I'm probably going to try to be out here about 4 hours today, and that should be close to done.

It's soaks up the paint a lot more than, like, a canvas or, or even a paper would.

So it just takes a lot more layers to get everything done.

But once you get used to it, it's not too bad.

My design is for the storm water pollution prevention project.

The project is just to bring attention to the waters that go down our storm drains, the water goes to our river.

And so when people are putting things like lawn trimmings or trash or anything down the drain, it goes straight to the river.

This art is just to bring attention to, there's a drain here and please help keep our waters clean.

We're in Fruita at the Civic Center Park, right down next to the main street.

My name's Andrew West.

I've lived in western Colorado almost all my life.

Sometimes it's hard to paint out here because so many leaves everywhere, and ants.

Don't want to paint over the ants.

My design is inspired by the local wildlife I see around the Colorado River.

I really like using the river trail.

I go on a lot of walks and jogs and stuff like that.

I would see toads hopping around out there.

Same thing with the butterfly and then some foliage to balance out the composition.

It's not at the size that normal canvases come in, so you kind of have to be creative as far as the spacing and where you put everything in the picture.

I really care about, you know, taking care of our water and our environment.

But also I get to use my art, which I really like doing.

So I hope people just take a second and think about, you know, where the water goes once it goes after the drain and try to help us keep the waters clean.