Painting in and around Wylie has been a neat experience. There’s still
much to paint, but when we first moved here there were just so many interesting
subjects… old barns, houses, and open countryside that no longer exists. I
loved painting that stuff. I’d stand by the side of the road and paint. It was
an important time for artistic growth. The Murphy Grocery Store, (Farm to
Market Road 544 and Murphy Road), where Lowe’s is now, was a favorite subject
because it represented a simpler, less corporate time. I’ve done three studio
paintings of the grocery store, all have sold. Two of them can still be seen;
one is in the Smith Library, the other in Murphy’s City Hall. I hear from
people periodically that want prints of the paintings because they stir up so many
childhood memories. The prints, too, have all sold, but the little store
remains a significant memory for those that lived here at that time.
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