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Title
Las Pilares
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Artist
Marco Garcia
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Location
46th Ave and Josephine St, 46th Ave and Fillmore St, 46th Ave and York St.
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Neighborhood
Elyria/Swansea
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Year
2025
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Artwork Type
Mosaic
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Material
glass tesserae tile
About This Piece
Marco Garcia created twelve original mosaics for Central 70 Cover Park gateways. Each pilar corresponds to attributes and colors of the medicine wheel, which can represent the four directions – north, south, east, and west), the four seasons, and the four elements (fire, earth, water, wind).
About the Artist: My Name is Marco Antonio Garcia and I have been a freelance artist for almost 30 years. I grew up in Colorado in the Park Hill neighborhood and I'm one of 9 kids in my family. I'm number 7. I have a younger brother who is also an artist and has done work for the City of Denver. Before I left Colorado I worked as a Mural Artist and Faux finisher with a company that I started with my younger brother called Artistech Design. A few years after that I wanted to move closer to the beach so I went to work for the Walt Disney World Company as an Independent contractor doing Caricatures and Silhouettes and later becoming a performing Artist for events. When Disney closed because of the Pandemic, I decided it was a good time to move back home and establish my art career and to bring back all my knowledge that I learned with my 20 years at Disney World and share it with my fellow Coloradans.