The public artwork for Casa Del Mar, "Emerging Mangrove," speaks to the name of this community and is inspired by its location along the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida. Like the meaning of Casa Del Mar, mangroves on our shoreline are also a very important "house of the sea." A home to many creatures and a cycle that sustains life in a myriad of ways; from keeping our shoreline intact to nurturing a great deal of the food that ends up on our dinner table. Artist Lucy Keshavarz used the classic materials of metal, stone (cast), and custom tiles in a stylized format to create the highly recognizable red mangrove or "walking" mangrove. The sculpture is integrated into the community's entry wall along US1. The sculpture appears to be emerging from the wall atop its orderly mangle of branching prop roots. In doing so, the leaves and water glitter in the sun and the waves swirl with the tides' rise and fall. The artist's goal with this and the majority of her work is to promote connections and thoughtfulness between our natural world and our own human species.
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