Las Flores de Tejas y Abejas Mexicanas, 2020
10ft x 20ft
Glass tile mosaic on brick wall, steel frame
Whole Foods Bee Cave at the Hill Country Galleria
12601 Hill Country Blvd, Bee Cave, TX 78738
J Muzacz 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 his design concept, he 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.
He 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.