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v vaughan passing america skip to main skip to sidebar v vaughan passing america wednesday may 19 2010 texas plains trail map of the texas plains trail___click to see larger___ explore website it might not be a trip for just anyone but i was in heaven on the open road with not much more than sky ahead the texas high plains are extremely flat explains how the city of levelland got its name but to get there you must get up on top to the flat place check out a topo map and you will see several escarpments in texas they all curve parallel with the coastline and separate texas into several distinct elevations i grew up on the balcones escarpment of central texas at the very south end of the great plains the high plains are set apart by the cap rock escarpment it is an obvious slope upward from rolling hills to that flat place above here is where the great farms are wheat sunflowers cotton and the newest farms wind farms we drove in from the southeast to post and took a left the entire trail is about 700 miles more unique beauty than you can imagine desolate towns empty farm houses yet lots of work being done at a quiet pace it was a brief adventure my driver was an artist friend former teacher coach bus driver barbara conitz she did well behind the wheel of my new ford pick up my rule is this the driver has to stop when i want to and sometimes back up but they get to be in charge of the a c and the radio barbara filled my cd changer up with her music but neither one of us could figure out how to take them out so we listened to the same ones over and over i will spend the next few days talking about this trip and showing the drive by paintings i worked on below is the water tower in the city of panhandle tx which is in the panhandle of texas the day after we went through this area including dumas stinnett and dimmitt the weather channel reported at least 10 tornados even in this little town i was most amused by the graffitti i wonder what the round rock connection is since i am from round rock i would like to know seeing this made me happy to be driving toward home i took photos of many different water towers these are landmarks on the plains they have been the method for storing and regulating water pressure for over a hundred years now like windmills they are often the subject of drawings and paintings posted by v vaughan at 8 48 pm 3 comments labels panhandle plains trail water tower tuesday may 18 2010 crosbyton texas panhandle sunset in crosbyton tx____6x8 oil on linen panel__for passing america the great plains__ exhibit 2011 over 1300 miles this past weekend we drove a circuit on the texas plains trail if you like the open road and great lllloonnnggggg vistas you would love this route every mile of it was an example of the theme of my project passing the great plains desolate farm houses empty small towns huge industrial farms great feed lots much of it was unfenced the painting above was a real quick study as the sun s last light illuminated one of the thunderhead clouds south of crosbyton we had planned to stay in that town but the one hotel there seemed a little bit suspect so we drove the 30 miles or so to lubbock through clouds of mosquitos which sounded and splashed like rain on the windshield there has been a lot of rain in our usually arid texas panhandle the farmers seemed happy i will talk more about this trip and the one i will take on thursday in the upcoming days all in all i painted a pile of canvases some of which need an oil change that is adjusting certain elements of the oil painting my pick up truck also needs an oil change after the trip here is what my grill looked like after the mosquito showers my new ford truck conquered clouds of mosquitos posted by v vaughan at 9 34 pm 3 comments labels crosbyton great plains sunset texas panhandle thunderhead wednesday may 5 2010 my favorite plains painting so far this is my favorite painting of the plains as i am passing america i am posting it again so it will be at the top of my blog in may right now i am taking three road trips through the plains may 13 17 i will be in the texas panhandle covering the entire texas plains trail i will create new drive by paintings for my exhibit in fall 2011 the following week may 20 23 i will be flying to omaha and heading west across the plains not sure where i will end up but i have a handsome driver for that one please stay tuned and if you want to read about this painting above scroll down to nov 13 that is when i first posted this and tell the story of painting it join this blog if you want to watch the texas country reporter episode about last year on the farm they told the story from a nice angle and it explains indirectly how passing america is an extension of the farm project http www youtube com watch v 9j1n1yzkpz8 vvaughan8 yahoo com if you want to mail me directly posted by v vaughan at 4 03 pm 2 comments friday january 1 2010 blue moon_jan 31 2010 blue moon passing lubbock __6x8 oil study drive by a full moon over the plains is a special sight i painted this one in a sort of hurry since i wanted to snap a lot of pictures the sun was going down as the moon rose and it was perfect light for my camera my camera is a canon power shot s3 1s 6 megaapixels it is covered with paint and i take it with me everywhere and do everything with it i shoot at night i shoot while moving in the car i shoot all the pictures on my blogs i shoot video at football games and wedding proposals this camera is my 4th canon and my second powershot i cannot say enough great things about it my daughter just bought the little stylish powershot 10 megapixels and she loves it too i think i will always have a canon powershot if anybody know anyone at canon please tell them thank you for a great product posted by v vaughan at 12 30 am 2 comments labels full moon wednesday december 30 2009 passing west of ft sumner_great plains grassland sky passing west of ft sumner nm__6x8 oil on linen panel__reserved for 2011 exhibit i just completed my second official trip through the great plains passing america returning through the southwestern great plains we drove with a strong tail wind as a snowstorm chased us out of the southern rockies where we spent a few days this painting shows the high clouds and big sky above the horizon 2010 looms and here is what i will be up to in brief passing america the great plains i am preparing 150 new works for exhibit in the fall of 2011 this extensive project will take me through the great american plains a number of times i will blog along the way and will also present some opportunities for folks to join me and follow the progress you can start following the early stages now at http www vvaughanusa blogspot com i also will do my usual 3 or 4 shows a few workshops and pay visits to the great galleries that represent me mainly though i will stay near the home front as much as possible it is a little bit too soon to mention this but i have a new web site in the works i cannot wait to open the doors to let you see it my target date is january 4 the same day i will draw for the free painting remember to sign up and have a happy new year the law west of ft sumner___billy the kid is buried in ft sumner he might not have gotten away with murder if he d been around today i had my camera ready and was really enthralled with the linear perspective in this view of the plains note the telephone poles demonstrating the apparent distance as they get smaller and closer together and the road gets thinner as it gets higher on the page toward the horizon just as i snapped i noticed the police action we picked a spot on the straight road ahead and measured how far away it was 17 miles the air is so clear there that it looked like just a few miles when i pass through huge distances on the plains i feel very small about 20 miles later on the south horizon there was an occasional mesa i zoomed in on this unusal cloud it makes a great photo but would be weird to paint posted by v vaughan at 9 00 pm 2 comments labels grassland great plains sky sunday december 27 2009 snowy place mesa llano estacado snowy cotton geese liquor cigs passing outside muleshoe tx__8x10 oil on linen panel_a drive by painting we had snow along the roadside all the way to colorado from north central texas it was especially deep in this panhandle area of texas and presented some pretty choces for drive by paintings i actually paint from the pasenger seat as we pass by it is an exercise of memory grabbing as much info in a glance and making that glance last as long as possible while passing by at 70 mph as you can see from the color sketch above the outcome is sometimes just an impression the red barns are the main impression but also the deep tracks through the snow and the color of the winter foliage my photos below give a little more info about this part of the plains morning mesa by snyder looking west at sunrise this was a lone feature on the plain spanish for table mesas can be seen for miles and miles smoke signals were given from these heights a way for the indians to communicate long ago the road eventually climbs to the high plains in the panhandle of texas and places you on a higher level on top of the llano estacado i will post a topo map tomorrow and you can see that this is a huge table land from where i took this picture it looks like a wall ahead of you llano estacado means staked plains and palisaded plains and was named by early spanish explorers here is the southernmost edge of the great american plains snowy cotton up near lubbock were great fields of cotton stalks and remnants of the year s harvest snowy white cotton had been covered with real snow a few days before i liked this combination these are big farming operations with huge co ops and a lot of organization yet even the best plans are no guaranty of a good crop everywhere is a reminder that people are still at the mercy of the seasons and change lubbock geese to me a south central texan lubbock is north so it seemed odd that these canada geese were still flying in formation i would have thought they d be down on the coast by this time of year we saw other groups of migratory birds ducks and large white birds with black tipped wings not whooping cranes maybe egrets liquor cheap cigs lottery ___ on overpasses you get a rare view from above so i snap a lot of pictures of housetops and back yards i am posting this one hoping you will click on it and look closely at the details read the signs advertised are things that seem to indicate a hard life for these plains people passing america the great plains is my story of observing places that are often overlooked when driving by if one only looks at the straight road ahead the places can seem featureless in the periphery the beauty doesn t scream at you like a snow topped mountain details are subtle but they contain the story a distant mesa a ridge of rock snow filled crop rows a v of migratory birds all speak of an experience don t miss it posted by v vaughan at 11 51 pm 1 comment llano estacado__high rises on high plains llano estacado ___ a topo map the smooth part is the high plains see the rim on the right side it is an amazing drive up the side of the escarpment and looking back the photo below is the escarpment in the distance high rise on the plains you can t miss these great buildings you can see them coming from miles away a contrast of verticals against the broad horizontal space posted by v vaughan at 10 16 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom passing america the great plains e mail me my web site my painting a day last year on the farm 365 works texas country reporter last year on the farm a way of life is passing small farms and the rural american lifestyle are becoming rare in our time this blog documents my travels and observations with drive by paintings created while riding through america s great plains i am creating an exhibit of original oil paintings depicting this in a way no one has done before on the move while passing the great plains i am painting the passing of a way of life the exhibit will be introduced in october 2011 at the great plains art museum and center for great plains studies at the university of nebraska in lincoln please join me as i blog my progress the b est book on the great plains followers blog archive 2010 4 may 3 texas plains trail crosbyton texas panhandle my favorite plains painting january 1 2009 8 december 4 november 4 about me austin texas united states view my complete profile