NORWICH – Local artist and Norwich High School senior Hannah Murphy has a new painting on display. The painting is a whimsical mural of the Biblical Noah’s Ark tale.

The painting wraps around the four walls of the nursery at the United Church of Christ, First Congregational in Norwich. The initial work on this project began last June as, working freehand, Hannah started to sketch out different scenes. Pictured in the final painting are sheep, giraffes, dogs, zebras, elephants, hippos, frogs, a boat load of other assorted creatures and, of course, Noah and an ark.