A photo of the final mural at San Diego Zoo, its a corner of the wall with a tree, desert and forest habitats on each wall with bees under the surface and in the trees and flowers

San Diego Zoo Murals

Bee Corner inside the Children’s Zoo.

This project was created for the San Diego Zoo’s Wildlife Explorers Basecamp in the new Children’s Zoo. I had the opportunity to design large-scale wall murals, transforming initial sketches into fully rendered illustrations rich with texture and detail. Each mural highlights the unique characteristics of bees and the habitats they call home.

This colorful project was completed under the guidance of Design Team Lead Shana Fiduccia, with copy by writer Donna Parham.

From sketch to Wall

A closeup of the corner of the mural where the tree in the middle splits the image into the forest on the left and desert habitat on the right.
A sktech of the wall spread, tree in the middle with bee habitats, on the left there is a section with different kinds of bees and a headline reading "No Hives. No honey. No problem."
A full color artwork of the mural spread witht he tree int he middle. A final headline reads "Native bees: Pollination Sensations."

Photos of final installations at the Zoo.

A photo of the corner of the mural, a girl on the left is studying the bees on the wall.
A little boy is looking closely at the wall with different kinds of bees presented on it.
A closeup of the mural part with the forest bees, there are tree trunks on the grass that show bees living in them, as well as in underground tunnels.
Several people looking at the mural in the room.
A little girl is pointing to the bee on a mural, asking her mom a question.

I’ve illustrated close to 30 kinds of wild bees for these murals.

A tile sections with 12 closeups of bee illustrations cut out from different parts of the mural

California Bees

A little boy is looking around the room in amazement, CA Bees mural in the background
A closeup of a lettering header spelling "California Bees. Bees help us, let's help bees."

The California Native Bees mural was designed as a colorful photo-op backdrop for the Bee Corner.

A sketch of the CA Bees mural
Final artwork of the CA Cees mural
A photo of the CA Bees mural in the room, it has a dome shaped header in lettering, fileds with cows and vegetables, at the foreground - a picnic blanket with pies and fruit, pumpkins and a rabbit hiding in-between them.

I feel fortunate that my family can visit, learn about these amazing bees, and experience the artwork I enjoyed creating.

My husband and my two sons standing next the beer corner mural
My sona nd I standing in front of my CA Bees mural
A little boy standing and smiling in front of my CA bees corner
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