WPB Unveils City’s Tallest Mural at The Spruce in Northwood Village
Published on August 04, 2025
August 4, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Kathleen Joy, Director of Communications
City of West Palm Beach – Mayor’s Office
kjoy@wpb.org
(561) 822-1411 (TTY: 800-955-8771)
Sybille Canthal, Director of Arts, Culture and Community Building
City of West Palm Beach – Mayor’s Office
scanthan@wpb.org
(561) 822-1521
West Palm Beach Unveils City’s Tallest Mural at The Spruce in Northwood Village
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (August 4, 2025) — The City of West Palm Beach is proud to announce the launch of a monumental public art project titled Color Field of Northwood, an 8-story mural by acclaimed local artist Renee Phillips. Located at The Spruce, a new mixed-use development by Affiliated Development, the mural will rise in the heart of the Northwood Village neighborhood.
This will be the tallest mural ever installed in West Palm Beach and it will make a grand visual gesture that celebrates art in the daily life of the community.
“This artwork represents everything we value in public art — it’s accessible and inclusive to the public,” said Sybille Canthal, Director of Arts, Culture and Community Building. “The artwork is in conversation with the architecture and the surrounding neighborhood and tells a color-field visual story of the community’s beauty, energy, uniqueness.”
Designed by West Palm Beach-based artist Renee Phillips, Color Field of Northwood draws from the expressive colors, natural patterns, and layered textures of Florida’s coastal landscape. Inspired by the flora, fauna, and energy of Northwood, the work will feature abstract color fields, tidal curves, and organic forms — a visual experience intended to spark imagination and celebrate the essence of the neighborhood.
“I want the artwork to feel alive,” said Phillips. “Like the rhythms of the ocean, the sway of a mango tree, or the shifting forms of clouds. For me, connecting to the vibrant, layered and ever-changing elements of our natural world is essential. Northwood is an incredibly dynamic place, and my hope is that this mural offers an uplifting reflection of its spirit.”
Chalk and Brush, a husband-and-wife duo, will be installing the giant mural along with Renee over the course of four to six weeks.
Phillips, a native Floridian with an international exhibition record, studied at the University of Miami, the University of Paris, and the School of Visual Arts in New York. Known for blurring the line between painting and sculpture, her process-driven style is distinguished by bold textures and fluid movement. Her West Palm Beach studio serves as her creative base, making this mural a uniquely local expression on a grand scale.
The mural installation is expected to begin August 11, 2025, with an anticipated completion by the end of September 2025. For more information about this project, please contact Sybille Canthal, Director of Arts, Culture and Community Building, at scanthal@wpb.org or (561) 822-1521.
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About ArtLife
ArtLife WPB is the public art program of the City of West Palm Beach, Florida. ArtLife serves its residents and visitors by presenting a diversity of artworks to be experienced in our city. The program works with the public and private sector to commission artists at all career stages to create meaningful artworks —both permanent and temporary —throughout the City’s Public Spaces. For more information about ArtLife WPB, please visit www.wpb.org/Residents/ArtLife-WPB or contact Sybille Canthal, Director of Arts, Culture, and Community Building at (561) 822-1521 or scanthal@wpb.org.