Tag: portrait

Maggie.

I met Maggie this afternoon on Phoenix Street, south of the tracks in Flagstaff, where she is painting a mural for the Greek Islands Restaurant. The completed work will feature the San Francisco Peaks, a view of the Mogollon Rim, an homage to Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam. There’s even a little Parthenon action going on. It is a Greek restaurant, after all.

Route 66 was originally aligned along Phoenix Street. A block west of Greek Islands is another mural by Maggie and her partner, R. E. Wall (which is a suspiciously perfect name for a muralist) celebrating the history of the Mother Road. This mural is beautifully documented on their Mural Mice Universal website, along with photos of their other murals in northern and central Arizona.

I’ll post a shot of the completed Greek Islands mural after the scaffolding comes down.  

Maggie.

I met Maggie this afternoon on Phoenix Street, south of the tracks in Flagstaff, where she is painting a mural for the Greek Islands Restaurant. The completed work will feature the San Francisco Peaks, a view of the Mogollon Rim, an homage to Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam. There’s even a little Parthenon action going on. It is a Greek restaurant, after all.

Route 66 was originally aligned along Phoenix Street. A block west of Greek Islands is another mural by Maggie and her partner, R. E. Wall (which is a suspiciously perfect name for a muralist) celebrating the history of the Mother Road. This mural is beautifully documented on their Mural Mice Universal website, along with photos of their other murals in northern and central Arizona.

I’ll post a shot of the completed Greek Islands mural after the scaffolding comes down.  

National Park People: Kory, at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.

I met Kory when I entered the park first thing in the morning. When I was leaving I found him on the side of the road near the exit gate picking up pieces of petrified wood. Even though visitors are warned on entry that collecting rocks is illegal, many can’t resist. When they reach the exit and realize their vehicles are subject to search they toss their contraband petrified wood out their car windows. One of Kory’s jobs when attending the entrance station is to retrieve the discarded rocks.

Kory is from the town of Holbrook, Arizona, the gateway to the Park. “I’ve loved working here the last three years. Unfortunately, this is my last summer working in the park. I was hired under a program that helps local people get park jobs. When I leave for law school at UNLV this fall I’ll lose my residency status, and won’t be eligible for rehire. I’m going to miss it." 

National Park People: Kory, at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.

I met Kory when I entered the park first thing in the morning. When I was leaving I found him on the side of the road near the exit gate picking up pieces of petrified wood. Even though visitors are warned on entry that collecting rocks is illegal, many can’t resist. When they reach the exit and realize their vehicles are subject to search they toss their contraband petrified wood out their car windows. One of Kory’s jobs when attending the entrance station is to retrieve the discarded rocks.

Kory is from the town of Holbrook, Arizona, the gateway to the Park. “I’ve loved working here the last three years. Unfortunately, this is my last summer working in the park. I was hired under a program that helps local people get park jobs. When I leave for law school at UNLV this fall I’ll lose my residency status, and won’t be eligible for rehire. I’m going to miss it." 

National Park People: Jason, at the Montezuma Well Unit of the Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona.

This photo was taken on his tenth day stationed in Arizona. I think he looks pretty happy to be wearing the ranger uniform and the badge. 

Jim, fly fishing at Coquina Beach in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina.

I first met Jim two years ago. He was fishing then on the sound side of Bodie Island. We just keep running into each other.

The cigar serves double duty: for victory celebration when the fish are biting, and consolation prize when they are not.

Jim, fly fishing at Coquina Beach in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina.

I first met Jim two years ago. He was fishing then on the sound side of Bodie Island. We just keep running into each other.

The cigar serves double duty: for victory celebration when the fish are biting, and consolation prize when they are not.