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78R11254 KMP-D

By:  Farrar                                                       H.R. No. 840



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, With the March 2003 dedication of her extraordinary 
glass mosaic mural, entitled Houston Bayou, at the George Bush 
Intercontinental Airport, Dixie Friend Gay of Houston Heights has 
achieved a new success in her notable career; and
	WHEREAS, The installation was designed by Ms. Gay to recreate 
the experience of visiting the wetland areas of South Texas; the 
landscape and its inhabitants are depicted on a serpentine wall 
mural, composed of 1.5 million pieces of specially fabricated 
glass, and the terrazzo floor, which includes 40 cast bronze 
representations of native animals, unifies the work in a truly 
spectacular manner; in researching this project, Ms. Gay traveled 
through the Houston bayous by kayak, finding in these waterways a 
serenity, purity, and sacredness that is too often missing from 
contemporary urban life; and
	WHEREAS, A high honors graduate of Northwestern Oklahoma 
State University, this versatile artist was trained at the Parsons 
School of Design and the Pratt Graphics Center, and in 1989 she 
completed her master's degree in studio arts at New York 
University; her works include drawings, paintings, and sculptures; 
and
	WHEREAS, Over the course of her career, Ms. Gay's pieces have 
been featured in galleries and museums across the United States, 
including the Bronx Museum, the Allan Stone Gallery, the Houston 
Museum of Fine Arts, the Eiteljorg Museum, and the van de Griff/Marr 
Gallery in Santa Fe; she received a commission to design the Sacred 
Meditation Room for Sheltering Arms in Houston, and today her 
creations can be found in the permanent collections of the Boston 
Public Library, the Kienholz Collection, the Houston Museum of Fine 
Arts, and the Art Museum of South Texas; and
	WHEREAS, An artist of vision and versatility, Ms. Gay has 
enriched the lives of many thousands of Texans as they travel, walk, 
and worship, and it is appropriate to take this opportunity to 
recognize her; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature congratulate Dixie Friend Gay on the success of her 
Houston Bayou installation and extend to her best wishes for the 
future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Ms. Gay as an expression of highest regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives.