Sky, ocean, and flying aircraft create a fitting scene for Ozark Technologies.
When you think of art, Cuba’s Industrial Park probably doesn’t come to mind. But art is what Viva Cuba members found inside Ozark Mountain Technologies, Inc., a factory that does specialized chemical metal finishing for the aerospace industry and the military.
Company President Greg Smotherman Sr. recruited Jesse LaForet, an employee with artistic talent, for the project of painting their customers’ aircraft in a facility mural.
Using acrylic paints, brushes, and some airbrushing techniques, LaForet spent three months creating the mural featuring aircraft and an aircraft carrier. He took a little artistic license and added helicopters to the scene.
Jesse LaForet's creation is a welcoming site for visiting cusomer representatives.
All of the aircraft companies are customers of Ozark Technologies, so when the company representatives visit the plant, a welcoming mural greets them. The mural also reminds employees how critical and important their work is for the safety and protection of the Armed Forces and Americans.
It's blue skies and fluffy clouds for these aircraft.
Although LaForet has no formal artistic training, both his parents were artistic, and he grew up working on projects with them. His regular job at the plant is a lead man in metal processing. But he also helped design the new Ozark Mountain Technologies logo.
Terry Sanders, Vice President of Operations, says that the company looks forward to having LaForet continue his murals on other walls featuring private jets and commercial aircraft. “All the client reps that come to the plant are so impressed with the mural,” stated Sanders. Sanders is proud of LaForet’s work and the team at Ozark in creating the pictured aircraft.
For security reasons and a no camera rule in the plant, only clients and workers are allowed to see the mural, but the company gave Viva Cuba members permission to photographit, so we are sharing it with you. Now if they would just do an outside mural, everyone could enjoy it.
LaForet helped design the company logo.
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