Las Flores de Tejas y Abejas Mexicanas

Mosaics

Apr 20

10ft x 20ft, 2020

Glass tile mosaic on brick wall, steel frame

Whole Foods Bee Cave at the Hill Country Galleria, Bee Cave, TX

Pixel mosaic mural of Texas wildflowers and bees on honeycombs with a blue sky background

I was awarded the feature mural wall by the Hive Arts Center and building management (CBRE) out of an international call for submissions.

Commissioned by CBRE to create my design concept, I chose to depict four types of Texas wildflowers in bloom (Bluebonnet, Firewheel, Spiderwort, and Echinacea also known as Coneflower) alongside a buzzing bee hive paying homage to the origin story of the name of the town. Mexican honeybees specifically used to nest in a cave at the nearby creek.

Metaphorically, I hoped to show our state's natural beauty, as well as make a commentary on that which has no political national boundaries, freely blooming and migrating across borders, which are actually just divisive human constructs.