War of the Walls 2017
West High Wins 2017 War of the Walls Zach Causey from Billings West High is the winner of this year’s War of the Walls mural competition! Voting was held online over the past week. This year marked the highest number of voters in the contest’s ninth year history. West took the prize with 28% of […]
War of the Walls 2018
Meet the 2018 Artists Cameron Maas – Billings Senior High School Senior High student Cameron Maas, 18, is the artist behind the Grand Avenue MasterLube mural, which depicts an outline of the traditional Senior High bronc mascot filled with doodles of high school life, including school activities and clubs. Cameron wanted to keep the tradition […]
War of the Walls 2019
Meet the 2019 Artists Kaylin Millsap – Billings Skyview High School When Skyview High School senior Kaylin Millsap attended Lockwood Elementary, she was fascinated with a large mural in the school that included a birds-eye view of Billings. When she decided to submit a design for consideration for the MasterLube War of the Walls mural […]
War of the Walls 2025
Meet the 2025 Artists Hannah Thompson – Billings Senior High School – WINNER 2025 It’s only been in the last year or so that Hannah Thompson has become interested in realistic oil painting. She leaned on that experience to paint the mural on the MasterLube store on Grand Ave. The realistic black and white cowboy […]
War of the Walls 2024
Meet the 2024 Artists Maddison Brown – Billings Senior High School – WINNER 2024 War of the Walls Maddie Brown was inspired by old western paintings for her mural design on the Grand Ave. MasterLube store. It includes a horse set against the rimrocks in varying hues of orange and purple. Maddie said that she’s […]
War of the Walls 2023
Meet the 2023 Artists Olivia Tourtlotte – Billings Central Catholic High School – 2023 War of the Walls Winner Central High senior Olivia Tourtlotte is the artist behind the design on the Downtown Masterlube store. The striking scene includes an abstract ram, the school’s mascot, and a cross in the background. “I went through so […]
War of the Walls 2022
Meet the 2022 Artists Madeline Thompson – Billings Senior High School – 2022 War of the Walls Winner Madeline Thompson grew up seeing the MasterLube murals and always hoped she’d have the chance to paint one. The Senior High Senior seized the opportunity this year, and created one of the most unique murals for the […]
War of the Walls 2021
Meet the 2021 Artists Athena Renova – Billings Senior High School Athena Renova, 18, has wanted the chance to paint a mural for the MasterLube War of the Walls since she was a freshman at Senior High. She’s a senior now, ready for graduation, and her dream has come true. Her design was […]
War of the Walls 2020
Meet the 2020 Artists Hannah Schwartzkopf – Billings Skyview High School Throughout high school, Hannah Schwartzkopf remembers driving past MasterLube stores and admiring the murals that changed every spring. When she became a senior last year she knew it was something she wanted to do. Despite COVID-19 school closures, she followed her dream and was […]
