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Show . Salt Lake Artist ArtistPraises ArtistPraises ArtistPraises Praises Scenery SceneryJ J F Russon , , prominent Utah UtahartIst Utahartist Utahartist artIst who for many years h'1s h1s his h'1sbeen hisbeen hisbeen ' been head of the art depntment deputment dep'u depu ' tment at atEast atEast atEast East high school in m Salt Lake City Citywas Citywas Citywas was aisltor a \ visitor \isltor isltor sisitor in m Moab during durmg the theThanl.sglvmg theThanksgiving theThanksgiving Thanl-.sglvmg Thanl.sglvmg Thanl .sglvmg sglvmg Thanksgiving - . holidaysWhile holidays holidaysWhile While WIule in m Moib Mo'tb Motb ' Mr Russon visit VISIt- VISIted visited visited - ed some of'the ofthe ofithe of I ' the points pomts of scenic m- m in- in mI mterest interest in interest - terest in 11l and around Moab and was wasgreatly \ wasgreatly \ as asgreatly I greatly impressed by the scenery sceneryHe sceneryHe sceneryHe He spent the greater g1"eater g1eater " part of hl5 his hl5time histime histime time sketching shetching scenes of interest interestand interestand Interestand and was very successful in repro- repro reproducing reproducing - repro-I repro I ducing some of the outstandmg outstanding outstandmgscenes outstandingscenes outstandingscenes scenes in oil Chief among hIS hISstudIes hisstudies his'studies hisstudies ' studIes \ were ere reproductions of the theto thetowering thetowering to\\ to toermg towering \ \ ermg red sandstone cliffs chffs west westof westof westof of Moab and the La . Sal mountnms mountains mountnmswIth mountainssvith mountainswith wIth svith the contrasting contrastmg red mesas 11l in 11lthe inthe inthe the foreground He regretted great- great greatIv greatly great-lv great lv - ; Iv ly that his time hme hereas here \ was \\as as \ so limited limitedand limitedand limitedand and left with the piomise plomise that he hewould hewould would \ \ auld return to this th1s section next nextsummer nextsummer nextsummer summer prepaied prepaled to give consider consider- considerable considerable - able considerable able time to painting pamtmg the secneryIn secnery seenery | In remarking about the scenery sceneryof sceneryof I IIn scenerylot of Moab Mr Russon said , "I I " havenever havenever have | never seen such magnificient scenry scenryin scenryin scenryin in all my life hfe You have such a avarIety avariety avariety varIety of attractions in and around aroundMoab aroundMoab aroundMoab Moab It makes so much of the thegreatl thegreatly thegreatly greatl greatly advertised secenry else- else elsewhere elsesvhere else elsewhere - where svhere simply fade from one ones 3 a mem mem- memory mem- mem memory memory - - oryVb ory \Vb Vb Wh \ Whv } is it that people have not notheard notheard notheard heard more of this section ? I J 1 am amsure amsure amsure sure that if more people knew of ofthis ofthis ofthis this section , and apparently the theartists theartists theartists artists have not found it Moab Moabould Moabwould Moabwould \\ould ould would \ \ be the center of attraction attractionfor attractionfor attractionfor for a great many more nature-Iovmg nature Iovmg nature-loving loving natureIovmgpeople naturelovingpeople nature-lovingpeople nature lovingpeople - people than visit here now You can candepend candepend candepend depend upon my returning here at atmy atmy atmy my earliest earl1est convenience convemence I plan to toget toget toget get this thl5 country on canvas " " Mr Russon left two t\\O t O \ \ of his paint paint- paintings paintlngs paintings - ings lngs Winter Wmter in 11l the Mountams Mountains Mountains'and Mountainsand ' ' and Laguna 'Laguna ' * Beach ' ' on display at atthe atthe atthe the high school The public pubhc is in- in invIted invited in invited - vited to see themhile them \ while \\hile hile they are arehere arehere arehere here He w \ will III ill send some of the local localscenes localscenes localscenes scenes down do\Vl1 do Vl1 \ as soon as they are arecompleted arecompleted arecompleted completed |