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This scene is a combination of two places on the Willow City Loop, one of Texas' most scenic drives, located between LLano and Fredericksburg. I added the Farm House and Barn.
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Although the scene is near Hillsboro, this painting was inspired by a thunderstorm at Midland as I was racing back to an art show to cover my work!
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The Grand Theater built in 1936, is on the Courthouse Square in Stamford, Texas, home of the Famous Texas Cowboy Reunion. The Western Movie Bandolero was filmed in 1968 near Brackettville, Texas. Recognize anyone in the cars?
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Ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii, Sunflower family) grows two to four foot tall and blooms from June to November in most parts of Texas and is one of it's most hardy plants. The Painted Lady Butterfly is found in most of the U.S., the adult Butterfly lives more than one season and hibernates during the winter or migrates.
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Snow is a real treat in Central Texas because it's such a rarity. In January of 1982 we had several inches of snow on the ground and I had the good fortune of driving for several hours and observing before it melted away!
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is at 3506 East University in Odessa, Texas and it opened in 1959. The hamburger roof is about the coolest thing I've seen at any of the drive-ins I've found!
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This is somewhere on Fm337 between Leakey and Camp Wood on the Three Twisted Sisters Loop which is Fm 377, FM336 and FM335 some of the Hill Country's most spectacular scenery.
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This is an imaginary place that mirrors many places in and around small towns in Texas. My interest in old tractors got started when I bought a 1957 John Deere from Joe Bland who has a place not too much different than Junior’s in Valley Mills, Texas.
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This little Chickadee is one that we nursed back to health at least 20 years ago after it had an injured wing. I photographed him before we released him back into the wild. I knew Martha would want this painting so I portrayed him with his wing hanging down. He was able to perfectly in spite of the hanging wing.
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Bobwhite Quail usually have at least one of the Covey keeping watch from somewhere with a good view to watch for danger. If you see a Bobwhite perched in plain view you can usually figure that the rest of the Covey is close by. Many years ago we raised Bob Whites and I took hundreds of reference photographs!
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"Kickin up a little dust" I was flipping thru my book and stopped at the page that had my painting "Dust Bandits and got to thinking that it would be fun to do a similar Painting with Longhorns. I miss these guys (Longhorns) since they all died of old age.
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Kims restaurant is at 2600 W. Waco Drive, just south of Downtown Waco, Texas and has been in business since 1956. If that sign doesn't scream 1950's, I don't know what does!
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This painting was published on my 2007 Texas Classic Gas Stations Calendar. Rufus Monroe King opened here at 1031 St. Joseph Street in Gonzales, Texas in 1940 and built the current building in 1951. His son Rufus Melvin King took over and Grandson Rufus Monroe King II or Trey is currently running the Station Great Grandson Rufus Melvin King II is currently working there when not in school and will probably take over at some point. This was originally a Texaco Station but went independent in the 1990's You can get Full service and a Wash and Lube just like in the Old Days!
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This painting will be published on my 2006 Texas Spanish Missions Calendar. La Lomita which means Little Hill in Spanish is located near Mission, Texas, a town named after the mission, on the Banks of the Rio Grande. There were crude buildings built by traveling priests to stop and rest on their travels up the Rio Grande This Chapel was built in 1899 and is all that remains of a larger complex. La Lomita is included in the National Register of Historic Places.
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This Painting will be printed as my annual Christmas Gift Print that will be sent to everyone who has made a purchase in the last three years! This Painting is of one of the windows at the La Lomita Mission in Mission Texas, and the shadow from the Shutter captured my attention to the point that I was temporarily distracted from photographing the Mission itself.
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This title resulted from my annual name the print contest. The branches of the Sycamore trees reminded me of lace and since this was inspired during Desert Storm, the only houses in our area without Flags and Yellow Ribbons were probably vacant. The 58 Cadillac is from the last era when I can remember so much national pride!
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The Landmark Lodge Motel is at 7501 Camp Bowie West in Fort Worth and is still going strong. The neon sign is such a great example of classic signage that this motel is indeed a Landmark.
The Landmark Lodge Motel is on the Historic Bankhead Highway!
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Lantana (Lantana horrida and Lantana camara, Vervian family) blooms from April to October in Central and East Texas and has two varieties, one being a wildflower and the other a cultivated plant that has escaped into the wild and mingled with the wild species producing the mixed species shown here. This Pearly Eye is but one of about fifty different Pearly Eye Butterflies in the U.S.
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This Texas Ebony Tree is on the Banks of the Rio Grande at the town of Los Ebanos and is the current Anchor for the only hand pulled Ferry along the United States Border. This river crossing has been used since ancient times and is the spot where General (later United States President) Zachary Taylor invaded Mexico in 1846 just months after accepting the proclamation to admit Texas as a State in the Union in 1845. In 1875 Texas Ranger Captain L. H. McAnelly and 5 Rangers, 3 Customs agents and 4 U.S. Cavalry crossed here and fought a Gun Battle with Mexican Cattle Rustlers in the town of Las Cuevas (known today as San Miguel)
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Artists like to use old wagons in their paintings, but I think that old pickups will some day be as popular to paint. There is something about the texture of old rusty things that I find irresistible!
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