Z for Zorro

It’s all in your name!

When I was at an art festival last summer, I had a viewer look at my artwork for literally 30 seconds, and he exclaimed “I have to buy this!” A decision so quickly! Why?

It turns out that the monoprint he was enamored with had a huge red letter “Z ” slashing across the top of the image. And it so happens my client’s nickname is… “Z”. Sometimes art hits you between the eyes just like that!

Arborglyphs Z Zorro

Arborlyph: Z Zorro

© 2004 Linda C. Everson, All Rights Reserved

“Z” also stands for Zorro, who was the masked character created in 1919 by Johnston McCulley in series The Curse of Capistrano.  Zorro quite often slashed the letter “Z” as his signature. He was a cult hero in multiple magazines, comics, books, films, TV, stage, music, computer and video games.  His name lives on…

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