Antonio Mejia

I was instructed to design a large scale skull design to be painted in the center of a 50’x30’ canvas backdrop. I spent several hours designing the piece on iPad then once given the ok, I spent about 1 week prepping my studio . Custom steel brackets had to be manufactured inorder to hang the canvas appropriately . Floors and wallls were prepped n covered . The actual painting measures 20”x 25” , And was pained in black and white nova color acrylic paint . It took 14 days of actual paint time . I was aided by my son coatl Mejia and daughter citlamina Mejia. The piece is currently on tour with Pepe Aguilar and his family .

We painted eastern side of handball court at the river front park in Maywood ca. using acrylic paint by nova color , david “thunder” and i designed this piece, along with my two children citlamina mejia and xiucoatl Mejia . We drew from inspiration of the la river and a timeline of sorts. Depicting the different folks whom have dwelled from the beginning of time and through out . With a grandmother praying as the river burst out ward from her belly . River represented by water symbols and carried by water serpent running under the plant life and concrete creations made by man . Tongva elder and child in the river as well as other migrating tribes and current dwellers . Emphasis on the children that play amongst the life that surrounds the river .

We were tasked with painting a 10”x30” drywall surface. I was given free range with design so long as it pertained to food . I started with sketching hands stemming coming from the sky of a grandmother figure. Drawing then grinding corn on a traditional stone metate. From the belly of the metate I drew a turquoise serpent representing the fire and acting as a vessel for the four shades of corn(blue, red, white , gold). We then added an ochre back ground with a gradual fade towards the head of serpent . Within the ochre background we have adde several traditional forty’s and ancient depictions of our ancestors utilizing the corn in different capacities.

We designed and painted a serpent carrying children dressed as jaguars dancing and playing . This was a project funded by the DA in Pomona to cover concrete parking block walls during the Covid shut down .

Giant eagle was painted in stairway at bell high school. I designed and supervised this project with the help of bell high school avid seniors . Eagle is depicted wings spread open carrying a banner and avid logo, with books in flight . Measures about 20ft x 12 ft

We as participants in this exhibit , we were tasked with painting of several walls through the exhibit relating to the content on display . I sent a portrait of a brother boo-boo Negrete who had passed away that week , as well as a serpent head and peacock . All painting was done on drywall bring nova color acrylic paint . Walls were about 12 ft tall and 30 ft wide

This mural measures 15ft x 20ft . Nova color acrylic paint on plaster wall . This piece is a collage of Mexican , native and social activist heroes. There is 12 portraits from father Gregg Boyle to Milan’s zapsya , recently added Kobe Bryant . There also is some local land marks like the 4 th street bridge , Dolores mission church, and LA skyline . The collage of portraits and land marks rest upon a large depiction of cipactli representing the earths surface . Cradling the entire dream with a tiny virgin de Guadalupe figure at the very center .