Artist debuts mural in downtown Ottawa

Jeremy Johnson recently completed a mural on the side of Berta’s Tap, 616 Clinton St., Ottawa.

Johnson titled the piece, Life is Just a Dream, according to a post on his Facebook page, My Abstract Art and Apparel.

“This piece represents transformation, life, rebuilding, healing, rebirth and energy,” he wrote.

“The beginning to me is a subtle image of an angel, symbolizing a portal to a helix, which symbolizes swirling centers of energy that are conducive to healing, meditation and self-exploration.”

The middle is water, he wrote, which represents life.

“The energy emerging from the other side of the water represents transformation,” he wrote.

“Using our imagination it could be a dragon or a lion, a horse or panther, a scorpion or a unicorn.”

The end is an abstract image of a face, he said.

Johnson has a shop inside the La Salle County Historical Society Museum, 101 E. Canal St., Utica.

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