Anthony Pennock

When you're driving through Las Cruces, it's very likely that you'll see one of Anthony (Tony) Pennock's beautiful murals on the city's water tanks. I've never thought some of the most impressive murals I've ever seen would be displayed on water tanks until I arrived here. He's done a few (that I know of so far) and it's been recently announced that he'll be working on a new mural at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum's Main Gallery with Las Cruces' own NMSU students. I can't wait to see it!I can't put into words what these murals look like...just view the pics and you'll see. Of course, they're even better in person!

The main thing to note on both of the I-25 water tanks is that many of the animals are missing their back legs. It's quite comical considering the otherwise excellent painting. Please do pay attention to this fact. I find it amazing that at the last repainting, they still somehow failed to paint in the missing rear legs of these animals. HILARIOUS.