Texas, you wild.
Category: Downtown Reframed
Address
609 Main St
Houston, TX 77002
Details
Artist: Emily Peacock
This artwork is inspired by the wildflowers that bloom along Texas highways, especially during the artist's regular commute between Houston and Huntsville. Seen from the car, these flowers become flashes of color against concrete, traffic, and open sky.
The work transforms quick roadside glimpses into bold, oversized portraits, each one unique, celebrating the strange beauty of the Texas commute, where even the most routine drive can feel wild, tender, and alive.
About the Artist
Emily Peacock is a Houston-based artist; she received her MFA in Photography/Digital Media from the University of Houston and is a Professor of Art at Sam Houston State University. Peacock was a Lawndale Artist Studio Program resident, and she has received the Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant and the SHSU New Faculty Research Grant. She has had solo exhibitions at Lawndale Art Center, Houston and the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont. She has exhibited her work throughout the United States, in Vienna, Austria, and the United Kingdom. Peacock’s work is in the permanent collections of the Art Museum of Southeast Texas and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
