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
Prairie Fade, 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
Morning, Glory, 2026, 82 x 58 in, graphite and pastel on yupo
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
Spider Lily and Blue Heron
Wings and Willows, 30 x 44 x 1.5 in, Oil on canvas
Fieldwork I, 2025, 30" x 44", oil on linen
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
Summer Prairie, 2024, 40" x 88", flashe and oil on linen
Reflecting Summer Bay, 2026, 40" x 88", flashe and oil on linen
Watershed, 2025, 60" x 44", oil on linen
Iris and The Lake, 2023, 30" x 44", oil on canvas
Autumn Crown, 2022, 44" x 30", oil on canvas
Fieldwork II, 2025, 30" x 30", oil on linen
Fieldwork III, 2025, 30" x 10", oil on linen
Her to Her, 2020, 20" x 16", graphite and pastel on Canson board
The Way I See It - Self Portrait, 2021, 44" x 30", oil on canvas
Wild Matilija III, 2019, 44" x 30", oil on canvas
Sketching out my ideas in small gouache paintings
Prairie Pandemonium Gouache, 7x5" x 29", gouache on Lanaquarelle paper
Prairie Fade Gouache, 2025, 7.5" x 29", gouache on Lanaquarelle paper
Prairie Fade Gouache II, 2025, 5.5" x 21", goache 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