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The Marine Corps Band and the Commanding General himself, Maj.Gen. L.M. Palm, participated in the dedication of this mural by artist Chuck Caplinger. Just as the Desert Storm homecoming in 1991 . |
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evoked an unparalleled emotional response from the community, the unveiling of the Desert Storm mural on October 15, 1995, was packed with patriotic fervor and brought an emotional crowd of more than 500 civilians and military residents to their feet over and over again. It was obvious that Caplinger's mural portrayed a period in local history we were proud to relive. In a series of vignettes, from marching troops, tanks, and a soldier's homecoming reunion with his child, to the troops being greeted by locals as their arriving white buses lined the highway of the Morongo Basin, the mural brought back to life the zealous mood that was evident here in early 1991. Caplinger's familiarity with desert landscape along with his talent at portraiture brought an incredible sense of realism to this important work |
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Artist Chuck Caplinger was born and raised in Texas, then came to California and lived and worked in Hollywood before moving to Twentynine Palms in April 1997, with his actress wife Holgie Forrester. The former graphic artist, who at one time worked for NASA, then went on to do work for Lone Star Pictures and several small independent film companies, is now a full-time desert artist and muralist. He specializes in portraits, realistic desert oil paintings, as well as large-scale outdoor murals. Caplinger's love of the Southwest desert is evident in his oil paintings, which encompass serene desert landscapes, desert scenes, desert critters, cowboys, horses, pioneer stories and more, all framed in handmade old-wood frames, sometimes embellished with historic objects. Caplinger not only works in oils, but is an accomplished muralist, now with 18 murals in cities across the United States. Besides Twentynine Palms murals #5 and #14, he has painted major murals in El Segundo, Montebello, and Indio in the Southern California area. |
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