Norwich ― Local artist Candice Flewharty is painting a large mural with an even larger meaning on the exterior of the Reliance Health building at 2 Cliff St.

The 125-foot-long painting, inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s “Irises” series, is part of the city’s beautification plans, but also intended to bring awareness to mental health.

On Monday, Flewharty and her daughter, Marguerite Brown, 18, started adding blue and white to the outline Flewharty began last week. The work will continue through the fall.

Flewharty, of Norwich, has painted murals around the country and works as an art teacher at St. Patrick Cathedral School in Norwich. She went to France a few years ago and visited the psychiatric hospital where van Gogh, who struggled with mental health, was a patient. Read More...