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This mission is located at Fort Hunter Liggett, a military base in central California. It is possibly the most authentic mission because it lacks the commercial surroundings of other missions and is protected from the outside world. It is located in a dirt field and looks almost identical to the way it did when it was founded.

Duwayne is a contemporary realist artist, specializing in fine art oil paintings and photography. A California native, he majored in Technical Illustration in college, and attributes much of his artistic ability to the early art training he received from his father. In his twenties, he found a love of oil painting. Much of the attention to detail required in his illustration training has been transferred to his paintings. Learning by trial and error, he now paints realistic pictures of the best of America, bringing to life traditional landscapes, stately victorian houses, small-town scenes, historical early California and Texas missions, Southern scenes and classic military art. His paintings capture the essence of realism, while...