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Murals
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT - 2015 Mural
Cattle Drive, 2014 Mercado, Big Brewster,
2013 Mexican Calendar
OTHER ALPINE MURALS
MUSEUM OF THE BIG BEND, SRSU campus
Historic map of the Big Bend region painted by Enrique Espinoza in
1940.
BREWSTER COUNTY TAX APPRAISER BUILDING, 107 W. Ave. E.
Historic painting “View of Alpine”, an idyllic scene painted by Jose’
Moya del Pino in 1940, located inside, to the left of the entrance.
On a casual stroll through Alpine’s downtown area, you will discover
several murals painted over the years by local and nationally recognized
muralists. These renderings range from the whimsical to the historic, from
the primitive to the professional.
In spring 2015, Alpine’s Gallery Night, Inc. will begin working on its
third Historic Calendar mural. This year’s “Cattle Drive” mural will depict
the deep-rooted western ranching heritage of the Big Bend, highlighting
the ethnicity of cowboy traditions, customs and values.
This mural is the third, in a series of six, murals that are based upon
vintage calendar tops, which serve as snapshots of life in the past. The
calendar upon which the Cattle Drive mural is based was distributed in
1951 by Alpine’s lumber yard. The 60’ wide and 17’ tall mural and a 20’
x 10’ calendar month of May 2015 will be painted on the same wall where
the lumber yard’s slogan, “We put Pine in Alpine” used to be.
Award-winning mural artist Stylle Read of Cleburne, Texas, will paint
the mural with help from a volunteer base of qualified artists, structural
engineers, local residents and Brewster County jail trustees. Alpine is
designated a Cultural District by the Texas Commission on the Arts.
Alpine’s Gallery Night, Inc. is a non-profit arts organization serving
Alpine and the Big Bend region. The goal of the Historic Calendar mural
project is to honor and embrace the cultural history of our region and its
inhabitants by recreating historic calendar art as murals that beautify the
walls of public and private buildings in the community.
ALPINE MEDICAL CENTER, 202 N. 2nd St.
A tropical paradise in the middle of The Chihuahuan Desert is painted
on two sides of this building by artist Deborah Allison.
BEST WESTERN, 2401 E. Hwy. 90.
In the main lobby is an expansive mural painted by Stylle Read in
1995. It depicts scenes of Alpine and notably, the origin of the “Murder
Steer” legend (complete story on display at Museum of the Big Bend).
KIOWA GALLERY BUILDING, 105 E. Holland Ave.
The mural “Big Brewster”. Painted by muralist Stylle Read in 2005.
REATA RESTARUANT, 203 N. 5th St.
“Ode to Reata”, an expansive tribute to the movie Giant, James Dean,
and west Texas adorns the outside patio and alleyway. The mural was
painted by Stylle Read in 1995.
BUILDING AT 101 W. HOLLAND AVE.
A ranching scene set against Twin Peaks in Alpine, featuring local and
regional ranch brands. Painted by Stylle Read with contributions from
Paul Kime and brands by Charles Bell.
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