It took a decade to fulfill, but Carson Grant never broke his promise. Ten years ago, Grant told his cousin, Peter Ferri, owner of the Cranberry Commons Plaza, that he'd paint a mural to decorate the facade of the old Ocean Spray factory.

He saw potential in the vast space on front of the Cranberry Highway factory building, where the Ocean Spray sign used to hang. But Grant, an artist and actor based in New York City, just couldn't find the time to get to Wareham to complete the mural.

Finally, he was able to tear himself away from the big city for several weeks last August and September.

In ten years, "it was the first time I really got a chance to have that time off," Grant explained.

Muddy Cove, which is located directly behind the plaza (and of which the roof provides an excellent view), was the inspiration for the mural.

"When I walked around the property, and I saw the estuary behind it, I thought, 'Wow, this is too beautiful' and decided to capture it," Grant said.

He completed some rough sketches of the scene, set up 24-foot-high scaffolding, and went to work.

"I wanted to kind of keep that whole Cape Cod feeling," said Grant, a Rhode Island native who summered in the area with his family.

At 32-feet wide and 14-feet high, the beautiful painting, officially named "Muddy Cove, Cranberry Commons," can't be missed.

But Grant wasn't done after the mural was completed. He also put his brush to work on the Cranberry Commons sign on Cranberry Highway.

"This was known as the old cranberry factory, but you really need your own logo," Grant recalled telling Ferri.

So he hand-painted a logo, featuring cranberry twigs and blossoms, on the big white sign, making sure to pay homage to the building's history.

"I remember pulling in, as a kid, to visit the cranberry factory and get little cranberry candies and stuff like that there," Grant said.

Ferri was thrilled with the masterpieces. "We love it," he said, adding, with a smile, that he didn't realize that his cousin would "go nuts."

Grant put a few coats of varnish on the mural this week, to help keep the painting safe from the elements. He said was happy to finally be able to add an artistic touch to the old building. "It was great fun."