Staffing the aquatics centers at Willamalane’s pools in Springfield has not gone swimmingly during the pandemic. It’s got the district thinking creatively about hiring.
While the public has not had the opportunity to see them yet, he recently finished a number of pieces inside the new Hayward Field Stadium project at the University of Oregon, including a mural of Steve Prefontaine.
In 2016, he entered a City of Springfield caulk art contest with a Simpsons -themed work and ended up winning. That began a passion that, as time allows, has resulted in more than 30 Simpsons -inspired characters or murals on buildings across Lane County.
Before the pandemic, he was looking for a new spot to paint a mural and reached out to followers on social media. Josh Mathews, a fan of both Gardner and The Simpsons, offered his family’s back fence in Springfield.