Dallas isn't always the best at honoring its musicians. It took years and a lot of effort to get a proper homage to Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan going with a statue in their native Oak Cliff, and Deep Ellum visitors are finally clued in to the neighborhood's heritage thanks to the Blues Alley mural project.
“MurieL got a mural,” says the laughing 22-year-old Latin recording artist while introducing the artist and the mural to the press.
“A piece that represents Oak Cliff and the possibilities that come with that,” he says. “I use the style of colors and pattern so we can relate to it through commonalities and differences within ourselves. I call it deconstructed realism.” “Oak Cliff to me means home,” he says. “It’s where I was born and raised. It’s where I raise my kids. My kids go to school out here. It means everything to me. I just wanted to catch a reflection of [what] Oak Cliff is. I felt like [MurieL] embodies that not only as a Latina woman but also born and raised out here means a lot. We’re the same but different.”“It showed me my voice is being heard, and it is going to continue to be heard,” she says.
“There was an original idea of using her image in a mural by the new park that is being built by the Dallas Zoo,” DIY says. “That one is still in the works and awaiting final approval. That one is to represent Oak Cliff, and [I] wanted to use an image of Latina power to represent the community that was built by strong Mexican women.”Local photographer Xochitl Gonzalez was on hand to photograph the singer and the artist in front of the mural. She says MurieL’s talent and back story inspired her.
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