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In 2001 we accompanied our missionary friend to his ministry fields in Mexico. Of the many photos taken of various areas, those of Mimbres, about 7,000 feet up in the Sierra Madres, presented images quite different from the dry, dusty, concrete block dwellings of border towns and desert villages. The mountains were cool, drizzly, forested, and green. These were the only log dwellings we saw on that trip.
Between Showers, Mimbres, Mexico
oil on stretched canvas
image size: 16"x20"
manufactured barnwood frame
price: $525.00
Between Showers, Mimbres, Mexico #2
oil on stretched canvas
image size: 30"x36"
unframed
price: $1625.00
Camp Verde, Texas is a beautiful area about 15 miles north of Bandera ("The Cowboy Capital of the World"). Camp Verde General Store/ Post Office is all that remains of an old WWI Army outpost, experi-menting with the use of camels in the dry areas of Texas. My mother-in-law and her family grew up in that area, and her first grade picture (1912) was in the photo album a local brought to the store for temporary display.
Verde Creek Cypress, Camp Verde, TX
oil on stretched canvas
image size: 11"x14"
custom frame
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Study for Camp Verde Shadows
oil on canvas panel
image size: 9"x12"
barnwood frame
price: $195.00



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Camp Verde Shadows
oil on stretched canvas
image size: 38"x28"
custom frame
price: $1845.00
Bandera County is part of the beautiful hill country of Texas, dotted with huge oak and cedar (mountain juniper) trees and many large cattle ranches. Texas Rangers roamed these areas 100+ years ago. My husband's great-great-grandfather was a Texas Ranger who "put down the rifle and picked up the pen." Andrew Jackson Sowell was and still is a respected historian of Texas' rugged and colorful past.

Off Hwy 16 is at the turn-off to Tarpley. Sabinal Canyon is in Lost Maples State Park.
Off Hwy 16
oil on stretched canvas
image size: 28"x32"
custom barnwood frame
price: $1395.00
Sabinal Canyon
oil on sretched canvas
image size: 32"x28"
unframed
price: $1345.00
"Stained Glass Forest" is a series of paintings in which the negative space is treated as positive space, thereby making the spaces between branches look like stained glass. There have so far been 8 paintings in this series. There will probably be more. The painting process is slow and tedious, because some of the spaces are very small.

Stained Glass Forest Summer was the first in the series.
Stained Glass Forest by Moonlight #6
acrylic on canvas panel
image size: 20"x16"
manufactured frame
price: $525.00
Stained Glass Forest Summer
oil on masonite panel
image size: 40"x30"
manufactured frame
price: $1800.00
Stained Glass Forest by Moonlight #7
oil on stretched canvas
image size: 36"x32"
unframed
price: $1725.00
These are images of the same general area of Medina Lake - a view from our house. We are so blessed to have a beautiful view - even when the water is down. It is not a constant level lake due to irrigation rights of towns and cities to the south. We also experience droughts from time-to-time.
Plum Cove #2
oil on stretched canvas
image size: 24"x18"
unframed
price: $650.00
Plum Cove Water Down
oil on stretched canvas
image size: 32"x40"
custom barnwood frame
price: $1925.00
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