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<p>PITTSTON &#8212; Jason Kresock has always wanted to contribute art to the city, His wish came true.</p><p>The Scranton native recently completed a new mural located on North Main Street at the old 5 R Spring Water Warehouse building, across the street from Our Lady of the Eucharist Parish.</p><p>The new piece of art took six weeks to complete and consists of a blue hummingbird, a passiflora, bamboo sticks and a dragonfly.</p><p>&#8220;I wanted to do something unseen in Pittston so far,&#8221; Kresock said. &#8220;Something uplifting and something very colorful, but also peaceful.&#8221;</p><p>The process for the new mural began back in February when Ken Churchill, who owns the property, constructed a rental house in front of the warehouse on which the mural is painted.</p><p>Churchill and Main Street Manager Rose Randazzo wanted to add something else to the area by having the mural put on the 5 R Spring Water Warehouse behind the newly constructed house, located at 526 N. Main St.</p><p>&#8220;(Randazzo) was working with (Churchill) on this house,&#8221; said Kresock. &#8220;So, they put a call out to artists. There was about five of us that applied, and I got the job.&#8221;</p><p>Churchill funded the mural, but Kresock would not say for how much.</p><p>Kresock said the mural is just called the Pittston Mural, and the inspiration for it came from combining his passion for art and gardening.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a classically trained artist and I&#8217;m also a garden designer,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So, I marry those two. A lot of my work has to do with a garden or people in the garden.&#8221;</p><p>The dragonfly, however, was a last-minute detail due to a frequent visitor to the mural site.</p><p>&#8220;There was a dragonfly that comes here every single day,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a big green one&#8230; and he comes daily &#8212; only he&#8217;s green, not blue.&#8221;</p><p>The Pittston Mural is the beginning for what former city mayor Mike Lombardo calls the North Main Street Initiative which will come into full swing next spring</p><p>&#8220;The next phase of streetscape, which would be the fifth or sixth, starts from Curry Street, which is the last street in the city, all the way to New Street,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This gets captured in this and clearly this house is a clear demonstration of the neighborhood housing initiative. So, this sight is one of the coolest sights in the city because it does a bunch of things.&#8221;</p><p>The Pittston Mural is the first, but won&#8217;t be the last new addition to the city of art as Lombardo is hopeful more will be done throughout the new initiative.</p><p>&#8220;I think we&#8217;ve got some anchors already,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;d like to see some sculptural art down here, more murals, and I&#8217;d like to see something play off the junction name. The junction is called the junction because of the river and the trains that come through, so there&#8217;s opportunity there.&#8221;</p><p>When asked if Krescock foresees himself contributing more art to the Pittston he said, &#8220;Ideally.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Jason Kresock, of Scranton, works on a mural on North Main Street in Pittston. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web1_PSD090317Mural01.jpg</photo0><caption0>Jason Kresock, of Scranton, works on a mural on North Main Street in Pittston. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Sunday Dispatch </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web1_PSD090317Mural02.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Jason Kresock, of Scranton, is dwarfed by the mural he has painted on North Main Street in Pittston. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web1_PSD090317Mural02.jpg</photo1><caption1>Jason Kresock, of Scranton, is dwarfed by the mural he has painted on North Main Street in Pittston. </caption1><photoCredit1>Aimee Dilger | Sunday Dispatch </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web1_PSD090317Mural03.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Jason Kresock, of Scranton, works on a mural on North Main Street in Pittston. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web1_PSD090317Mural03.jpg</photo2><caption2>Jason Kresock, of Scranton, works on a mural on North Main Street in Pittston. </caption2><photoCredit2>Aimee Dilger | Sunday Dispatch </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web1_PSD090317Mural04.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Jason Kresock, of Scranton, works on a mural on North Main Street in Pittston. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web1_PSD090317Mural04.jpg</photo3><caption3>Jason Kresock, of Scranton, works on a mural on North Main Street in Pittston. </caption3><photoCredit3>Aimee Dilger | Sunday Dispatch </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web1_PSD090317Mural05.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Jason Kresock, of Scranton, talks about a mural he painted on North Main Street in Pittston. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web1_PSD090317Mural05.jpg</photo4><caption4>Jason Kresock, of Scranton, talks about a mural he painted on North Main Street in Pittston. </caption4><photoCredit4>Aimee Dilger | Sunday Dispatch </photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Kickstarts new Main Street North Initiative</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Jimmy Fisher</p><p>jfisher@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Jimmy Fisher at 570-704-3972 or on Twitter @SD_JimmyFisher</p></shirttailMeta></div>

New art mural completed in Pittston