An iconic El Paso painting has a new home. And its creator has a fresh understanding of who comes through in a time of need.

“El Paso Gracias a Dios” is a 1993 painting, the size of a small billboard, that uses Thanksgiving as a theme to celebrate El Paso’s history. Marcus was told last year that it had to be moved from its longtime spot at the Chamizal National Memorial.

“For a year, we reached out to all the institutions that could be of help – cultural, buildings, city and county, and history museum. The most that they could help me with is getting it out of there and storing it. They thought that was the main deal. Well, I could do that. So, I said, ‘Thanks, but no, thanks,’” Marcus said in an interview Friday with El Paso Matters.

Management at the Chamizal – a federal government s

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