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©2021 Precita Eyes Muralists

Directed by: 
Ellen Silva in collaboration with 20 faculty & staff members Marjorie H. Tobias Elementary School, Daly City
Size: 18’6” wide x 8’ high acrylic on cinder block
Location: Tobias Elementary School, 725 Price Street, Daly City, CA 94014
Description
From the Tobias Teachers & Staff:

Cristina Almeida    
Our hands and hearts come together in strength, gratitude and hope.

Casey Baker Together, we grow and flourish. Together, we reach toward greatness

Faye Baltazar The outer hands symbolize the teachers/staff who help mold and shape the student’s futures. The Students are at the center of the community at the heart.  Through togetherness and unity, we are able to shape the younger generations.

Brooke Clark  My idea was to have different skin tones of hands putting together a puzzle, representing that we all have different skill sets and talents and that together we can solve problems and make things happen.

Jeanne Conroy  MHT, School, Community, support each other

Miranda Correll  "Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much"

Katherine Harsono  Stronger Together Unity in Diversity Celebrate the strength of togetherness in a world of Diversity and Kindness

Jennifer Kwon  People from all over the world come "together" to form a whole family.

Kim Lee  My message is unity because we only have one earth and all our differences should be embraced.

Betty Lew Marjorie H. Tobias Elementary encompasses a school community filled with diversity and love- working together in unison to strive for unity and commitment to peace and friendship.

Cathy Macay "This is a unity symbol, a symbol of hope (rainbows). It denotes  togetherness, nature, and life skills - which were 3 of the themes we voted on. Also, it (sideways eight) is known as a lemniscate - which is mathematical''.  

Molly McDermott  Peace, love, strength, unity, caring, love, learning, forgiveness, hope, kindness, integrity, honor

Victoria Ngo   Togetherness to me means our community-- which is diverse. Now more than ever, inclusivity is important. 

Michael Smith  Ants focus of their community first, think ahead, and don’t give up. 

Melanie Sowyrda  Although we can not physically touch, we do our upmost best to support our families, students, and colleagues. We draw our strength from the energy of our earth and from one another.

​Anoushka Takla Together we endure and support our collective growth. This goes with the picture of the Coastal Redwood grove.

Ashley Tomlinson  We stand together. We are stronger together. ​

"Forever in Bloom" ©2019 Ellen Silva

Size: 10' x 114', acrylic on cement
Design/Painting: Ellen Silva
Location: CPMC at Davies Campus, Noe and Castro Streets, San Francisco
Description
“Forever in Bloom” is viewed from the common space/waiting room for residents, staff and visitors on 7th floor, providing an uplifting and restful feeling.   

It is a peaceful scene, flowing from the Eastern Sierras (left), to the Western Coastal cliffs (right), filled with natural images.

In the foreground, large colorful flowers (found on West Coast) are growing, Forever in Bloom.
L to R: Morning Glory, Black-Eyed Susan, Blue-Eyed Grass, Trumpetvine, Sugar Bowl, Poppy, Cosmos, Iris, Sticky Monkeyflower, Baby Blue Eye, Cattail and Beach Grass.

The flowers are being visited by birds and insects.
Left: Red-tail hawk over the Sierras
Center: Monarch butterfly, Annas hummingbird, dragonfly and Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Right: Pelican and Sea Gulls near the Ocean

"Rescue, Rehab, Release" ©2019 Ellen Silva

​Size:
120' x 9', Acrylic on cement
Design/Painting: Ellen Silva with 40 volunteers
Location: Marine Mammal Center, Fort Cronkite, Sausalito
Description
“Rescue, Rehab, Release”  

Located in the upper parking lot, the mural design tells the story of the Marine Mammal Center’s amazing work rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing sea lions and seals.

Beginning on the left, at beachside, the viewer sees sea lions with entanglements and in other unhealthy conditions. They are brought by workers in the rescue truck to the MMC where they are x-rayed, examined, fed, operated on and brought back to better health. Then they are brought back to the beach and happily released back to their native environment into the ocean.

California Natives ©2014 Ellen Silva

​Size: 
9.5' x 8.5', Acrylic on sheetrock
Design Painting: Ellen Silva
Location: Mid-Peninsula Housing, Community Room, San Mateo


"Orinda Historical Landmarks" ©Ellen Silva 2012

​Size: 
23' x 6'
Re-design and painting by: Ellen Silva

Location: Parks and Recreation Dept., City of Orinda, Orinda, CA
Narrative
Stopped by the park early today on my out to see the mural. Oh my, what brilliance! Fantastic effort! And the kindergym wall is the perfect location! Just great, all around. Please thank all involved, especially Ellen.
— Charles Vollmar, Former Board Member, Orinda Historical Society History Tour Docent
"Wowie, zowie, Ellen, I couldn't believe it—it looks so great on the wall! I went see the mural before the City Council meeting, and it absolutely looks fantastic. Congratulations, all I'm hearing is good things about it! I had to call you and tell you how wonderful it looks!
— Lucy Hupp Williams, President, Orinda Historical Society
I did stop by and saw the mural and it is beautiful!  I hope Orinda does a ‘christening’ ceremony.  Ellen did a beautiful job on this piece and I am sure everyone is so pleased….I loved the new additions!  Great job by all!
Many thanks,
— Marty de Laveaga Stewart
The mural is up as of this afternoon! We were able to check it out and it looks great. The location is terrific and the mural is now easily the visual highlight of the park. It's wonderful to see this come to fruition!
— Susan Garell, President, Orinda Arts Council
I saw members of the public already drawn to the vivid imagery, studying the mural! Looks fantastic there!
— Susan Mautner, VP of Public Art & Community Relations, Orinda Arts Council 
Ellen, I am just thrilled with the new Orinda Historical Mural recently hung on the Kinder Gym wall in the Orinda Community Center Park. It is a beautiful reproduction of the original mural hung at the BART Station, only updated and even better!  You are to be commended for your excellent efforts in helping to visually bring Orinda History to all of us in Orinda and beyond!
— Kay Norman, member of Orinda Historic Landmarks Committee

"Welcome to Our Half Moon Bay Community" © 2010 Ellen Silva

​Size:
8' x 4', acrylic on MDO board
Design/Painting: Ellen Silva
Location: Half Moon Bay Chamber of Commerce, Main Street, Half Moon Bay

"Compassion, Not Judgement" ©2008 Ellen Silva

​Size:
7.5' x 32', acrylic on cement
Design/Painting: Ellen Silva 

Location: St. Francis Center, Redwood City, CA

Dante's Inferno ©2005 Ellen Silva/Susan Cervantes

​Size:
12' x 30' acrylic on sheetrock
Design/Painting by: Susan Cervantes/Ellen Silva
Location: Dante Building, St/ Mary's College, Moraga, CA

Dante's Purgatorio ©2006 Ellen Silva/Susan Cervantes

​Size: 
12' x 30' acrylic on sheetrock
Design/Painting by: Susan Cervantes/Ellen Silva
Location: Dante Building, St/ Mary's College, Moraga, CA

Dante's Paradiso ©2006 Ellen Silva/Susan Cervantes

​Size: 
12' x 30' acrylic on sheetrock
Design/Painting by: Susan Cervantes/Ellen Silva
Location: Dante Building, St/ Mary's College, Moraga, CA

Original Installation:
"Bella Luna" ©2005 Ellen Silva

​Size:
 4' x 8', acrylic on MDO board
Design/Painting: Ellen Silva
Location: Spanishtown (2005 Installation), NEW ALAS,
636 Purissima Street, Half Moon Bay
New Installation:

"Mexican Vacation" ©2005 Ellen Silva

​Size:
6' x 8', acrylic on MDO board
Design/Painting: Ellen Silva
Location:
Tres Amigos Taqueria (originally in Half Moon Bay, CA)

“Underwater Scene” ©2004 Ellen Silva

​Size:
8' x 4', acrylic on sheetrock
Design and painting by: Ellen Silva

Location: Dentist Offices
, Berkeley, CA 

“Mirror Lake” ©2004 Ellen Silva

​Size: 
8' x 4', acrylic on sheetrock
Design and painting by: Ellen Silva

Location: Dentist Offices
, Berkeley, CA 

“Jungle Scene” ©2004 Ellen Silva

​Size: 
8' x 4', acrylic on sheetrock
Design and painting by: Ellen Silva

Location: Dentist Offices
, Berkeley, CA 

"Mediterranean Dream" ©2004 Ellen Silva

​Materials:
Acrylic on cement
Design/Painting: Ellen Silva
Location: CPMC at California and Cherry, Women's Health lightwell

Picture
Daughters of Charity-Seton Hospital ©2002 Ellen Silva

​Size: 
52' x 12'
Date: June 2002
Location: 
Client: Seton Medical Center, Daly City, CA  
Description
The Story...
In stunning colors, a mural depicting the history of the community-care activities of the Daughters of Charity sweeps across the west wall of Seton's cafeteria-dining room for 52 feet at a height of 12 feet.

The idea of the Heritage Wall came from the Seton Health Services Foundation, and a committee composed of Sister William Eileen Dunn, D.C., Sister Marjory Ann Baez, D.C., Bernadette Smith, and Frank Malifrando.

The mural was designed by Ellen Silva an independent artist hired by Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center.

After the design was completed, Ellen and her staff transferred an outline drawing of the mural on to the dining-room wall. Seton associates were invited to a 2 hour "paint-In" to fill in the colors. They came by the dozens, took up brushes dipped in bold pigments, and, guided by a small rendering of the finished design, brought to life the persons and events portrayed.
​

Ellen completed the mural-and corrected not-quite-even lines or borders applied by the enthusiastic, but not always accurate, Seton volunteers who, even as they painted, became part of the ongoing history portrayed in the mural.

The panorama left to right:
1633 - St. Vincent de Paul and Sister Louise de Marillac founded the Daughters of Charity in Paris, France

1809 - Saint Anne Seton founded the Daughters of Charity on the East Coast of North America

1810 - Daughters of Charity landed in San Francisco  

1893 - Mary's Help Hospital founded in 1893 in San Francisco

1912- First graduating class of Mary's Help Hospital School of Nursing

1913 - First Free Clinic opened in San Francisco at Mary's Help Hospital

1965 - Mary's Help Hospital built in Daly City

1983 - Seton Medical Center Built in Daly City

June 2002 -  Celebrating 150 Years in California

Current Day Activities shown are: Marie Mahony, R.N., who worked at Seton for 62 Years, teaching a class; doctors looking at X-Ray; Seton Medical Hospital; Sister Carmen Ptacnik, D.C., comforting a patient.
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