Four Southern Nevada artists envision a very Vegas Turkey Day.
Gig Depio’s beautifully impasto’d turkey nods to the traditional, until you notice the desert hills behind it — and what about those eggs bearing the mark of commerce beneath it? With his many-armed pilgrim lass juggling a host of symbols,
Jw Caldwell offers a wry roundup of things we should be
thankful for: beauty, art, family, time, a bit of danger, and really
good cocktails.
As large-hearted as ever, painter Montana Black interpreted our prompt in
the holiday’s traditional terms: gratitude, family, comfort. In these quarrelsome times, that amounts to an act of healing.
John Coulter giddily completes our slide into whimsy with the ultimate vision of Turkey Day in the city that redefines the meaning of gobble.