I decided I needed to get out of the studio for a change and drove to Wickenburg which is just west of Phoenix. About 9 miles south of Wickenburg is the Vulture Mine: an old gold mine from around 1865 (don't hold me to that date). I asked how many painters have been in there and they said I was the first. Hard to believe because there are so many old buildings on the property. I will be back. You can camp inside the grounds but there are no hookups and I bet it can get spooky after dark, since it is reported to be haunted as well. The subject here was the old caretakers house. I also painted a small block house that had half a tin roof. The best is still to be painted...the assay office and buildings up on the hill.
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