Commissioned by Southwest Bank and
currently on display in the bank's offices
throughout North San Diego County, this
mural commemorates Rancho San Dieguito.
Painted by noted Southern California artist,
Richard Gabriel Chase, the mural shows
Mexican rancheros and Indian workers
during the 1830s, as they irrigated and
harvested beans, corn, peppers, and other
field crops on bottomland along the San
Dieguito River, just south of present-day
Rancho Santa Fe.
Our thanks to Southwest Bank for
permission to reproduce this mural.
Artist Richard Gabriel Chase shown at work on the first of his series of nine murals, each of which will depict a different aspect of life in the San Diego region during the Mexican era. Chase is a native of Massachusetts and began his art studies at the Worcester Art Museum School and privately with such eminent portraitists as Ernest L. Major and Victor Humann. He has taught life drawing and portraiture at San Bernardino Valley College. His murals and paintings may be seen throughout Southern California in financial institutions, business and professional offices, schools, hotels and churches.
Artist Richard Gabriel Chase shown at work on the first of his series of nine murals, each of which will depict a different aspect of life in the San Diego region during the Mexican era. Chase is a native of Massachusetts and began his art studies at the Worcester Art Museum School and privately with such eminent portraitists as Ernest L. Major and Victor Humann. He has taught life drawing and portraiture at San Bernardino Valley College. His murals and paintings may be seen throughout Southern California in financial institutions, business and professional offices, schools, hotels and churches.