Artists Joel Haynes, left, and Jeffrey Waller paint details onto a large mural on the side of the building at 307 Main St. in Great Barrington, above Calyx Berkshire Dispensary.
photos by STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
GREAT BARRINGTON — With only a photo to guide them, the artists got up on a lift last week and started painting.
Some rain got in the way, but they’re nearly done with the mural splashed across the top of the brick Main Street building that houses Calyx Berkshire Dispensary, one of the state’s few fully female-owned cannabis shops.
Calyx owner Donna Norman said she wanted to do something beautiful for the town, and draw attention to the business. So she called up Great Barrington-based artist Joel Haynes, and hired him for yet another job at the shop.
Artists Joel Haynes, left, and Jeffrey Waller worked off of a design sketched by Haynes.
STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
Haynes then hired his friend, the artist Jeffrey Walling, of St. Petersburg, Fla., to help.
Haynes,