Dream job: Rick Sarracino sits high above the sidewalk on a scaffold painting a fresco above the Richards Trading Company Gallery on Thursday afternoon. Sarracino has been painting his whole life, specializing in portraits. He has been a professional freelance painter for over 20 years. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]

The San Esteban del Ray Mission is undergoing renovations in Sky City on the Acoma Pueblo. Sky City is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the United States. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent] Related Story