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on right when descending stairs - Family scene, faceless, in front of home, holding hands and eating at table. Rich tones - no damage.

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faces bottom of staircase - landscape/desert scene with single tree placed in middle. Warm tones, yellow and blue. Some damage.

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Asian-inspired scene featuring large sun, pagoda to left, red pavilion, sailing ship and plan to right. Uses bright primary colors. Chips of paint and chunk of wall missing.

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fishing scene surrounded by figures looking on towards one another, upper-right corner white man overseeing, bleeding moon, on left there are several elderly figures in front of a spider web and more fish in the foreground. Dark blue and warm golden brown tones.

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Nature scene with Buddhist themes, with two divine figures in a temple under a tree. Another divine figure looks on from the sky in the upper left. Warm colors, heavy use of brown and blue. Slight damage.

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geometric style, blue background, birdlike-man and woman connected by tree branch, other branches are connected to angels blowing horns with a serpent wrapped around one branch. Appears to be an adaptation of the Garden of Eden story. Blue tones, Chunks of paint missing

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partially destroyed - road/landscape scene with mule wearing bridle. Beached boat in the background - perhaps a desert? Smoke pluming from grass on the left. Washed warm brown and yellow tones.

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scroll to the left, with the same text in both English and Spanish, hourglass and clock connected, male portrait with eyes closed and to the right an astronaut on a ladder in front of a rocket. Continues past door images of rocket and space scenes with futuristic/extraterrestrial figures, which transition to a warm cityscape. Next, the mural returns to space and shows a rear view of a mother and child in front of many planets and stars. Wide variety of subject material and colors.

Women

depiction of many naked Black women in various stages of life, elements of symmetry employed, leaves and stars in background, turtle on bottom symbolizing old age and longevity. Mostly brown tones. Minor damage.

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Mushroom cloud in middle, dead figure on ground and another figure morphing out of it, moving trees to the left and sun to the right. Heavy use of red and yellow tones. Minimal damage.

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geometric style, man morphing into tree, birds, turtles and alligators included - warm brown tones

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Large blue woman chained at feet, idyllic African village on the left, slave trade in center, and modern US inner city on right with skyline - Neutral earth like tones.

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two panels depicting three roosters, a pail, and a chick surrounded by ornate and bright flowers and crown-like patterns. Uses warm tones. Minimal damage.

Ghetto Visions

Black divine figures shown morphing forms and moving around a city scene, with dry land and cracking ground, and simple wooden homes. Warm tones. Chunks missing from the wall.

Birth of the Expression

Burley’s mural explores cycles of life and centers women. The left side conveys night, with a constellation of a woman stretching across the sky. The right side shows daytime, with natural imagery of a horse, corn, and cotton. A rainbow stretches across the whole mural, signifying unity and togetherness. This is reminiscent of Biggers’ "Web of Life."

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Egyptian themes, pyramid, sunrise, Nile River, various symbols/hieroglyphics, warm tones and bright colors. Slight damage.

Family Scene

Sifuentes' shows multiple generations of a family, painted in a geometric style. The scene depicts parents and grandparents caring for children, with deceased ancestors (painted with angel wings) looking over them. Sifuentes borrows visual symbols from Dr. Biggers in this piece, including the tortoise (longevity) and the serpent (danger).

My Life After the Death of My Mother

Samples’ mural unfolds like a dream, with each panel above the central figure (the artist himself), who is asleep on a table, revealing a constellation of scenes from the artists’ youth. Lower window panels evoke a harmonious existence with nature and animals, while upper panels reveal struggles with racism in the South and his mother’s death.

The Rape of Mother Nature

Jones’ mural shows an image of Mother Nature being attacked by oil derricks, pollution, and industrialization. This piece was painted during an explosion of oil drilling expansion throughout Texas. Nature is essential to Jones’ artistic practice; nowadays he creates wood carvings with reclaimed lumber from trees that fall during storms.