TITLE

Monarch Migration

ARTIST

Adrain Rodriguez (Serkit)

CREATED

March 17, 2025

LOCATION

312 Pecan Blvd

ABOUT THIS PIECE

This painting represents the delicate balance between life and death. The monarch butterfly and the coneflower live a fragile existence. However the Monarch Buttefly is able to migrate across the entire North America, from Canada down to Mexico and all across the United States. For such a small creature that is amazing. This painting was originally part of a larger mural dedicated to my mom that has since been covered up, so painting it again brings me much comfort.  - Adrain Rodriguez

ABOUT THIS ARTIST

Serkit is a chicano artist from the Rio Grande Valley community, he currently has murals Edinburg, McAllen, San Benito, Los Fresnos, Laguna Heights, Brownsville, Port Isabel, South Padre Island, and Uvalde.

Serkit is also a t-shirt airbrush artist creating one of a kind pieces of fashion for his customers.  Serkit is a former educator for PIISD where he taught art at Port Isabel Junior High for 8 years. During the 2021-2022 he guided over 50 students in a mural inside the main hallway of PIJH with the Texas ACE after school program. The finished mural is 27'x8' and through this mural and his work in the classroom Serkit was awarded PIISD District Teacher of the Year for the 21-22 school year. He is now a full time artist working on developing his airbrush craft, painting murals, and creating custom art for customers.