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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL This vignette from Westward Expansion illustrates a Hawaiian dance. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL Jeff Greene (seated with palette) and three of his colleagues—Terry Brackenberry, Dean Kalomas, and Doug Shelton (from left to right)—pause for a photograph while at work on the Westward Expansion Corridor. contain vignettes that depict such characteristic activities as "drying cod," "hunting game," and "clearing land," and historical matters such as the pony express, the golden spike ceremony marking the completion of the transcontinental railroad, a land grant college, and the covered wagon. The artists worked individually and in groups in a collaborative manner so that, as Greene explained, "you can't tell one artist's hand from another . . . you're part of something larger, and the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." Since the artists were striving to match the style of the existing Cox murals, they attempted to "take on the persona of that artist." The entire project was completed in 1993 and dedicated in September 1993 in the 200th anniversary year of the laying of the Capitol cornerstone. The westward expansion of the nation is depicted in a series of maps; this one shows the territory from Texas to the Pacific Ocean. WINTER 2013 THE CAPITOL DOME 31