Artist:	Dora De Larios
Date:	1978
District:	Fourth Supervisorial District
Location:	Rowland Heights Library 1850 Nogales Street Rowland Heights, CA 90178
Department:	Public Library

Dora De Larios was commissioned to create this plaster veneer bas-relief mural for the new Rowland Heights Library when it was being constructed in 1978. The mural measures 10' h x 30' w and covers an entire wall in the library's foyer with an abstract composition of geometric shapes that seem to rise from the floor and descend from the ceiling. De Larios cut all of the mural's plaster forms and then attached them by galvanizing their edges. A master plasterer, hired by De Larios, finished the texture of the surface shapes with a steel trowel and used a brush broom for the mural's background.

See Dora De Larios, Compton Library,
and Dora De Larios, Lynwood Library,
and Dora De Larios, Norwood Library

About the Artist: Dora De Larios has resided in the Los Angeles area all her life. Born in LA to Mexican parents, she spent her childhood living downtown near Temple Street. In 1957, she received a BFA from USC. The ethnic diversity of Los Angeles, as well as her extensive travels and study of world religions and ancient art at USC, led to the development of her pan-cultural style. De Larios' public works include sculptures in Hawaii, New Jersey, Florida, Tahiti, Japan, and numerous cities in southern California. She has also created a ceramic dinner place setting for the White House. Since 1959, she has been featured in over 50 gallery shows and museum exhibitions including the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles and the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. She has taught ceramics at USC and UCLA.