TITLE

Bamboo and Cicada

ARTIST

Cheryll Anderson

CREATED

August 28, 2024

LOCATION

Bicentennial bet. Trenton and Lark

ABOUT THIS PIECE

The Cicada Pipe mural was inspired by the idea that this year of 2024 was considered a special year for certain types of cicadas called "periodical cicadas" which only emerge from underground every 13 to 17 years. I learned that we also have what are called "annual cicadas" that come out every year. 

This mural was to bring attention to the idea of cicadas in our environment and magnify what they and their leftover shells look like. I really love that cicadas were choiring under the trees that shade this irrigation pipe while I was painting it. - Cheryll Anderson

ABOUT THIS ARTIST

I am Cheryll Anderson of Edinburg TX, an Arkansas transplant of 13 years to the RGV with a bachelor's degree in Visual Arts from University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. I have been an artist most of my life but the "time of Covid" gave me a vision for mural painting and a new lust for life. I will paint on wood, cement, metal canvas... you name it! The most interesting work I have done recently has not been put on a wall yet. 

I love doing work that is intensely researched, methodically planned and seemingly complex. My emotional pull to the subject keeps me interested and motivated to do my best work. I love working with local flora and fauna or local history as my content. Color study and color mixing are some of my favorite aspects of artmaking. I think of myself as more of a collage artist than a painter, due to the technological aspects of the mural design process. I love doing public funded accessible art.