Murals

Erik Schlake paints hyper-realistic murals. His latest is on the side of Bad Ass Coffee on Fort Myers Beach. It was a collaboration with three other artists. “Believe it or not, we were able to paint this mural with me more or less being legally blind,” Schlake said.Schlake injured both eyes in a fall while painting a mural at a church.

Director of Operations Jason Thomas says Bad Ass Coffee on Fort Myers Beach aspires to be more than just another grab-and-go coffeehouse. So they commissioned local artist Erik Schlake to paint a mural that includes a local landmark.

Sarasota artist Skip Dyrda visited Punta Gorda last week to restore his 2019 mural, "Tails from the Harbor.” Located under the U.S. 41 southbound bridge, it was heavily damaged by surge and debris, then vandalized by graffiti following Milton.

Four teams of artists are transforming the streets of Southwest Florida into an outdoor gallery, by creating large-scale public art as part of Artsemble Underground's 3rd Annual Southwest Florida Mural Fest.The muralists were selected after participating in Artsemble Underground's "Battle of the Arts."

Entering 2025, the City of Fort Myers Public Art Committee has three vacancies to fill.

For more than 30,000 years, artists have been painting murals on walls, whether in caves, Egyptian tombs or Minoan palaces. But walls crumble. Buildings get condemned. Stanchions get washed away by storm surge. Now there’s an alternative.

On November 21, the Fort Myers Historic Preservation Commission denied The Laboratory Theater of Florida’s retroactive application for permission to place a mural on the Second Street side of their building at 1634 Woodford Ave. In compliance with their decision, Lab Theater has begun the process of removing the mural.

Southwest Florida’s first large-scale mosaic is coming soon to the Fort Myers River District. It will be installed at The Ivy, a 274-unit apartment complex. While the tiles that comprise the five-foot-tall by 25-foot-long mosaic are being fabricated by a company based in Wales, Zimmer engaged popular local artist David Acevedo to design the mural on which it is based.

The first augmented reality mural in Southwest Florida was unveiled at Art Walk on January 5th. The Fort Myers Mural Society hopes the mural will appeal to a younger demographic and Southwest Florida's expanding pool of cultural and heritage tourists.

An artful duo from Southwest Florida has struck again. This time they have incorporated one Lee County school's way of teaching into a vibrant and eye-popping mural.