Station: Atherton West #2

Artwork's title: “Kaleidoscope”

Artist: Lenka Konopasek

Medium: Mixed media painting and digital collage

Artist's description of the art piece: "My concept for the bus shelter design conveys the ideas of rejuvenation, movement and transformation. The images consist of organic, abstracted shapes evocative of flowers and other natural formations. Vibrant colors create an immersive color experience that activates the space, while Western monarch butterflies animate the images.

"I used monarch butterflies as a symbol of Taylorsville’s rural past, as well as a sign of hope for the future. The butterflies travel thousands of miles every year during their migration, and their return is a beautiful sign of a healthy environment. Public transportation plays an important role in reducing air pollution and protecting nature.

"In addition, the monarch butterfly has many symbolic meanings across cultures, including transformation, connection between the living and the dead, endurance, migration, diversity, renewal, joy and new beginnings."

Artist's bio: Lenka Konopasek is a Czech-born painter and mixed media artist. She graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Prague, Czech Republic, and received a BFA degree from the University of Utah and an MFA degree from Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine.

Her work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States and internationally, and she has completed several large public art projects in Utah. Konopasek was awarded the 2018 Utah Visual Art Fellowship.

She believes in the importance of works of art in public settings and sees public art as both responsive and catalytic, beginning as a response to an environment and becoming part of the terrain traveled by the community. For this project, her goal was to create an interesting, welcoming and thought-provoking visual experience for travelers and passersby outside of the gallery environment, while also creating an identifying mark for the station. Find additional details about her and her work online at lenkakonopasek.com