{"id":389574,"date":"2026-07-28T20:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/389574\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T20:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:26:07","slug":"local-artist-andrea-holmes-completes-1st-mural-in-downtown-allen-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/389574\/","title":{"rendered":"Local artist Andrea Holmes completes 1st mural in downtown Allen | Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"

McKinney-based artist Andrea Holmes<\/a> finished downtown Allen\u2019s first mural in early July, she said.<\/p>\n

The mural, named \u201cWings of Allen,\u201d is the eighth in a 100-piece series<\/a> focused on birds, she said. The piece includes images that represent the city and region, such as an eagle, bluebonnets and cone flowers.<\/p>\n

Holmes also drew inspiration from Chloe Mae Studios<\/a>, where the mural is located, by incorporating a \u201clight, dusty color palette,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

This project is the first mural in downtown Allen and Holmes said she hopes the mural can “pave the way” for other artists to bring pieces to the downtown area.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the idea that just some paint can totally transform an area, and it can become a landmark for a place,\u201d Holmes said.<\/p>\n

Co-owner of Chloe Mae Studios Jennifer Seibert was one of Holmes\u2019s professors at Collin College where she first had the idea for her 100-piece series.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually started my 100 bird project and paintings in her classroom,\u201d Holmes said. \u201cIt was a series of 10 Texas birds, and then I expanded it from that. It\u2019s cool that it all kind of circles back and now one of my 100 bird murals is on her and her sister’s gallery, which feels really special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chloe Mae Studios is hosting a mural reveal and reception for the project at 6-8 p.m., Aug. 8. Individuals can also purchase pieces of Holmes\u2019s artwork at the studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McKinney-based artist Andrea Holmes finished downtown Allen\u2019s first mural in early July, she said. The mural, named \u201cWings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[55590,137232,137233,137234,63279,137231,160,162,161,137235],"class_list":["post-389574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-allen-news","tag-andrea-holmes","tag-andrea-holmes-art","tag-chloe-mae-studios","tag-downtown-allen","tag-mural-in-downtown-allen","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-public-art-near-allen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}