Canopy - San Antonio, TX - Murals on Waymarking.com

"Playfully rendered in a palette of cool blues and greens, San Antonio artist and educator Joey Fauerso’s Canopy mural brings a sense of serenity to a railroad underpass in Alta Vista.

Drawing earthly inspiration from beloved neighborhood landmark San Pedro Springs Park, Fauerso covered two facing walls with a mural depicting South Texas birds perched in cypress trees. Peppered throughout are curious snippets of poetry penned by elementary-school students from nearby Agnes Cotton Academy. Speaking about Canopy, Racca-Sittre suggested that, “As a kid growing up in that neighborhood, you would be, like fiercely, ‘Do not touch this, this is important to me.’ [That’s] why we want to have such strong community involvement. We want the community to take pride in the public art and take ownership of it like it’s theirs. Because it is — it’s their money.”