Remnants
The Grace Museum
Abilene, Texas
Feb — May, 2027
A work in progress… follow my journey
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.
Sketching out my ideas in small gouache paintings
Travelers - Jack Morris (My Dad) and His Fellow Travelers, 23 x 30 in, pastel on Lanaquarelle paper
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
In The Shallows, 7 x 10.5 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
Some of the finished oil on canvas paintings
Remnants . Zelma + Earl, 40 x 54 x 2.25 in, Oil on linen
Travelers, 7.75 x 6.5 in, Assemblage with gouache
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
Morning Bay, 50 x 52 x 1.5 in, Flashe and Oil on canvas
Scarlet Headdress, 30 x 30 x 1.5 in, Flashe and Oil on canvas
Spider Lily and Blue Heron
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
Summer Prairie, 40 x 88 x 1.5 in, Flashe and Oil on linen
Wetland Wilderness, 40 x 88 x 1.5 in, Flashe and oil on linen
Where the Mockingbird Calls, 40 x 54 x 1.5 in, Oil on canvas