TRAGIC TALES
Exhibition has ended. Show was at Cartwheels Gallery 909 main street Cottonwod, AZ.
Contact the gallery for questions (928) 821-1044
TRAGIC TALES
Tragic Tales is the name of the new series of paintings by local cottonwood artist Jason S. Voss. The show opens Saturday November 9th at Cartwheels Gallery from 6-9PM. Meet the artist and learn about the historic stories and people in his paintings. Featured are stories of Jennie Bauters, known as Belgian Jennie, Jerome's most famous Madame. Sammie Dean, Jerome's most famous unsolved murder from 1931.The Reverend George Harvey Brooks, who died tragically in the Cottonwood Hotel fire of 1925, who was in town for a lecture on spiritualism and played to a sold out crowd at the Rialto theater on main street. Ann Hopkins, Jerome's famous vindictive wife of Clarence Hopkins, who threw acid into the face of her husbands lover. The mysterious Lady in Red, the infamous restless spirit who haunts the Connor Hotel and Spirit Room in Jerome. Bohemia, the first female resident of Jerome to be murdered in 1894. All of these stories and personas come to life in the new series of paintings for sale. Jason also works as a tour guide for Tours Of Jerome.
Jennie Bauters
Acrylic on wood 11x14 with frame
$250
Jennie Bauters was Jerome Arizona's most famous Madame. Also known as Belgian Jennie, she left Jerome in 1903 and started her new brothel in Acme Gold Road Arizona. She was murdered in 1905 and is buried in Kingman, Az.
Ann Hopkins
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Acrylic on wood 11x14 with frame
$225
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Ann Hopkins in 1921 found out her husband Clarence was having an affair with a local school teacher. She confronted the woman inside the Connor Cafe, and threw a glass of carbolic acid into her face. Ann was sent to jail for her crime, eventually returning to Jerome and living inside the Connor Hotel.
The Lady In Red
Acrylic on wood 11x14 with frame
$250 - SOLD
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Stories of a mysterious 'Lady in Red' or woman in red, have persisted for decades inside the Connor Hotel in Jerome and the Spirit Room bar below.
The Rev. George Harvey Brooks
Acrylic on wood 11x14 with frame
$250
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The Reverend Brooks was in Cottonwood for a lecture on Spiritualism and doing seances for locals in April 1925. He chillingly predicted his own death, inside the Cottonwood Hotel fire that evening.
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Sammie Dean
Acrylic on wood 11x14 with frame
$250 - SOLD
Sammie Dean remains as Jerome's most famous unsolved murder from July 1931. Who killed the lovely Sammie Dean? Rumors persist of her lovers and admirers, whom she had many, working as a prostitute in a rough mining town.
Her ghost is rumored to still haunt Lil's Place in Jerome.
Bohemia
Acrylic on wood 11x14 with frame
$250 - Sold
Bohemia Ramirez has the unfortunate distinction as being the first female resident of Jerome to be murdered. She was killed in 1894, inside her tent 10 miles out of town, camped with the railroad construction crew.
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