Lone Star Prints, Original Prints, Art and Photographs - index 1

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000020" TEXT="#FFFFFF" LINK="#800000" VLINK="#800000" ALINK="#800000"> <CENTER><H2><FONT COLOR="#ecb613">Original Watercolors<BR> & Prints</H2> by<BR> E. Barry Gray</FONT></CENTER> <P> <CENTER><TABLE WIDTH="100%"><TR> <TD WIDTH="340"> A native of Newton County in deep East Texas, Barry, from a young age knew the importance of history, the preservation of the past and the values which have made this state unique. A fourth generation Texan, he is the great-great-grandson of Josephus Somerville Irvine, the youngest man to fight at the Battle of San Jacinto. He comes from a family which includes the first confederate soldier to hold public office after the Civil War in Newton County, a County Judge, a district attorney and two county school superintendents. His family has been an integral part of Texas, Texas politics and Texas history since 1834. The values of home, family, heritage and the pioneer spirit are reflected in the subjects of his drawings and paintings. Subjects such as an old windmill, a herd of buffaloes or a few longhorn steer grazing near the ruins of the Alamo. Victorian courthouses, old saddles or the UT mascot, Bevo, are just a few examples of his interest in preserving the imagery of Texas' past. When you look at one of his drawings or paintings, he hopes that you find a connection to a simpler time where the values of home and heritage were valued more than they seem to be today. </TD> <TD WIDTH="300" ALIGN "CENTER"><IMG SRC="nlsaddle.jpg" WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=331 Border="2"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="400" ALIGN="CENTER"><CENTER><IMG SRC="nlcourthouse.jpg" WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=322 Border="2"></CENTER> <TD WIDTH="240"> His love of Texas and its history was furthered when as a student at the University of Texas at Austin he had the opportunity and privilege to have Dr. Llorena B. Friend as his Texas history instructor. Receiving his undergraduate degree from UT in 1970, he then continued his education at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches earning a Master's Degree in 1974. <P> He has been pursuing his art seriously since 1974 and his paintings, drawings and prints hang in many public and private collections throughout the state and country, including the collections of two former Governors of Texas. </TD> </TR> <P> <TR> <TD WIDTH="320"><CENTER><IMG SRC="nlbevo.jpg" WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=202 Border="2"></CENTER></TD> <TD WIDTH="320"><CENTER><IMG SRC="nlwindmill.jpg" WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=373></CENTER></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> <P>  <CENTER><table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/affil/pal=barry%40tshirtexpress.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.paypal.com/images/lgo/logo3.gif" border="0" alt="Pay me securely with your Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express card through PayPal!"></a></td><td><IMG src="http://images.paypal.com/images/logo_cards_150x26.gif" border=0 alt="Visa ,MasterCard, Discover, and American Express"></td></tr></table></CENTER>