So Long Ol’ Fren’ Bill Bender, Moonlight Merrell, Jennie Kelly Memorial…More by Ann JapengaJanuary 7, 2011 Bill Bender was the last of the desert painters–the original desert painters, that is. Of the 13 artists profiled in Ed Ainsworth’s 1960 classic Painters of the Desert, Bender long outlived his compadres. He was a caring friend and a… Read more →