Mobile County artist paints waiting room to ‘amaze and captivate’ child patients

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile County Health Department’s primary care division, Family Health, has hired an award-winning local artist to revamp the downtown pediatric waiting room.

According to a release, Ty Tover, an award-winning local artist whose work was also submitted for display in the Old Supreme Court Library at the Alabama State Capitol, was commissioned to make the room waiting for a place that would “both amaze and captivate children”. minds while waiting to see their doctor.

Tover created a mural depicting “massive, stylized fish coming to life with vibrant colors and fanciful brushstrokes.”

He has since dubbed the mural “Imaginarium Aquarium,” the release said.

In addition to beautifying the waiting room, Tover’s artwork, “Imaginarium Aquarium,” serves to create activities that can benefit children. Family health officials said the scavenger hunts hidden in Tover’s artwork “can help develop children’s observation skills and teach collaboration and teamwork.”

“The Imaginarium Aquarium is a mural of the same vibrant colors, but different, representing the vibrancy of the children and families we serve,” said Tover, who is also a peer counselor at MCHD.

“We have both koi fish and goldfish swimming around. Among the koi fish and goldfish, you will find hidden images that children will look for. And all the fish will glow under the fluorescent lights.