Solo - Remnants

My Blackland Prairie Story

The Grace Museum
Abilene, Texas

March — September, 2027

Remnants will be an immersive exhibition of my paintings, drawings, and memorabilia portraying my Blackland Prairie story; reimagining the once endless Texas tallgrass prairie brimming with a kaleidoscope of wildflowers and wildlife.

I started this journey to learn more about the Blackland Prairie where I currently live. I discovered my ancestors also started their lives on this same land and cast their dreams into the winds of the prairie. An answered prayer, I suppose, that I am here and the continuation of their story and dreams.

I find it compelling to know it took thousands of combinations of ancestors to produce me, so now I breathe in the prairie winds with their inherited strength and hope to fully appreciate this place and feel obligated to live and dream as bravely.

So, come with me and discover the unfolding story of my Blackland Prairie.

Some of the finished paintings

Prairie Pandemonium, 52” x 200” 4)52x50” panels, oil on canvas

Remnants . Zelma + Earl, 40 x 54 x 2.25 in, Oil on linen

My Mother Myself, Oak, Paper Leather, oil on canvas portraits

Primrose Lake, 44 x 30 x 1.5 in, Oil on canvas

When Morning Touched The Bosque, 50 x 52 x 1.5 in, Flashe and Oil on canvas

Spring Encounter II, 72 x 60 x 2 in, Oil on canvas

Wings and Willows, 30 x 44 x 1.5 in, Oil on canvas

Pathways and Prairies, 30 x 70 x 1.5 in, Oil on linen

Upright on the Prairie, 16 x 32 in, Flashe and oil on Linen

Crimson Blues, 16 x 32 x 1.5 in, Flashe and oil on Linen

Where the Mockingbird Calls, 40 x 54 x 1.5 in, Oil on canvas

Morning Bay, 50 x 52 x 1.5 in, Flashe and Oil on canvas

Sketching out my ideas in small gouache paintings

Prairie Pandemonium Gouache, 7x5" x 29", gouache on Lanaquarelle paper

7.5" x 29", gouache on Lanaquarelle paper

Travelers - Jack Morris (My Dad) and His Fellow Travelers, 23 x 30 in, pastel on Lanaquarelle paper

Travelers, 7.75 x 6.5 in, Assemblage with gouache

Fellow Travelers, Pastel on Lanaquarelle paper, size variable

Blackland Blues, 7.75 x 6.5 in, collage with gouache

Little Prairie Summer Gouache, 7 x 15 in, gouache on Canson Board

Vanishing, 7 x 15 in, gouache on Canson Board

Lupin Garden 2024, 7 x 15 in, gouache on Canson Board

Prairie Lace Gouache, 7 x 15 in, gouache on Canson Board

Midsummer Ponds Gouache, 7 x 15 in, gouache on Canson Board

Autumn Crown Gouache, 11.5 x 8 in, gouache on Canson Board

Little Prairie Quilt Gouache, 7 x 15 in, gouache on Canson Board