Los Palominos Freestanding Mural
Located at Uvalde Area Chamber of Commerce
300 E. Main St. Uvalde, Texas
Artist: John Cerney
Photo: Brandon Jakobeit
Uvalde
Freestanding
Mural Project
“Uvalde has a new welcome committee.
Its members stand along US 90, greeting drivers passing through the Hill Country town. They’re a friendly group of smiling familiar faces, but don’t expect a wave or hello—as giant highway art, they’re pretty wooden.”
-Sarah Thurmond, Texas Highways
Matthew McConaughey
Los Palominos
Dale Evans
Photos by Brandon Jakobeit
“Last October, Uvalde unveiled its new roadside attractions, three freestanding murals featuring some of the town’s most-notable native sons and daughter: actor Matthew McConaughey, Tejano band Los Palominos, and late Western film star-singer Dale Evans.”
-Sarah Thurmond, Texas Highways
Actor Matthew McConaughey
Location:
Intersection of U.S. HWY 90
and Hacienda Road/FM 2369
Photo by Brandon Jakobeit
Photo by Brandon Jakobeit
Los Palominos are a Grammy-winning Tejano band born and rasied in Uvalde.
Location:
Uvalde Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center
300 E. Main St., Uvalde, Texas
“Next to each mural is a sign with their most-famous expression or song.”
“And Los Palominos’ mural, composed of the original four Arreola brothers who founded the group, spotlights their Grammy-winning album, Por Eso Te Amo”
-Sarah Thurmond, Texas Highways
“Evans’ sign, bordered like a lasso, highlights “Happy Trails,” the duet she sang with her husband Roy Rogers.”
-Sarah Thurmond, Texas Highways
Uvalde native,
Dale Evans.
Location:
Uvalde County Fairplex
215 Veterans Lane
Photo by Brandon Jakobeit
“If the style of the murals looks familiar
that’s because it’s the work of John Cerney, the California-based artist whose signature “giant cut-out art” can be found in rural communities throughout the United States, including Texas. You can see his Giant murals featuring James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor on US 90 in Marfa, and his shopper murals at San Antonio’s “King of Bargains” Mission Open Air Market.”
-Sarah Thurmond, Texas Highways