Texas Images

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Texas Capital in Early Morning

Billy Bob's, the Largest Honky Tonk in the US :)

Cows Stampede Dallas

I used to think that a herd of longhorns lived in my closet...I'm still a bit scared of them.

Inspecting the artist signatures on the cows

Earth Hour Shots

Real, legit, delicious tortillas

The bluebonnets were everywhere!

Adventure at the City Museum

A sea of pink invaded the City Museum in St. Louis on Saturday. A sisterhood retreat brought almost 200 of us to the museum. 

Dreaming of being back in South America...

Maybe next year I'll be back for this :)
Here are some pretty pictures of Carnival in Rio.

Life as an Artist: Byron Smith

Byron bends the bristles on brand new brushes. He will later use medium, a substance that will affect the bonding of the paint with the brush and canvas. 

Byron Smith: Self-portrait

Byron demonstrates a pose that a model may imitate during a drawing session. He invited the model to pose one morning for a small group of Artists at Orr Street Studios in Columbia.  

Before beginning a painting, Byron rolls a drawing table from his studio. Byron has had his studio at the Orr Street Studios since its opening.

Byron begins a painting. He most enjoys working with watercolors and oils. 

Byron talks about his artwork with Columbia patrons at Sven's Kafe. He is currently showing work at the cafe next door to Orr Street Studios. Byron and his colleague Ali Halane show work that revolves around themes of earth, wind and water.

Artist Byron Smith works with oils on Sunday morning. Every weekend he and his colleagues meet at the university to sketch and paint nude figures. 

Super Bowl Sunday

CHRISTINE

Christine is a bartender at Buffalo Wild Wings in Columbia. She was unhappy to be working on Super Bowl Sunday, but she did have some time to take breaks and watch the game on Sunday.

EDDIE

Eddie is a truck driver between Missouri and Minnesota and is an avid Arizona Cardinals fan. He cheered as Arizona scored their last touchdown of the game on February 1, 2009.

The past is never stagnant

My camera is currently being repaired in the shop. So, I just played around with a point and shoot yesterday. With the new year, I was thinking a lot about the past and the changes that have come into life with my movement into the future. Impressionist painters in the nineteenth century included  "movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience."

Multiple Flash = Multiple Tricky

Golden Girls Erica Rentschler (L) and Sara Liechti (R) dance at the Mizzou pep rally held on November 30, 2007 before the Big 12 Championship football game. The Golden Girls joined the marching band and the cheerleaders to pump up the large crowd that gathered for the rally that featured appearances by Mizzou head coach Gary Pinkel and select football players.