The late Carlos Hadaway was born in Portsmouth, VA and raised in San Diego, CA.
Born with cataracts, he lost his sight when he was 10. After six operations, he regained his sight. "When the doctors took the bandages off my eyes, I was so impressed with color that I started cartooning," Hadaway said. While in high school, Carlos created the original logo for the San Diego Padres, the little bat-swinging Friar.

Then he joined the Navy. "All the guys on my ship were cowboys from Arizona, and they asked me to go back and cowboy with them when our tour was up. It's the best thing I ever did," said Carlos. That is when he launched
his professional art career and became known as The Arizona Kid.

Carlos lived in Fountain Hills with his wife Nancy, and he was frequently seen walking with his many friends around Fountain Park.
Carlos participated in top shows in all the western states, garnering numerous awards, including Best of Show in Tempe's Festival of the Arts, and the George Phippen Popular Award in Prescott. One of his paintings hangs in the Arizona State Capitol. It was presented to the State of Arizona by Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. He created a series of six western prints featuring Budweiser for Anheuser-Busch which became a collector's item.

In 1994 Carlos was Grand Marshal for the world's oldest rodeo, Prescott Frontier Days. And in 1992, he was Grand Marshal at the Pine Country Pro Rodeo in Flagstaff. In 1999, the Scottsdale Parada Del Sol commissioned Carlos to create the original artwork for its 2000 celebration. One of Carlos' creations, "Winters View", hangs in the Fountain Hills Community Center.

Dimensions are 24"x36".