Pierce College Station
What We See, 2005
Pat Warner, artist
Pat Warner designed terrazzo paving areas and porcelain enamel steel panels for station platforms.
Pat Warner’s designs reflect the college’s emphasis on agricultural programs. The imagery make references to nature and horticulture: leaves and tree limbs refer to the natural landscape and the lattice design of overlapping branches refer to espaliering, a traditional method of pruning and training fruit trees. The art panels feature images of birds that have been sited on the campus. Red tailed hawk, mockingbird, and Canada goose are common species that most users of the station will recognize. Western tanagers, western bluebirds and some species of warblers are less common but will be recognized by more observant travelers.
“I am always amazed at how much life there is around us, aside from ourselves, when we make the effort to observe.”