Heartbreak Hotel
by Toni Hopper
Title
Heartbreak Hotel
Artist
Toni Hopper
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
An artistic take on a simple public art mural on the side of a building in Duncan, Oklahoma, which celebrates the history of the iconic song, Heartbreak Hotel, made popular by Elvis.
The song was written by Hoyt Axton's mother, Mae Boren Axton, in the lobby of this same building, which was a hotel at the time. Hoyt was born in Duncan, and raised in nearby Comanche.
The public art mural does not look like this, as I have taken a creative moment to blend several images for this final rendering. My original photos are of the mural with one of my guitars.
Rhythm and Routes music trail is an Oklahoma-state project. If you ever visit Duncan, you will see several murals throughout the city, painted by Dr. Bob Palmer, who has created nearly 2,000 murals in Oklahoma. The original full size mural also includes Mae Axton, but I chose not to use all the elements in my digital art photograph.
Featured:
Roadside 03/11/2025
Art for the Cafe or Restaurant 03/10/2025
1000 Views on 1 image 03/08/2025
Mosaics Murals and More 01/20/2025
50 Years or Older 08/22/2022
Anything Architecture Buildings and Bridges 08/01/2022
10 Plus 05/29/2022
Vacations 06/05/2019
500 Views -1 Image a day 05/21/2019
Graduated from the 200 Club views up to 500 - May 2019
GEEK ART and FUNKY Greeting cards 05/05/2019
Travel Art 04/30/2019
Camera Art 04/23/2019
Photographic Camera Art 03/27/2019
Out Of The Ordinary 1 a day 09/11/2018
The 200 Club - for the best photos with views over 200 up to 500 04/26/2018
ABC Group I is for Instrument 04/18/2018
Southern Photographers 03/10/2018
Arts Fantastic World 11/22/2017
Images That Excite You 11/13/2017
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November 12th, 2017
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Comments (26)
Ben Prepelka
Congratulations! Your work is now featured in the Roadside group! Please consider adding it to the “Roadside Featured Work - March-April 2025 " - an active discussion thread. (Like/Fav 03-11-2025)
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Liz Knight
CONGRATULATIONS! Your featured artwork has been PROMOTED TO TOP OF THE TOP FEATURE FOR JANUARY 2025 in MOSAICS MURALS AND MORE Group! Please feel free to further promote this artwork in the Jan 2025 T of the T Discussion Thread!
Martin Konopacki
Toni, Love this photo, the mural with the guitar. This would be perfect for the group, 50 Years Or Older - Art Work Renewed Group.
Toni Hopper replied:
Oh Martin, I will go find the group! Thank you so much. The guitar is my husband's! Thank you greatly!
Mariola Bitner
Congratulations on your outstanding artwork! It has been chosen to be FEATURED in the group “500 VIEWS.”
Hanne Lore Koehler
Fabulous capture of this delightful mural, Toni! Congratulations on your Wisconsin Flowers And Scenery SPOTLIGHT ARTIST feature! L/F
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations for being chosen as our SPOTLIGHT FEATURED ARTIST in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group, as it is an honor and privilege to FEATURE your great works of art on our site, and this FEATURED position is the most prestigious of them all. A big thank you for submitting this imagery of high quality and awesome presentation for us to use to promote your fine artworks. FAVED AND LIKED Check out our homepage to enjoy your SPOTLIGHT FEATURE! Randy B. Rosenberger (admin of WFS group) http://fineartamerica.com/groups/wisconsin-flowers-and-scenery.html
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations - Your beautiful artwork has been featured in the "Travel Art" group! For further promotion, you can post it to the specific Travel Destinations galleries, our Facebook group and our Pinterest board - all the links are provided on our group's homepage: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/1-travel-art.html * You are also invited to post it to our group's blog: travelartpix.com for worldwide exposure!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit.
Don Columbus
Congratulations Toni, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congratulations! Your uniquely processed composite photography has been chosen to be featured on the home page of The 200 Club - Best Photos With Over 200 Views Up To 500. You are invited to archive it in all the Club's appropriate discussion threads.lf
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group. This art has been selected from the ABC Group's themed week - I IS FOR INSTRUMENT week!! You are invite to add this to the features archive discussion!
Toni Hopper replied:
I never saw the notice, so if I hadn't seen your note here, I would not have known!
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