TITLE

Colossal Twin Pipe

ARTIST

Cheryll Anderson

CREATED

December 18, 2023

LOCATION

South Side of Frontage and Bicentennial

ABOUT THIS PIECE

This pipe features a butterfly "puddle" with milkweed, topped by 2 nearly opposite facing Olmec Collosal Heads crowned with maize stalks and palm fans. Giant monarchs swirl above in a blue sky and around the crowns of the collosal heads. This design was meant to be a complimentary design to the Toltec Totem Pole with its Mesoamerican theme. 

My inspiration came from the Olmec head replica at IMAS, as well as post impressionist art and pop art which influence my color choices and style. I love the idea of the Mexican border as a connection rather than a separation. I really love including local flora and fauna to recognize aspects of border eco-tourism. - 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.