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Made in the shade: painting the Palm Valley Church

Behind the Painting / Matulart

Palm Valley Lutheran Church sits on what used to be the blackland prairie of Williamson County. The rich dirt is still there under all the concrete. Not long ago the church was surrounded on all sides by green seas of agriculture. Now, it’s boxed in by new residential subdivisions of Round Rock and a roaring, […]

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Hunting colors in a hot Texas summer

Behind the Painting / Matulart

A book I read on plein air painting recommended painting shapes, not things. I know what that means. But it’s hard to do. A windmill is a windmill, not a triangle. A tree is a tree, not a sphere. And a cloud is a cloud, not an oval. I found this spot in Kimble County,

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Recent Posts

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