About the Artist
Juan Solis, known as Qvo or Qvo One, is a Southern California artist who bridges Chicano heritage with contemporary street art. His murals span the region from San Diego to Los Angeles, each one rooted in the Chicano muralist tradition but filtered through a distinctly modern lens.
Qvo's signature style combines photorealistic portraiture with symbolic elements drawn from Mexican and indigenous iconography. His subjects are often women, rendered with striking realism and surrounded by imagery that connects them to centuries of cultural tradition.
The name "Qvo" derives from Chicano slang—a shortening of "¿Qué vole?" meaning "What's up?" or "What's good?" It's a greeting, an acknowledgment, a way of saying "I see you." That spirit of recognition infuses his work. Every mural is an act of seeing—and being seen.
About the Mural
A tribute to light-skinned Latinas—a specific and intentional subject. A woman with auburn hair gazes from the wall, wrapped in a blue hood that evokes both the traditional rebozo and the mantle of the Virgin Mary. Her expression is steady, contemplative.
Roses bloom around her in unusual shades of blue, teal, and gray. Spray cans are transformed into candles—veladoras, the devotional candles found in Mexican households and churches, their golden flames flickering upward. In the background, an Aztec serpent winds in dark gray against mauve.
The blue hood deliberately echoes the Virgin of Guadalupe—the brown-skinned Madonna who appeared to Juan Diego in 1531 and became the most powerful religious symbol in Mexican culture. But Qvo's subject is fair-skinned, raising questions about colorism, identity, and what it means to be Latina in America.
About the Sponsor: Brookfield Residential
Brookfield Residential isn't just building homes in Ontario — they're building Ontario's future.
As co-developer of Ontario Ranch, Brookfield has helped transform 8,000 acres of former dairy farms into one of the nation's top-selling master-planned communities. Their flagship development within Ontario Ranch — New Haven — encompasses 124 acres with 2,200 homes, becoming the most successful new community in California's Inland Empire. More than half of buyers have been millennials, drawn by smart-home technology, fiber-optic connectivity, and attainable prices for first-time homeowners priced out of LA and Orange County.
But Brookfield's investment goes beyond houses. As part of an industry group, they've invested over $665 million in community-wide infrastructure — water, sewer, roads, and a state-of-the-art wetlands treatment drainage system. They partnered with the City of Ontario to bring cutting-edge technology services: drone delivery testing, robot carts, e-scooters, and smart hubs. New Haven was among the nation's first "gigabit communities," offering internet speeds up to 1,000 megabits per second.
With over 65 years in business across North America, Brookfield Residential has built a reputation for quality, innovation, and community engagement. Sponsoring a mural in Downtown Ontario is an extension of that commitment — not just building where people live, but investing in the places they gather.