Throwback Thursday!
The "Crazy" Map of Central Oregon!
How many of you still have yours?
I was commissioned to paint this map for Community Concepts in the late 80's early 90's.
The company sold space on the map to businesses, tourist destinations, and prominent locals.
I was handed a large notebook filled with each person that paid to be on the map!
What a job trying to figure how to get everyone on the map!
The map took two months to complete. Each business received 500 maps from Community Concepts.
They gave them out to clients and customers as a little thank-you gift!
If you look closely at the image below you can see my son Easton standing on top of Powell Butte.
Note...there were only seven homes on the butte at the time we lived in Powell Butte!
Now hundreds cover the buttes...maybe over a thousand.
If you look closely at the map you will see names of businesses that are no longer operating.
You will also see how things have dramatically changed in just thirty years!
It is fun to reflect on the past. I have had so many different experiences as an artist.
I tried it all and still do. I like a challenge. However this was only one of two maps I created.
I wonder if they even paint maps anymore?
Have a Wonderful Thursday Everyone!
Your Artist Friend in the Wilds!
Jennifer & Max
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