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TEXAS WOOD FRAMED BOY AT RODEO PRINT FROM ORIGINAL - ARTIST MARK STORM - $135 (LLANO)
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Standing five-feet ten and weighing about 200 solid pounds,
the stocky Storm in his cowboy boots and hat looked more like
a successful rancher or oilman than a gifted artist. However,
his prolific work through a distinguished career as a painter
and a sculptor have established Mark securely in the front rank
of Texas and Western artists. Mark was a charter member of
the Texas Cowboy Artists Association. His canvases hang in
offices, homes, and ranches throughout Texas and New Mexico,
and in other western states. Prints of his oilfield paintings are
posted on the walls of drilling rig “dog houses” worldwide.
In the field of sculpture, Mark designed the Lombardi
Trophy, which is presented annually to the winner of the Super
Bowl, and many of the trophies awarded each year by the
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. He sculpted busts and lifesize statues of a number of prominent Houstonians, including
Leroy Melcher and Stuart Lang. Paintings by Mark Storm were
featured in many Western magazines, including The Cattleman,
Quarter Horse Journal, and Horseman Magazine. Prints of
some of his paintings and posters still sell briskly.
In 1992 Mark was commissioned to sculpt a bronze statue of
past Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo President Stuart Lang,
who had borne the tremendous responsibility when the Show
moved from the old Coliseum out to the Astrohall on the site of
the Astrodome complex. This impressive larger-than-life sized
statue is about eight feet tall. It stands on a four foot pedestal. At
the foot of the figure, on the top of the pedestal, there is a sculpture of the Astrodomain complex—the Astrodome, Astrohall,
and Astroarena. This sculpture is now situated in a prominent
location in the Allen H. “Buddy” Carruth Plaza, across from the
Reliant Center Building.
Mark Storm strongly influenced the Houston graphic arts
community during the middle years of the twentieth century
when Houston saw many major changes in the communication
industry. He will long be remembered for his work with the
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, which is as it should be.1
PAINTED IN 1973.
25 3/4" WIDE, 19 3/4" TALL
DOUBLE MATTED, NON-GLARE GLASS
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