Ozarks Heritage Welcome Center
2999 Porter Wagoner Blvd.
Greetings from West Plains Mural
Features images in and around West Plains and the Missouri State Bird and motto.
(Artist: Melissa Wharton)
Wings Mural
Look closely for images relating to West Plains.
(Artist: Laura Driskell)
Porter Wagoner’s Guitar Sculpture
When a large oak tree died, this sculpture was created. Inspired by the guitar designed by Greg Rich for Porter Wagoner’s final studio album.
(Artist: Jason Morton, Eagle Ridge Chainsaw Carvings)
Baseball Greats of West Plains Sculpture
Turning another lost tree into art, this sculpture honors Preacher Roe, Bill Virdon and Tedd Gullic.
(Artist: Jason Morton, Eagle Ridge Chainsaw Carvings)
Welcome to West Plains Canoe
A laser-cut canoe greets visitors above the entrance to the welcome center. (Artist: Bob Parker)
Famous West Plainsians Mural
Mural features Bill Virdon, Dick Van Dyke, Jan Howard, Preacher Roe, and Porter Wagoner. Pictured is West Plains area resident Dennis “Haxaw” Bottoms who toured and played with Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton and other well-known musicians.
(Artist: Michael McClure)
The Heights
2105 Hubert Redburn Drive
Greetings from West Plains
Bright and trendy and seen from over a mile away!
(Artist: Cory McMahon)
Missouri Dogwood Mural
Giant state mural.
(Artist: Victoria Carey)
Healthy Smiles Dental
1710 W. Broadway
Tooth Fairy Mural
Line art with a message.
(Artist: Laura Driskell)
Wal-Mart Supercenter
1310 Preacher Roe Blvd.
West Plains Mural
Featuring local wildlife and our West
Plains Zizzers.
(Artist: Dan Ricketts)
The Truck Patch
2105 Hubert Redburn Drive
Several murals inside and out in a store that used to be home to Preacher Roe’s Market.
(Artists: Cindy Temple, Kathy Grigsby)
West Plains Public Library
750 W. Broadway
Fairy Tale Mural
Sweet, colorful mural in the children’s section.
(Artist: Mary-Louise Grisham Nash)
Let There Be Light Mural
Painted to commemorate the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.
(Artist: Dr. Bolaji Ogunwo)
Christos House Resale Shop
125 Jefferson
Helping Hands Mural
125 Jefferson St.
Painted during a Domestic Violence Awareness event in 2021
(Artist: Dr. Bolaji Ogunwo)
Missouri State University-West Plains
Various locations around campus
Grizzly Statue
This 10-foot, 1,385-pound bronze sculpture was dedicated in 2003.
(Artist: Dr. Robert R. Taylor)
1963 Mural
1963 Lounge inside Hass-Darr Hall.
(Artist: Laura Driskell)
Ozarks Musical Heritage Mural
Located at the Creative Discovery Center at Drago Hall.
(Artist: Michael McClure)
Past, Present & Future of the Ozarks
This large-scale mural is inside the Garnett Library on the MSU-WP campus.
(Artist: Paul Jones)
Wagon Crossing at Fruitville
This 6×20 foot mural is displayed inside the Ozarks Heritage Research Center on the MSU-WP campus.
(Artist: Farley Lewis)
Art deco pays homage to the West Plains Bike Route.
(Artist: Laura Driskell)
Wildflower Cafe’
207 South Aid Ave.
Cafe’ helps local high school special education students learn job skills.
(Artist: Forrest Ogden)
Evans Arcade
6 Court Square
Neighbors give a friendly greeting from their windows in the Evans Arcade.
(Artist: Michael McClure)
West Plains Bank
11 Court Square
Features wildlife and plant life in 1978. (Artist: Gary R. Lucy)
Guiding Light Therapy
203 E. Main
Wings mural with a great message: Stay Strong, You Matter.
(Artist: Emily Rae)
A collaboration of two artists stretching across decades. (Artist: Dr. Bolaji Ogunwo, inspired by a Charles E. Kimberlin, II painting)
Luster Arcade
14 Court Square
“The Protector,” a massive-scale mural, was officially unveiled in late 2022 on the north wall of 14 Court Square in Luster Arcade.
The mural represents a beautiful collaboration between two artists stretching across decades to create a work of art which is breathtaking in both scope and meaning.
“The Protector” is based on a portrait by late local artist Charles E. Kimberlin II. The name was given to the original portrait by its current owners Crockett and Tonya Oaks, who commissioned the mural as owners of the building upon which it is painted.
“The Protector” is not Dr. Ogunwo’s only mural to adorn a wall in West Plains: In 2021, Crockett and Tonya Oaks commissioned a mural, “Helping Hands,” that now graces an interior wall of Christos House West Plains Resale. In 2023, “Release the Peace” was added next to “The Protector.” In 2024, he painted large canvases for the West Plains Public Library and Lincoln School.
“I have been many places in the states,” said Dr. Ogunwo, “but West Plains is my second home.”
From an article by Chris Herbolsheimer,
West Plains Daily Quill
Charles E. Kimberlin, II was a 1936 graduate of West Plains High School and longtime downtown business owner. During the dedication of the new mural, Kimberlin’s son, Charles E. Kimberlin III, recalled that his father began painting as a hobby and did not have aspirations of selling his work, although many of his works were eventually sold. The artist responsible for the larger-than-life mural is Dr. Bolaji Ogunwo, a Nigerian artist who has more than 50 international art exhibitions to his credit. He currently is a studio artist and painting lecturer at the Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, Akoka, in Nigeria.
Dr. Ogunwo worked tirelessly for 10 days to recreate Kimberlin’s original portrait while infusing touches of his own artistic style.
Release the Peace Mural Companion piece to The Protector. (Artist: Dr. Bolaji Ogunwo)
Ozarks Small Business Incubator (OZSBI)
408 Washington Ave.
This Coca-Cola sign was brought back to life in 2021. (Artist: Sandra Pemberton)
Spring Dipper
675 Missouri Ave.
Spray paint graffiti art. (Artist: Mike Devine)
Lincoln School
1400 E. Pony Thomas Street
By God’s Grace Mural Mural depicting what the one-room schoolhouse classroom in Lincoln School could have looked like. Lincoln School was built in 1926 and closed in 1954 after the Supreme Court decision ruling segregation as unconstitutional.
Rocky Burgess property
4417 Highway 63 Pomona
Howell County Tribute Mural
Sign of gratitude to those who serve our
country. (Artist: Sandra Pemberton)