Commissioned illustration of
Jesus and crown of thorns
for a cemetery marker
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Commissioned pastel on paper
image of a client's childhood
home and the family car.
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Windows
Acrylic on canvas
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Eagle's Eye View
Acrylic on canvas
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Artist and friends
This 2 sided acrylic & crayon on glass image
depicts Carol & her friends Gary Bledsoe & the late Volma Overton. The
reverse side of this image shows the people with races reversed.
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The newspaper
Gauche on board
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Wedding Cake
Guache on board
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Mood
Guache on board.
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Pastel on paper image from
the Overton family reunion.
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Who Am I?
Grandmother and granddaughter Prismacolor ink on paper
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Angel
Commissioned
Acrylic on board
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Barnswallow
Guache on board.
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Take a Bite out of Life
Prismacolor on board
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Commitment
Guache on board
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Peacock
Latex on board
(detail of wall mural)
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Red eared turtle
acrylic and sand on board |
The Mansion
Southern belles stand in the
yard in front of their mansion.
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The Barn
This barn is a style commonly seen in
the 1800s in rural Texas.
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Public Library
The original Carnegie library
(no longer standing) in Sulphur Springs Texas.
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Post Office
This building served as the post office
and later the library
in Sulphur
Springs Texas. The
abandoned
building still stands in the downtown area.
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City Auditorium
Building
Built in 1929 this building served as the Sulphur
Springs, Texas
city auditorium for several years
before being used by the local
National Guard unit as an armory. The building was removed
years ago.
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Country Church
A compilation of several area
churches that existed rural Texas during the 19th century.
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Hopkins County
Courthouse
This charming courthouse
was restored in
2004 thanks to a Texas
State Historical Commission grant and private donations.
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Used Car Lot
Vehicles featured
for sale include a 1958 Ford Station Wagon, a 1948
Pontiac Sedan, a sporty 1940's model generic convertible,
a 1958 Thunderbird sports car, an Edsel convertible, a
1920's model T type pickup truck,
and a 1974 Volkswagen
Sun Bug.
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The General Store
This store is modeled
after one that served
the Reilly Springs Texas community
until
early in the 20th century.
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House On Fire
The fictitious house on fire in this
painting
was created for an insurance company's advertisement.
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High School
The building (no longer standing) in this
painting is
the old Sulphur Springs, Texas High School.
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Funeral Home
The fictitious Victorian building in this
painting is represents a funeral home.
It is similar
to one in Bonham Texas.
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The Drive In Restaurant
This humorous fictitious 1940's era drive
in restaurant features vehicles used
elsewhere in the website
along with a
very cheerful roller skating waitress
who is delivering a soda.
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Baby Delivery
The hard working stork in this
painting looks tuckered out.
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Home For Sale
The craftsman style house is
offered for
sale.
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Vehicles For The Car Wreck
The 1920's era Model T pickup with its load
of freshly picked peaches and the 1940's
era red convertible
are headed for a Flash movie collision on the back roads
of Hopkins County Texas. |
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Huck is the name of
the copyrighted happy go lucky cartoon character depicted in these
5 paintings.
Huck and his friends also appear elsewhere on the Front Porch News website. These images were created as seasonal links to
a local weather website. |
Travel Trailer
A 1940s family hits the road
for summer vacation.
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Huck relaxes
in fall leaves before the barn.
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Huck shows his prize calf while
other farm animals
look on.
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Hopkins County Stew
Huck & Becky are making stew
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Cow In Hot Water
This humorous detail from a Hopkins County
Stew
pot painting depicts a cow who, midst the rising
steam,
is having second thoughts about being
an ingredient in
the famous stew contest.
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Stewpot
This is the entire stewpot image. All
items are clickable links to website
pages about each subject.
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Black History Month
Huck reminds us that February
is Black History
Month.
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Texas Crossroads
One of the background images created
for the website
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