Audly Dean Nicols 1874-1941 'West Texas Wildflowers' Oil on canvas, 20" x 30" 1927 Texas Wildflower Competitive Exhibition Awarded Honorable Mention   Nicols's painting West Texas Wildflowers is unique to the 1927 Davis competition paintings in that it illustrates as a pure landscape the expansive desert and barren mountains of West Texas. The perspective of the vanishing road and the endless horizon creates a vista unlike the other landscapes in the collection. This painting requires close scrutiny to discover the lushness of the land depicted in detail in the foreground, while the background and overall tonality of the work reveal the dry heat in which West Texas wildflowers thrive-RC Click on image for larger view. Use the BACK button on your browser to return to this page. [top of page] what's new | about | events | gallery | virtual museum | artists index | calendar site index | search | locate saalm | links | email | guest book copyright © saalm 1998-2003 all rights reserved. Revised: January, 2003