above, see additional images of work by mural painter David Fichter, beyond what appeared in print. In the video below, Fichter describes some aspects of his art, which was portrayed in an article in the Montage section of Harvard Magazine. There's an exploration of Sunday on the Charles River, a large mural on one side of a Trader Joe's food market in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and details and images from several of his other murals.
Muralist at Work
![Photograph courtesy of David Fichter <i>Lawrence School Garden</i>](/sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser_mobile_d7/public/img/article/0811/lawrence_school_garden_mural_sm.jpg?itok=_Zlh2sQM)
![Photograph courtesy of David Fichter Student working on <i>Lawrence School Garden Mural</i>](/sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser_mobile_d7/public/img/article/0811/student_working_on_lawrence_school_garden_mural_sm.jpg?itok=Zb88tFpk)
![Photograph courtesy of David Fichter Detail of <i>Native Waters</i>](/sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser_mobile_d7/public/img/article/0811/native_waters_detail_1_sm.jpg?itok=GSzSNoHD)
![Community volunteers painting <i>Native Waters</i> in Atlanta, Georgia.](/sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser_mobile_d7/public/img/article/0811/community_volunteers_painting_native_waters_in_atlantaga_sm.jpg?itok=lUoZj_H7)
![Photograph courtesy of David Fichter <i>Amherst Community History Mural</i>](/sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser_mobile_d7/public/img/article/0811/amherst_community_history_mural_detail_sm_0.jpg?itok=H56W3_O0)
![Photograph courtesy of David Fichter Detail of <i>Amherst Community History Mural</i>](/sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser_mobile_d7/public/img/article/0811/amherst_community_history_mural.gif_02_sm_0.jpg?itok=ZMML7wnh)
![Photograph courtesy of David Fichter <i>Alewife Reservation</i>](/sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser_mobile_d7/public/img/article/0811/alewife-reservation1_sm_0.jpg?itok=qkbYkk7q)
![Photograph courtesy of David Fichter Painting <i>Lifeline</i>](/sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser_mobile_d7/public/img/article/0811/mural_painting2-_lifeline_sm.jpg?itok=IhaAwgBl)
![Photograph courtesy of David Fichter Detail for <i>Mystic River Mural</i>](/sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser_mobile_d7/public/img/article/0811/mystic_mural_detail5_sm.jpg?itok=VPO61z5e)
![Photograph courtesy of David Fichter Detail for <i>Mystic River Mural</i>](/sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser_mobile_d7/public/img/article/0811/mystic_muraldetail_closeup_3_sm.jpg?itok=PS5Xvmxx)
![Photograph courtesy of David Fichter Detail for <i>Mystic River Mural</i>](/sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser_mobile_d7/public/img/article/0811/mystic_mural_detail_closeup_7_sm.jpg?itok=1cRaefI6)
![Photograph courtesy of David Fichter Detail for <i>Mystic River Mural</i>](/sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser_mobile_d7/public/img/article/0811/mystic_mural_detail_closeup_2009_sm.jpg?itok=xTmiuvS8)
![Photograph courtesy of David Fichter Student painting a section of <i>Mystic River Mural</i>](/sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser_mobile_d7/public/img/article/0811/student_painting_section_of_mystic_mural_sm.jpg?itok=CIt6xkP6)
![Photograph courtesy of David Fichter <i>Sunday Afternoon on the Charles</i>](/sites/default/files/styles/topic_teaser_mobile_d7/public/img/article/0811/sunday_afternoon_on_the_charles_river_sm.jpg?itok=9WJzsyY6)
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