It's
that time of the year - cleaning the acequias! "MAYORDOMO" - My
painting in honor of friend and long ago Mayordomo of Truchas, Cosme
Romero - prints available https://fineartamerica.com/fea.../mayordomo-donna-clair.html
A Mayordomo is the official elected to maintain the irrigation system
known as the Acequia Madre -- centuries old "Mother Ditches" that bring
water from the mountains to the villages here in northern New Mexico. He
oversees the spring cleaning of the ditches (as seen in the painting)
and manages control of the water to ranches and fields. The original
painting "Mayordomo" was completed as an homage to my first Truchas
friend, the local Mayordomo, Cosme Romero. I was living at the ranch on
Llano Quemado on the outskirts of Truchas.
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