Local Art Walk

A Picture-Perfect City

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Sue Pruett and Rhonda Ruggieri. 2002

in south alley on Pier View Way between Coast Hwy and Tremont St

📸 2014 © Brigid Parsons

Newspaper Article:
North County Times
March 8, 2002

O'side picks concept for theater mural

Oceanside - Opting for a design easily identified with this coastal city, City Council members chose a local artist's concept Wednesday for a mural that will decorate the back of the Sunshine Brooks Theater.

Following a spirited debate, council members unanimously chose "Oceanside: A Picture-Perfect City" as part of a $200,000 project to spruce up the alley behind the theater. The design, conceived by Sue Pruett, owner of Sue's Decorative Art Studio, and Los Angeles-based artist Rhonda Ruggieri, depicts postcards of the Mission San Luis Rey, the Oceanside Municipal Pier and the harbor suspended over a typical beach scene.