I couldn't help but post this item. I know this young gal personally and her heart is as big as her murals... Her artwork is worthy of the front page today, and I am proud to know her. Kudos, Emily!
When firefighters at the Fillmore Fire Department decided their truck bay needed some atmosphere, they called on Emily Huf to do the job. The bay houses department vehicles, but when the equipment is moved out, it also serves as a social space.
“We have fundraisers, fish frys here. We wanted to make it look a little more welcoming,” said firefighter and First Responder Capt. Don “DJ” Neumann.
Department representatives called Kewaskum High School to ask for volunteers to dress up the station and Huf volunteered, Neumann said.
“I like to help people out, especially when it involves painting,” Huf said.
Huf conferred with the firefighters before getting out her paints and brushes, and now, four months after she started the first piece, sketches for a third mural showing the department’s two pumpers in the station’s meeting room is under way.
In the truck bay is a painting measuring 7 by 8.5 feet that bears the words, “American Heroes” and depicts firefighters in a field of smoke backed with the American flag.
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