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Cadillac Ranch

The Cadillac Ranch - Another famous attraction in Amarillo, Texas, on Route 66. It is a public art installation and sculpture.  It was created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, who were a part of the art group “Ant Farm Group” and was sponsored by Stanley Marsh 3, an artist, philanthropist and prankster from Amarillo, Texas. 

In Pop Culture -  A tribute to the “Cadillac Ranch” was featured in the Walt Disney and Pixar film “Cars” , a movie about the Mother Road “Route 66″.  The fictional town of Radiator Springs, which sits at the edge of an area referenced on a map as the “Cadillac Range”, and throughout the movie, rock formations shaped like the cars, buried in the ground, can be seen as a horizon backdrop.

“Cadillac Ranch” is the name of a Bruce Springsteen song on his 1980 album “The River”. There is also a song called “Cadillac Ranch” by the late John Stewart, on his album “Rough Sketches“, which is about Route 66. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band also has a song called “Cadillac Ranch” in which the iconic Cadillac is praised.

In 2008, Cadillac Ranch can be seen in the musical video for the song, “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” by The Caged Elephant. All outdoor shots in the 2009 video of Brooks and Dunn’s song “Honky Tonk Stomp” were filmed at the Cadillac Ranch.

The cars are forever changing, as people are encouraged to bring their own cans of spray paint and add their mark to the Iconic piece of art.  The cars are right in the middle of a wheat field, south of the Interstate 40 (Route 66) Just west of Amarillo.

The above picture is of my pencil sketch of the ranch.  I have in the works a painting of the ranch from a different angle, which I will post as soon as I am finished. 

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A friend wanted to give her Parents, who are in the rest home, a portrait of their grandson.

This is the original photo, and the finished artwork. I did the portrait in colored pencil.  Lane is a very cute kid and it was joy to create his portrait.

I hope B.C. and Ada Morgan enjoy this picture of their Grandson, and will bring a smile to their face everytime they look at it.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Does Depression Spark Creativity, or Do Creative People Escape in Their Art, to Escape Their Depression?

I consider myself an artist, a creative person, yet the same emotions that make me so passionate about art, seem to make me so deeply bothered by the challenges in life.  I am a deeply sensitive person, and I take things to heart.  Maybe it is like when I create, I don’t exist outside of the moment of creating, but when I worry, it seems like it consumes my every thought.

Well All I know is that I am going “Insane” because of a certain situation in my life, it is like all
I can think about.  I need to escape into my creativity to blow off the anxiety and stress this situation has created.  I have gone to the Art store and bought canvas, paints, brushes, jewelry making supplies, and airbrush paints, tee shirts to paint on and much more.  I have enjoyed creating art you can wear, and art you can hang on your wall.  I just enjoy creating.  Art is very therapeutic.

So wish me luck as “I therapeutically unzip my creativity and find a way to happiness”

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I was asked to give thanks at a recent family reunion and I couldn’t think of anything better to give thanks for than my Mom:

I think I speak for each and every person in this room.  We would like to give thanks to our mothers for all they have given us in life. I especially want to thank my Mother for teaching me to do what is right in life, to love each other as a family above all else.

My Mother, especially, has taught me not to let outside forces ever interfere with my family coming first.  As we have fought the many battle in our lives that we have, it was through the love and respect that our parents had for each other, and taught us to have for each other, that made an impact on my life.  Teaching us not only by their words, but their examples.

I only hope I can be as good of an example to my kids as my Mother has been to me.  I also hope that I can always live up to the expectations of my Mother, and to do what is right above all else, and put my family first.

We are all gathered here because of the love of our parents and their parents, and so forth.  We share a common bond that is only known in families who love and respect each other above all else.

Many of us here have lost our parents, children, sisters, and brothers and would give anything in the world to have even one more moment with them to tell them how much we love them.  I am one who is lucky enough to still have my Mother here.  I treasure every moment I can spend with her.

Time is something you can never get back, so in our busy lives we need to take time everyday to tell the ones we love how much they mean to us and to give them, as they have given to us, the gift of our time, because at the end of the day all that matters is our family.

Thank you all, and above all I want to thank my Mother, I love her more than life itself, she has given unselfishly, she has put her family above all else and if ever there were an angel on earth it is my Mother.

I love you Mom

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