There's a new work of outdoor art on display in Paonia.
The Harvester Building in downtown now has a landscape oil painting mounted to the front it.
Artist Maya Arthur Jensen created the piece.
"The gentleman who owns the building and I got together in March of last year and he wanted to fancy up his building a bit," Jensen said. "We discussed different designs and different ideas and eventually we came up with a portrait of the valley floor."
The painting looks like a snapshot taken from one of the mesas that overlooks Paonia.
It features Mount Lamborn in the background, an eagle soaring overhead and the fruit orchards and farms that blanket the North Fork Valley floor.
Jensen said the image was designed to endure the elements.
"I expect it to last quite awhile," he said. "There were a lot of measures taken to protect what essentially is a four-foot by twelve-foot painting hung on the side of the building as if it were a sign."
