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My friend Michael Kirby pointed out the other day that I had fewer Texas paintings than he expected. He was right, and I knew I had to do something about it. You see, Texas is where I learned to paint the landscape with my friends John Kuehne and Steve Armes. 

Now, Texas - especially around Dallas - isn't exactly a landscape painter's paradise. But it does have a certain charm to it, just like Texas does with most everything. I was fortunate that I got to go all over Texas and paint so much of its variety. So I just posted paintings of El Capitan (the highest point in Texas), Big Bend, the Brazos River, and to complete the circle - bluebonnets.

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On March 6th, I went back to the scene of the crime. Yes, I went back to Dallas for a weekend visit. It was too quick, but I packed a lot of great things in. First, I met up with several folks from the old gang at Sal's. Back when Dave Brown and Steve Armes hosted the infamous Friday Night Group at Synapse Studios, we ate at Sal's every Friday night after the drawings session. The first time I visited the group, way back in 1996, we went to Sal's. And again 9 out of 10 Fridays for the next decade. So it was the perfect way to start out my reunion tour.

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John, Dorian and I took a road trip to the Llano, TX area to do some bluebonnet paintings.  Dorian would like to let folks know that while the Hill Country is great, outside of Austin it is pretty tough to find soy yogurt and tofu. I'm just glad we got Dorian out of there alive....

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This is a bluebonnet painting I did in Bristol, which is right outside of Ennis. It is along the “Ennis Bluebonnet Trail”, a series of small roads with good wildflowers.

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