One of the paintings I am working to finish from my recent weeklong workshop in Sedona with Clark Mitchell is a piece from Jerome, AZ. Jerome is an old mining town on the side of a mountain that has been experiencing a rebirth as an art destination. The buildings are very historic.....it is like stepping back in time and the people who live there work to keep it that way. I was taken by a car parked on the street that just seemed to exemplify Jerome. It was an old white car covered with a blue tarp held on by big clamps. But of most interest to me was the huge horned cattle skull wired to the hood. Although the full painting which includes some of the buildings the car is parked near is as yet unfinished, I cropped just the hood of the car to create a 5" x 7" painting to enter into the Sonoran Arts League's Small Works Show. I named it "Jerome Hood Ornament". It even made me smile as I painted it.....so very typical of what you see in Jerome!!
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