It's been a little while since I've participated in the [CCC's Street Art Contest](https://peakd.com/streetart/@digi-me/ccc-s-street-art-contest-6d272b306d931) but it's absolutely not because I lack material. I don't think there's a day where I'm not taking photos of some amazing piece of artwork on a random wall here in Playa del Carmen when I'm out and about. I must have at least 50 different murals and even more photos of street-art here, and that's just the ones I took close to home. There are so many more! I can be on a bus or in a taxi, and see one that I try to remember for later so I can go back and take photos. This city is only small compared to places like Cancun, for instance, so I can only imagine what else is out there. But I'd say if I were to discover all that's out there in this city alone, it'd take me weeks, if not months. Once I have a car, I might just set off to do just that for a little while.

But let's get into what I found.

Street-art of Mayan Goddess Ixchel by @fosilmuralista

The name wasn't hard to find this time, and once I searched for it on the interwebs, I found the artists' website as well as his Instagram and Twitter handle, as well as his other social media. If I've read it all correctly, the artist is a man from or living in Guanajuato, Mexico.

If you love his art like I do, please go check him out, follow the man, and show him some love.
I will send him the link to this post in a message, and who knows, we may be able to welcome him to Hive soon too!

But I'll get to the art now, as this was what I was going to do here haha.

SO here it goes.

I chose the first picture as my main photo because it shows most of the work.
It's very hard to get it all in one picture because it's huge and the street quite narrow.
So I made sure to take a few close-ups to highlight some of it too.
The trees didn't make it easy either but I actually like that they're in the photo because it gives it an extra touch.
The pictures aren't the best but it was what I got. I might go back to try to get better ones another time.
This mural can be found on 5th Avenue, close to Calle 60 Norte if I'm not mistaken.

On the artist's Instagram, I found a video of his visit to Playa del Carmen
only a few weeks ago, in which you can see the artist in action, and then the finished piece. I love that!
If you read the description next to it, you will find the story of Ixchel, one of the most important deities of the Mayan Culture. Among many other things, Ixchel was the Moon goddess in Mayan mythology. Since I was born in July, I've always been interested in anything that has anything to do with the moon, and this goddess is no exception. If you find the time, read more about her. I promise, it'll be worth it!

I'll leave it at this.
I hope you enjoy this piece as much as I did!

Here are the artist's details again, just in case you'd like to check out his other work.
The artist's website
The artist's Instagram
The artist's Twitter
The artist's YouTube

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