Sedona Cafe

One of the first stops on our Parks Tour was Sedona AZ. We stopped for an off-road jeep ride to the Van Deren Cabin which was originally the homestead of Bill Fredericks. History has it Bill was a moonshiner who owned the property until he was killed for the profits.

Sedona has come a long way from the days of homesteading farmers who settled the area. It includes notable names of present day actors from Hollywood as well as those from the past including Walt Disney who used the landscape back drop for his Thunder Mountain Theme.

I've worked from photographs and memory to produce a painting of the outdoor restaurant at which we ate. We had one of the best meals of the trip at this restaurant.

After peer review and much restructuring of composition I'm happy with the results. This painting has undergone three or four revisions, two of which are finished paintings.