay tribute and thought the whole experience was therapeutic. The mural was named at the end.
  Mural Artist: Janet Scott
  Location: (Hawksbill Greenway - Red Section)

    Mural Mention#2 - "Lewis Ramey's Blacksmith Shop"  This mural is found in the Post Office and is one of 28 public paintings done in Virginia between 1937 & 1941 to celebrate, in art, the best of American Culture. The work was commissioned by the U.S. Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1939.
  Mural Artist: Sheffield Kagy(1907-1989)
  Location: US Post Office - 102 S. Broad St.

Mural Mention#3 - "White House Ferry"
     Carl and Merle moved to a small house in the town of Luray which happened to be adjacent to a large hardware store providing a large cement wall which she envisioned as a large canvas. After obtaining the owner's permission she set about painting a country scene.
    This came to the attention of Pat O'Brian, a Luray town official who was working on a project to rejuvenate the town. This included clearing the Hawksbill Creek and creating the Hawksbill Greenway to include murals of historical interest. Merle chose a building on West Main Street which seemed the right setting for depiction of The White House Ferry. Her other murals can be seen in the Blue Ridge Bank building and at the Ruffner Plaza. Merle's advice to other artists is: if you have not painted a mural, try one. They have been her greatest source of pleasure.
  Mural Artist: Merle Hilscher
  Location: 102-106 W. Main Street

Mural Mention#4 - "Picnic Times at the Ruffner Plaza"
     Merle Hilscher chose a location on West Main Street which seemed the right setting for depiction of "Picnic Times" in Ruffner Plaza.
  Mural Artist: Merle Hilscher
  Location: 35 W Main St

Mural Mention#5
"Natural History of Hawkbill Creek"
     The artist Weldon Bagwell was given the opportunity to paint a mural on the abutment under the bridge over Highway 340. Sand bags placed in the creek supported him on three levels of scaffolding as he climbed up to paint much of the mural. he decided to call it "A Natural History of the Hawksbill Creek" and in it depict some of the birds, fish, and butterflies that he had observed while working along the Luray Hawksbill Greenway. A Black-crowned Night Heron watched Weldon as he painted a portrait of the bird as he sat high up in a tree and most of the butterflies were painted from life.
  Mural Artist: Weldon Bagwell
  Location: (bridge abutment under Hwy 340)