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Monette T. Punzalan

Fireflies Mural

Final mural idea for a group mural show in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District. Featured a Filipino folk tale about Kapre, a tree giant and the origin of fireflies.
My Role
Graphic Designer
Client
Personal Project
Date
Aug 2017
Tags
Mural

Concept

The previous year, my father had been diagnosed with cancer. While he had a quick and successful recovery, I wanted to make this as a gift to him.

When I was a kid my dad had set up an impromptu indoor camping trip for us. He told me various stories about his family and growing up. He said he was afraid of the trees as a boy because there was a filipino fable about giants living among the branches. These giants smoked cigars and their embers became the fireflies in the forest. He and his friends would dare each other to go near these trees. The mural was an encapsulation of that memory.

Fireflies Mural with Monette standing in front of it
Me posing in front of my Fireflies mural
Fireflies Mural