Located on the side of Lowell’s Auto Repair on 111 Mechanic St. is the mural “Til the Cows Come Home.” The artwork was a collaboration between the Lexington-born artist Alexandrea Pangburn, who is currently based in Denver and serves as the director of curation for that city’s RiNo Arts District, and Justin Suarez, a New York-based muralist who paints under the name Aerosol Kingdom. The two artists had never worked together but found their styles melded really well together (Pangburn painted the right side of the mural while Aerosol Kingdom painted the left side).
The mural is dedicated to Lexington’s cattle industry, said Pangburn, who grew up in Lexington and enjoyed coming back home for this creative project.
“Most people know Kentucky for its horses but not for its cattle,” she said, adding that Kentucky is the largest beef-producing state east of the Mississippi. The two artists bonded over their mutual interest in bird species and also incorporated into the mural a pair of Kentucky warblers, a species native to the area.
This is the second local mural Pangburn has created for PRHBTN (she’s also responsible for the adorable crown-wearing fox on Fifth and Jefferson streets) and Aerosol Kingdom’s first artistic contribution to Lexington.
The "Til the Cows Come Home" mural was completed in October 2021 as part of the 10th annual PRHBTN street art celebration. Click here to read more about the event.