This rock painting is from my Mom’s (RIP) Oberlin High School class when they celebrated their 50th reunion in 1990.

Sue Copeland Jones writes: “In 1998, Peggy Badenhausen, a painter/printmaker, was moving to Boston from Oberlin. She and her good friend printmaker Mary Owen Rosenthal (at left) were very active in the arts scene in Oberlin and Cleveland; I had worked with both of them at the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts in Oberlin; they had both served actively on the Gallery Committee while I was Galllery Director there. Since her husband Tom Kelly’s research took them to Italy each year, we decided to give Peggy an Italian send-off.”  Thanks, Sue, for the photo and story. Great rock painting- it’s good to see artists in action- and it is the second photo of a rock painted in the 1990’s on Oberlin Rocks!

Photo taken November 17, 2009.

Photos taken November 16, 2009.

Nice recycling job of the previous painting. Photo taken November 9, 2009.

The finished rock, urging people to vote for Tracy for OCOPE president. Photo taken November 3, 2009.

The class of 1882 rock and Tracy standing in front of painting in progress on the class of 1898 rock. Photos taken November 1, 2009.

Photo taken November 1, 2009.

The painted rock is a reminder to vote on Tuesday, November 3, in support of the public library issue. Photos taken on November 1, 2009.