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This painting is of a farm or ranch house that is on the plains at the end of winter has the spring thaw is melting the snow but a winter sky is visible in the background. It reminded me of some of the ranch houses in Texas from central Texas into the panhandle. Because we get so little snow in central Texas this was a treat for me to paint.

Growing up in the small southwest Texas town of Uvalde gave me a real appreciation for the rural country life in the semi-arid southwest. I was always enjoyed seeing the homes, building and tools that people used to make a living ranching and raising livestock. During my upbringing I knew I enjoyed seeing the barns, pens, pickup trucks and tractors used to work on ranches. Since my father ran service stations I was interested in subjects like rural country stores, old gas pumps as well as the old vehicles, and other related equipment. The graying of the cedar fence posts, old lumber on the barns, the rusting barbed wire, and tin roofs and dry leather of saddles were things I enjoyed seeing. I also enjoyed seeing and being around the...