I was honored to be asked to Bisbee, Arizona to be part of the Artemizia Foundation by creating two permanent murals. I am very impressed by how vast and diverse the collection is there and the generous humanity within all of the work. One of the things that I love about street art is that it’s shared generously with the public, so that spirit seems to be imbued in this collection.
This mural uses a woman from an image I created called “Welcome Visitor” that’s about welcoming immigrants. The subject of this mural looks very meditative and also within that mural configuration is a smaller piece of a hand holding up a flower. I use flowers a lot as symbols of health, rebirth, possibility, and harmony. And of course with the peace mural, there are some symbols that I think are easy for people to recognize like the dove, there are additional floral patterns, things that I think suggest or evoke harmony.
