Grain Elevator study, acrylic on mdf, 18" x 22", 2006; Donated to the Austin Art Ninjas, c/o Joey Sue Roberts.This idea for the Texas Panhandle Conquest has been two years in preparation now. Finally, after a quick two week trip to Spain and Portugal, and a one year construction of a studio/woodshop/metals lab in Lockney, Texas (5 miles south of Lone Star), I'm ready to begin. Just in time, too, because the trip to Spain led me to Lagos, Portugal, to the place of Ponta da Piedade, The End of the Earth, as it is called, The Grottos, marked by Death himself, rekindling my heart for The Seven Golden Lampstands.