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Fort Brown Resaca by Malou Flato
Photo CreditGSA\Ruben Marin
Fort Brown Resaca
Photo CreditGSA\Ruben Marin

Fort Brown Resaca

Artist
Year1994
Classification painting
Medium painted and fired ceramic tiles
Dimensions40 × 91 ft. (481 7/8 × 1091 15/16 in.)
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • Fort Brown Resaca depicts the resaca, or dry river bed, near Fort Brown as seen from the island
    looking toward the city and the college.  The artist painted the local architecture including the

    City Council Chambers, the Brownsville Art

    League Complex and the amphitheater, which was torn down. Dotted with palm trees and other native plants, the mural also

    shows the light of the early morning sun as reflected on one of the Brownsville's many resacas.




    The artist's working process involves working from Ektachrome slides where she sketches a concept and finishes it with watercolors.  Using the watercolor as her guide for the tiles, the artist draws the sketch on the tiles, paints them with glazes and overglazes the tiles by hand.  Once glazed, the tiles are then fired overnight.