{"id":302727,"date":"2026-06-10T16:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302727\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T16:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:14:10","slug":"this-36000-square-foot-mural-faces-turnpike-drivers-in-martin-county-newsradio-wfla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302727\/","title":{"rendered":"This 36,000 Square Foot Mural Faces Turnpike Drivers In Martin County | NewsRadio WFLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a 36,000 square foot mural that Turnpike drivers can see in Martin County.  <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s along the backside of the headquarters for H2Ocean in Stuart and was unveiled during a ceremony on Saturday.  <\/p>\n<p>The company makes sea salt-based health and personal care products and its CEO Eddie Kolos, who is also a marine biologist, tells <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/stuart-unveils-massive-mural-to-promote-ecosystem-awareness-national-ecosystems-awareness-day-environmental-stewardship-conservation-message-wetlands-protection-ocean-conservation-coral-reefs-forests-grasslands-mountains-ecosystems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS 12 News<\/a> that the mural is part of an effort focused on protecting both land and water ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The details in it is really what is kind of expressing how the ecosystem works and why these animals were important to our land here on Planet Earth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The details include extinct and endangered animals, with a message about keeping ecosystems clean and healthy.<\/p>\n<p>The display is about 1,000 feet wide and 36-feet high and was created by artist Jeks One, who used more than 2,000 cans of spray paint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s a 36,000 square foot mural that Turnpike drivers can see in Martin County. It&#8217;s along the backside&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[23644,749,23647,23645,171,173,172,23646,862,23643,23642,23641],"class_list":["post-302727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-am-tampa-bay","tag-breaking-news","tag-fox-news-radio","tag-jack-harris","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-sean-hannity","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-tampa-bay-news","tag-tampa-bay-traffic","tag-tampa-bay-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}