To the left is Gwen as she was working on this painting depicting the California gold rush. You can see the completed painting below.
How else would you top off America’s birthday cake than with an American eagle? Here the team works on the mount for the eagle.
Casey and another team member add the royal icing “paint.”
You might recall a earlier comment from Casey’s daughter Patty that this eagle lived under the weeping willow in their back yard for many years after the bicentennial.