Honor719Dear City of La Quinta,
Thank you for taking the time to review my mural application for the building at Silver Rock.
This project appeals to me, as the Silver Rock location and the City of La Quinta are both
quite rich in history and significance.
Historically speaking, La Quinta has been home to indigenous people, and also has a rich
history in both resorts and in film. More recently, the City has been a haven for golf and
tennis, along with other forms of recreation.
As an artist with an emphasis on the combination of figurative elements and landscapes in
both my murals and paintings, this project is very rich in history and imagery, which would
call for a very fun and exciting endeavor in terms of past, present, and future La Quinta.
With 3 walls dedicated to 1) the indigenous times of the Cahuilla Native Americans to 2) the
juxtaposition of the fast life of the La Quinta Resort and Hollywood Getaways, onward to 3)
the spread of recreational sprawl with the more recent golf/ tennis resort and residential
communities, I would also like to imagine on the remaining side of the building 4) the future
of this community and area. These are the types of themes that I would be most interested
in working on.
More particular to the site itself, the Silver Rock location besides being a haven for
indigenous peoples, was also a retreat for the Ahmanson family, former owners of the
famous Home Savings and Loan as well as the Ahmanson Ranch. The recent development
project challenges are also quite interesting, and give the site another angle, as the
property and its location has been building quite a quiet yet prolific history. I can foresee
the wonderful potential for this location.
I learned about this project from my friend Dan Stiel, a prolific photographer in the region,
and he has been very supportive of my work that I have painted in the California desert in
particular. My work in the area has been painting large sized freehand wall murals, so this
project is a bit different for me, as it would entail making paintings by hand to be
reproduced in a larger -sized format on the building. This project is quite interesting,
however, I would be willing to work together with a group to make sketches and imagery to
start. It is always exciting to work with others to develop an artistic plan and subsequently
create 4 final colorful and exciting paintings rich in history of the finished project. which
would be of great benefit to the City of La Quinta for years to come.
As far as my own work, I am a freehand muralist and painter, which means that I do not use
any grids, but rather sketch out everything by hand on either canvas, walls, or other
structures. I have been trained this way as an artist. I have several advanced degrees,
including a Bachelor's degree from Tuft's University and a Masters of Fine Art Degree from
Art Center College of Design. I worked on murals and large-scale paintings since the 80s.
Most of my work has been completed in North America and in Europe. Within the past
decade, I have worked on and completed at least 10 large scale works in the California
desert and several others in Arizona and near the Mexican border. Much of the work I do
has connection to the communities that I create in, and brings the community together and
creates a new vibrancy in the area. I like to work with other artists and value community
building through art. I also have Guatemalan and European roots, and I like to incorporate
many different colorful themes and images in my work. Some of my former art teachers
include students within the lineage of Diego Rivera, Siqueiros, Bernard Priem (one of the
Last French Surrealists), Norman Rockwell, Conger Metcalf, and Grant Wood. One of my
peers, Rob Zeller, also wrote a best-selling book on New Surrealism.
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I also am able to do digital art as well as graphic design, as I have done this type of work
vocationally as well.
With my experience as a muralist and an artist, I would embrace working with a vendor to
print the large-scale prints on the building located on the community golf course. I would
estimate that the cost of each large-scale print to be placed on the building should not cost
more than $2,000 each, as this would require high quality imagery and materials.
Again, thank you for taking the time to read through some of my interests and ideas. I am a
big fan of the Community bringing art into this location, and I sincerely thank you for taking
the time to consider me for this opportunity.
Thankyou,
Honor719
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