Native Species of the Gulf of Mexico, 2002
Located at McDonald's on Highway 3, Seabrook,Texas
McDonald's playscape area prior to mural.
McDonald's playscape dining area prior to mural.
Initial glazes in McDonald's entry corridor.
Bejat painting the entry corridor with native gulf species found in the US Marine Sanctuary of the Flower Gardens Banks located in northwestern Gulf of Mexico.
Progress on the playscape dining area adorned with the reef's biodiversity which consists of three hundred species of fish, twenty-one species of coral, several species of crustaceans, four dominant species of sponges, and a wide variety of sharks, skates, and rays. The loggerhead sea turtle is resident. Several resident whale sharks turn in frequent appearances; manta rays are also commonly sighted.
Loggerhead sea turtles and lined seahorses are found amidst a rich diversity of coral just as you enter the playscape area.
Playscape dining area completed and labeled with species names so that the mural becomes educational tool for the children that frequent McDonalds.
Playscape dining area completed depicting the concept of the two Flower Garden Bank reefs, East Flower Garden Bank and West Flower Garden Bank, which were accredited as part of the National Marine Sanctuary created in 1992.
Great barracuda and thrasher sharks swim in the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico as depicted on the upper walls. Here children can view them from the port holes of the playscape, as if they were in a submarine.
Black drum and juvenile red snappers are also found in the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Here, Hamburglar fishes like the historic fishermen who are believed to have discovered and named the Flower Garden Banks in 1936.
Entry to the playscape area where species are identified with corresponding numbers.
Killer whales are rarely found migrating along the boundaries of the Gulf of Mexico.
Bye Bye Birdie. Birdie swims with the great killer whale in these deep waters where the playscape submarine appears to each child as though they expirience diving deep within the depths of the Gulf of Mexico
