At the west end of Sahara Boulevard about 10 miles from the Strip. The studio windows look north over Ash Meadows desert toward the Nevada Test Site, beyond two bleached state byways that the winds from the Funeral Mountains pour sand over in veils. It's desolate, far from art galleries.
Wild horses are restive.
Creosote putsout hard, pungent leaves for miles. Shoshone, Calif., the nearest town with apost office, is about 30 miles away. Las Vegas is 100 miles away. She paints the bright, lazy back yard of a circus. She paints a concessionaire.