Hal Marcus

Gracias a Dios - 2004

​This painting is my imaginative scenario of El Paso’s first Thanksgiving. I tried to convey the celebration of life that makes this theme the cultural banquet that it is. It is a poetic vision. In 1598, nearly 23 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, a large group of Spanish colonists rested from their hard march northward and gave thanks along the banks of the Rio Grande long before there were borders. They feasted with the Manso Indians who greeted them. This scenario is my dream with all the spirits, archetypes and imagery of Mexicos’ past, present and future in El Paso. El Sol is the gloriously golden Sun Carnival Host gazing at us with the eyes of perception and ageless beauty.

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