Vacation Prospectin' Is Better In Nevada.

[Reno]: Nevada Bureau of Tourist Information, [ca. 1950]. Original watercolor art for Nevada tourism poster or ad. 14 x 11 inches, matted. Signed by Andrews on the lower left of the largest drawing. There are five vignettes and one large painting. The large watercolor is of a sailboat on Lake Meade [?] with rocky buttes in the background. The vignettes are of a couple dancing, exploring a canyon, relaxing at an outdoor lounge, a prospector with his donkey and a map of the state. With 12 lines of faux text below the main painting. A very handsome piece by this fine artist.A painter of Southwestern art, Willard Andrews lived in San Farncisco in the 20s and 30s. By the 1940s he had moved to Albuquerque, NM and remained until his death in Sandoval, NM on Feb. 27, 1989. Andrews did silkscreens in the 1930s, and oil paintings in the 1940s and beyond. He also did advertising work (including this piece) and painted several large murals for the Hilton Hotel in Albuquerque.