HIGHWAYMEN TRIBUTE

Highwaymen Tribute (Mosaic Mural)

A mosaic and 26 plaques, each with a single name, on the  west wall of the new Intermodal Transit Station dedicated on August 23, 2011 on Avenue D are the work of two local artists honoring the work of St. Lucie County’s most famous artists, the Highwaymen.

The Highwaymen were a collection of mostly self-taught African American artists who painted and sold their work by the side of the road. Although their work been celebrated around Florida and the U.S., the transit station mural is the first that singles out many of the individual artists.

 
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About the Artists

Local artist’s Pat Cochran and Anita Prentice developed the mural design & plaques.

Pat designed the 26 bronze plaques and sand cast them, using a specific ramming technique prior to pouring the bronze.

Anita’s pain-staking process involves breaking large pieces of colored glass with a hammer, sketching the image with chalk, then permanent marker, followed by laying each piece of colored glass into the right area by hand.