Wes Schultz Does It Again

Sunday, August 26, 2012
Flimsy Moon resting on the EPB Building
Flimsy Moon resting on the EPB Building
- photo by Wes Schultz

Wes Schultz has done it again.  "Flimsy Moon" is pure art as good as any modern work done within the past 100 years. 

How this man can find such pictures on a regular basis is a blessing. 

He has the "eye on an artist". 

Jim Collins


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