Melissa Chandon mural unveiled at Woodland Children’s Clinic Grand Opening
Much anticipation was brewing in Woodland as the newest state-of-the-art medical office building geared up for it’s opening 58,000-square-foot complex on May 15, 2008.
The work of Melissa Chandon embraces a wide range emotion, both figurative and abstraction- Her most recent painting is dedicated to her parents Howard and Anne Chandon of Esparto, California.
The mural, which measures 8 feet high and 16 feet wide, provides a beautiful center piece for the striking new building of the Woodland medical office building was designed by Boulder and Associates Architects, which specializes in creating hospitals and medical office buildings that pair function and smart technology with beautiful aesthetics.
The building, which is sleek and contemporary but also warm and welcoming, was designed to fit in with and enhance the surrounding neighborhood. “It’s a much nicer, more modern facility,” Dr. Ormiston says. “The physicians who have toured the building are really excited.”
Ms. Chandon, states- “My inspiration came from the local landscape. I tried to use strong colors to create the feeling of vastness that the opens spaces offer.”
Chandon first painted a prototype and submitted it to the committee for their approval. The prototype for the hospital was chosen for the cover of the May edition of Southwest Art magazine, a national publication. Ms. Chandon is featured as a contemporary painter in a multiple page article on her work and her sphere of influences.
She is a fifth generation resident of Yolo County. The mural will be donated to the Woodland Clinic by Ms. Chandon’s siblings in memory of their parents, Howard and Anne Chandon.The brand-new facility, located in Woodland on the corner of West Gibson and Cottonwood Street, 58,000-square-foot complex was designed to replace a number of medical offices that are currently scattered throughout the hospital’s campus. The idea was to put all of the services that are most frequently used by patients in one place, making a visit to Woodland Healthcare easier and more convenient.