Sam Houston State University

Rising, artist Arturo Herrera’s wall painting, greets visitors to Sam Houston State University's Bowers Stadium Press Box with a vibrant, energetic visual focal point. The painting’s dynamic composition presents a rhythmic interplay of abstract forms and open space and reflects the enduring spirit of the University’s athletic program. 

Unfolding horizontally across the building’s facade, Rising echoes the activity of visitors entering and exiting the building. The fragmented, biomorphic forms extend nearly 50 feet in length and contrast playfully with the precise surfaces and straight lines of the surrounding architecture.

The painting was executed by Made X Chilly. 

Chilindron’s Folded Triangle brings a sense of playfulness and vitality to the San Jacinto Hall patio through its bold colors and striking optical effects. Composed of geometric forms that appear almost devoid of volume, the sculpture relies on bright, saturated hues that contrast with the neutral tones of the surrounding architecture. Although constructed from simple, interconnected elements, the sculpture achieves a dynamic and complex visual result. 

The observer is an essential component of the work. Designed to be viewed from all sides, the sculpture continually transforms as viewers move around it, revealing shifting color relationships and new visual perspectives. Its open forms frame portions of the sky, integrating the surrounding environment into the experience and reinforcing a sense of motion and transformation. In doing so, the sculpture brings energy and visual engagement to the patio space, encouraging interaction and contemplation.

Clare Christie, artist, and Clint Howard, foundryman, are lifelong horse trainers and ranchers whose familiarity with their subject is apparent. This bronze sculpture of a horse mid-buck expresses the dynamism and energy of an animal in motion. Christie states that the sculpture emphasizes “the horse’s energy and breaks it down to the essence of the beauty of that motion.” The artist’s characteristic gestural, linear style creates shapes and voids across the sculpture’s surface as light changes throughout the day.

Project managed and produced by Clint Howard of Pyrology Foundry and Studio.