Artwork Detail
Bestowal
Artist: Gohill, Maya
Date: 2003
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Artwork Dimensions: 360 x 1128 in.
County Department: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
Artwork Site: Michael D. Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse
Supervisorial District: 5
Current Status: On view
About the Artwork: Bestowal occupies a ribbon of wall above the Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse’s entryway. It was created in 2003 by Antelope Valley College art instructor Maya Gohill with assistance from five of her students. The mural depicts a stylized Antelope Valley landscape from dawn to dusk. Images include the Valley’s surrounding mountains, red poppy fields, and yucca cactus blossoms. The mural was initiated and funded by the Fifth Supervisorial District.
About the Artist: Born in Calgary, Canada in 1974, Maya Gohill grew up in Canada and received her BFA from the University of Calgary in 1997. She later traveled abroad and received her MFA in illustration from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. She taught fine art for several years at Antelope Valley College before relocating back to Calgary where she now currently lives and works. Gohill has won two awards from the New York Society of Illustrators for her work.
