Homes and businesses honored for outdoor art

A number of Laguna Beach home and business owners have been honored by the Laguna Beach Beautification Council for works of outdoor beauty displayed at their properties.

Every year, council members search Laguna for homes and businesses that have added visual charm that can be seen from the road.

Residential and commercial property owners were recognized for their efforts June 9 at the Laguna Art Museum with certificates of merit.

Commercial winners are Forest Avenue Mall, 557 South Coast Hwy., 225 Thalia and 348 St. Ann’s St.

The public art winners are Ruby Street Park, “Grace” by Terry Thornsley, which is located at Main Beach lifeguard headquarters; “Streamline,” a bench by Gavin Heath and Larry Gillon Oean Avenue; “Save It For the Next Generation,” a mural on Forest Lane by Sandra Jones Campbell; and “I Need to Make a Phone Call,” a work depicting a phone booth and a man on Forest Avenue by Michael Graham.

Residential winners are Susan Friedman and Eadweard York, Michael Kletchko and Pat Ruedin, Tom and Elizabeth Phillips, Gene, Pat and Torrie Cooper, Patrick Quilter, Heather J. and Revocel Bees, Paxton Offield, Shane Brophy, Mathew and Carol McCullough, James Mortimer, Ralph and Raffaella Yates, Eli K. Shirazi, Lisa Broughton and Rodney and Wendy Caufield.

“Hopefully if more people ascribe to the thought and the motto, our city will even reflect more truly what people think of when they think of Laguna Beach — a beautiful seaside town that takes pride in the natural resources that we have and the residences and businesses that adorn this wonderful village city,” council President Ruben Flores said in an email.

The Laguna Beach Beautification Council was founded in 1952 to maintain and enhance the natural beauty in the city. The group will host a potluck picnic at 5 p.m. July 9 at Alta Laguna Park, 3300 Alta Laguna Blvd.

For more information, visit the group’s Facebook page.

—Kathleen Luppi