A new mural depicting three generations of women in one Twentynine Palms’ family celebrates strong female role models everywhere. Reporter Hilary Sloane has more about the mural and its significance…
Erica Clarkson commissioned Seattle-based muralist Glenn Case, to create a mural celebrating women. The painting, on the west side of Rosie’s Place Thrift Store on the highway just east of National Park Drive in Twentynine Palms, celebrates the life of Clarkson’s grandmother, Mary Stengel Nicoll. Nicoll settled in Twentynine Palms in 1949, where she opened the first shoe store in the area. The silhouetted figures on the mural represent her; her daughter, local businesswoman Mary Jane Binge; and her granddaughters, Erica Clarkson and Debby Mayo. The imagery, as described by Binge, tells the story of a family but is dedicated to everyone, encouraging all women to take part in their communities and create a legacy of strong female role models.
