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when we do it together
This mural is a representation of the different phases of the Three Sisters, from seed and sprout, to mature plants, to fruits. This cyclical story represents the history of the land and the passing of time, a process that’s been happening and nourishing people for thousands of years at the base of Sentinel Peak. As in most of my work, I played with scale and perspective, making the seed and pollinator bee very large as they are important to this story. Each section of the wall explores the plants from a different view, as if you are a bug playing on the leaves.
Dimensions: 6′ x 72′
Location: Mission Garden, Tucson, AZ
Commissioned by: The Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area in collaboration with Mission Garden and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson’s Pascua Yaqui Clubhouse
Designed and painted by Maxie Adler with help from youth artists of Pascua Yaqui Clubhouse – Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson, 2024
tucson holiday ice
This seasonal mural celebrates Tucson’s iconic winter critters with Phainopeplas munching desert mistletoe, a rattlesnake, desert tortoise, and gila monster burrowing underground, snow-guaros melting before your eyes, and mule deer.
Dimensions: 40’L x 8’D x 8’6″ H
Location: Tucson Holiday Ice Rink, Downtown Tucson, AZ
Commissioned by: City of Tucson
Designed and painted by Maxie Adler, 2023
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THE PARTY UNDERGROUND
This mural honors some of the burrowing creatures of the southwest, particularly the black-tailed prairie dog, accompanied by a coyote, cicadas, and the western diamondback rattlesnake. Inspired by the way books allow us to peek into worlds that we usually can’t see, this design is a peek into the amazingly complex underground world where many southwest wildlife take refuge. For all of us, and particularly for cyclists moving fast, it is important to remember who else we share the trails with (above and below).
Dimensions: 40” x 46” x 90”
Location: Tempe Public Library
Commissioned by: City of Tempe
Designed and painted by Maxie Adler, 2022
Photo credit: ©Michael Williams, All Rights Reserved
WILDLIFE KNOW NO BORDERS
The yellow-billed cuckoo, Sonoran pronghorn, Sonoyta mud turtle and jaguar are among the endangered species of the U.S./Mexico borderlands whose survival is threatened by the border wall. They deserve our protection.
Dimensions: 6.75’ x 33’
Location: Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center
Sponsored by the Center for Biological Diversity & Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center
Designed and painted by Maxie Adler, 2021
POLLINATORS OF THE SONORAN DESERT
This mural features migratory pollinators of the Sonoran Desert including the rufous hummingbird, Sonoran bumble bee, lesser long-nosed bats, western white-winged dove, and monarch butterfly.
Dimensions: 6.5’ x 49’
Location: Blenman Elm Neighborhood
Commissioned by: Blenman Elm Neighborhood Association
Designed and painted by Maxie Adler, 2022
