Always Lifting
Always Lifting is a new video podcast hosted by Karen Norheim, CEO of American Crane & Equipment Corporation. It’s part of a broader content platform exploring leadership, innovation, wellness, heritage, and grit – all through the lens of curiosity, resilience, and storytelling.
Always Lifting
Murals and Metal | Always Lifting Ep. 7
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In this episode, Karen sits down with artist, sculptor, and muralist Greg Dy Young to talk about creativity, grit, and lifting others through art.
After a life-changing injury in 2017 left him facing multiple surgeries and a long recovery, Greg made the bold decision to finally put his artwork into the world. What followed were award-winning exhibits, massive community murals, and powerful sculptures made from reclaimed materials.
You will hear about:
- The story behind the HOPE mural for suicide awareness
- Designing the vibrant American Crane mural from blueprint to installation
- Creating a custom metal eagle from shop materials
- Why community art empowers people who “aren’t artists”
- How resilience, rejection, and risk shape creative growth
Greg’s work is bold, colorful, and instantly recognizable, but at its core, it is about connection. Whether he is transforming junk into sculpture or leading 175 employees in a community paint day, his mission is simple: use what you have to make something better than you found it.
If a door opens, walk through it.
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Learn more about Greg and his work, check out his page
Follow him on socials:
https://www.instagram.com/didyoungart/
https://www.facebook.com/didyoung.art/
Contact him at didyoungart@gmail.com