Tribute to Smoketrees Public Art
by Maria Hunt
Title
Tribute to Smoketrees Public Art
Artist
Maria Hunt
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Metal Utility Boxes
Description
My first Public Art Project was two locations on El Paseo, in Palm Desert. The metal boxes often contain computers and require a light palette to avoid over-heating the metal and cooking the computer boards.
In painting this, I selected the "smoketree, indigenous to our desert, with the palest green-gray spikes, like puffs of smoke, and added tall blooming Yucca spires for a light palette. I added Brittle Bush, with bright yellow daisy-like flowers, also named by the Padre's in the 1800, "Incensio," used by the Spanish Padres as Incense, once they ran out of their incense in their missions. You'll note that handles double as spires of the yucca blooms. The clouds and mountains were patterned after the clouds in the sky, and the distant mountains, as I was painting those elements
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August 28th, 2014
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Comments (18)
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
It is so great that you did this, and so perfectly done for the project.. I love the educational description, too! You have been busy!!!
Genevieve Esson
Beautiful and fantastic artwork on this TSB box Maria! Love the way you painted the smoke trees! v/f
Maria Hunt
Thank you Karen... a symbol of Art triumphing over Technology. It required tons of getting in the middle of the street to get perspective an modifying design... Hmmmm perhaps that is why they required a $1million Liability Insurance policy carried by me for the duration of the painting process.
Karen Cook
Maria I am just in awe of this series. What a talent you have to be able to see the finished product in your mind and to coordinate it all so perfectly. A true artist.