Armed with cans of spray paint, brushes and supplies, three artists were tasked with creating a new mural that has been tagged the gateway to downtown Levelland.
Located at the corner of Ave. F and Houston St. the vibrant new mural depicting the city and region came to life this past week just as the Centennial Celebration is about to gear up.
Artists Calina “Cal” Mishay, Daniel Andreu and Lexi Antonick collaborated to bring their creativity, spray and brush paint and pure talent to a large cement block wall canvas to add yet another art piece to the City of Mosaics.
According to Mishay, she worked with the city to come up with a design for the mural. Upon arrival, primer was put on the cement blocks to create a canvas, then the image of the design was projected onto wall and lines drawn to guide the artists. The task of painting came next with spray paint filling the background and acrylic paint brushed in to create the images and art piece. In all, it took about four days to bring the new mural to life.
Mishay’s 10-year artistic journey is at the center of “Cal’s Hometown Revival,” a TV series on Discovery’s Destination America.
According to her website, she describes herself as a 'small-town Texas country girl' who travels extensively throughout the 'Big Country' region of West Texas and beyond for her mural work and the production of her show, Cal's Hometown Revival. Each mural offers a transparent look into the heart of Hometown, USA, capturing the spirit and essence of the communities she visits.”
In its debut season, the show highlighted the towns of Coleman, Brady, Waxahachie, Angleton and Post, with another season already in the works and Levelland added to mix to showcase her talent for artistic storytelling.
The business of painting murals for Mishay came after earning a master’s degree and having a thriving career as a board-certified behavior analyst for children with autism. Art that had been put on the sidelines for many years suddenly became the focus and she began painting murals and pursued what was in her heart and has since crisscrossed the Lone Star State forming relationships in small towns while leaving her mark quite literally on walls, buildings and hearts.
Mishay says she has a special place in heart for small towns and the people who live there having grown up in Rule, a town of barely 600 in Haskell County. Her vibrant art has become a metaphor for her life. Her first mural was a tribute to 92-year-old Haskell farmer R.V. Earles which she offered to paint a mural in exchange for the paint. Since then, her style has resonated across the state, and she creates murals that represent the local spirit of the town she is working in.
For the Levelland mural, she was joined by artists Andreu and Antonick. She said she became aware of their projects in the past and they have collaborated on other projects since that time and work well together.
Andreu has been painting murals for about five years. Prior to his artistic career, he obtained a degree in healthcare administration and worked as a community liaison for a healthcare company.
Andreu, who lives in Florida, has a master's degree in healthcare administration from the University of West Florida and worked as a community liaison for a healthcare company before turning to an art career fulltime. In 2025, he did several murals at the Arc Gateway's Pearl Nelson Child Development Center in Pensacola, Florida. His artwork incorporates elements of wellness, strength, and spirituality.
According to Andreu, what he wants to do is tell stories that connect the community and work them into the art and murals.
Andreu also does much commercial work for restaurants and other businesses and frequently travels out of state for commissions. He said his professional career enables him to help him serve nonprofits with murals.
The third member of the team, Antonik, is an East Texas-based artist and muralist who passionate about creating work that “brings joy, tells a story and stops people in their tracks.”
She earned her degree in architecture, and as Mishay said, they snagged her before she got caught up working at a desk.”
Since that time, she has pursued painting murals, from a 19-foot bronc rider on the side of a building to western-inspired pieces on paper and enjoys working at every scale and exploring a wide range of styles.