To the Great Susquehannocks and Its Mighty River
- Artist
- Reina Wooden
- Location
- Strawberry Square, Market Street, Harrisburg, PA
This piece marks Harrisburg-based artist Reina Wooden’s first mural, dubbed “To the Great Susquehannocks and Its Mighty River.”
“I have always dreamed of creating a mural that reflects the history and culture of the Susquehannocks,” Wooden said of the Iroquoian-speaking Native American tribe who lived along the Susquehanna River.
The artist, also known as Reina 76, installed the mural in the summer of 2025 in the Strawberry Arcade Skywalk (between Strawberry Square and the Whitaker Center/the Harrisburg Hilton).
The eight-panel piece also marked the first mural Sprocket created inside its new studio space on parachute cloth. It was completed with the help of Housewarming Party attendees, who filled in the traced outline by Wooden paint-by-numbers style.
Wooden said projecting her art out onto a wall to trace was a complex process.
“It was at this moment I recognized how many abstract circles and squares I incorporate into my artwork,” the artist said. “The meaning of my art is based on the color palette and shapes I select to describe an emotion I am feeling in that moment. No two shapes are alike just as no two rivers are alike. I want future artists to embrace the connectivity of an abstract world and build awareness within their surrounding communities. Art heals all.”
Photos by Landon Wise.
The Artist
Reina Wooden
Born in Harrisburg, PA in 1976, Reina Wooden is a resident artist at The Millworks, known as "Reina 76 Artist|R76." is an abstract expressionist and graduate of Howard University. "R76" is an “outsider” artist who wants her art to heal those suffering from domestic violence and depression. She often uses bold drastic colors, thick layers and jagged strokes on canvas, cardboard and fabric – a modern artistic approach towards interpreting historical and traumatic events and the individuals who influence it.