A floral mural vibrant in swirling colors like the petals of a viburnum or hydrangea bush was approved for the exterior wall of the old Langley fire station.

The Langley City Council, on the recommendation of the city’s arts commission, voted 4-0 in favor of having a 4-foot by 8.5-foot mural mounted on the wall of Callahan’s Firehouse facing The Braeburn Restaurant. Langley owns the building, which is leased by glass artist Callahan McVay.

Emily Moore, a young artist on South Whidbey, proposed the mural to the arts commission and later the city council at its June 15 meeting. Arts Commission Chairman Frank Rose said there would be no cost to the city for installing or displaying the mural, which would be painted on marine wood with weatherproof exterior paints to withstand the elements. If the piece sold, the city would get 20 percent of the sale akin, to Langley’s existing public art sculpture program on Second Street.

Moore, who is a South Whidbey High School graduate and praised her former teacher Don Wodjenski for letting her explore murals, said it will take her 30 days to create the piece, after which she will know what her sale price will be.