West Texas Sunset or Sunrise - Continued

Okay, now back to the mural. The photos are

still showing it as a work in progress but,

in reality it is finished and delivered to it's new home.

This is the left panel. There are 3. There are

buffalo in the background and the the white spot

that you can see behind the pump jack is the

white buffalo that was killed in Scurry County.

It is part of this county's history. Then, there is

the country store and wooden oil derricks.

On one of my afternoon research trips I took
a little drive out the Clairemont Highway.
I found washed out spot that was kind of rugged.
I added it in front of the oil derricks.
One of the old historical photos I found had an
oil derrick with a gusher. My friend, Marianne Randals
was telling me that when she was young they
would take their chairs out to the oil fields
to watch as the wells came in. Snyder has
experienced oil booms and then oil busts.

Whitetail Deer Acrylic on Canvas Painting Demonstration

I just finished this commission for a young lady.
She will give to her husband as a wedding gift.
The most important part of the whole painting is
the shape of the antlers and the crook or bend
at the tip of one of the antlers

Psalm 42:1-2

As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?