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exhibitions

California State University, San Bernardino, Palm Desert Campus

Reference Location
Borrego Springs, CA

Hacienda del Sol

Acrylic on canvas
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2000
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30" x 40"
Painting of a yellow sunburst sign reading HACIENDA del SOL on a brown pylon in Borrego Springs, California, with palms and mountains.Painting of a yellow sunburst sign reading HACIENDA del SOL on a brown pylon in Borrego Springs, California, with palms and mountains.
Part of
Motels & Roadside Signs
Palm Springs & the California Desert

A yellow sunburst lettered HACIENDA del SOL crowns a tall, tapering brown pylon in front of a low, flat-roofed building trimmed in teal. Two tall palms, a small GAS sign and a row of yellow bollards fill out the roadside scene, with purple-blue mountains behind.

Dennis Johnson's reference location for this painting is Borrego Springs, California. Acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40", 2000.

Other motel and roadside signs: Harmony Motel, Golden Motel and Cactus Springs.

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Motel and Roadside Sign Paintings
Medium
AllPaintingsPrintsMixed media
Subject
Grain Elevators & Mills
Motels & Roadside Signs
Diners, Cafés & Theaters
Barns & Farmsteads
Trains & Railroads
Churches & Schoolhouses
Place
Route 66
Palm Springs & the California Desert
Montana
Idaho
California
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