Texas Art by Linda Wolff

The Corral Neon Sign

2008-06-13T10:54:00.001-07:00

This neon sign has been shooting a flaming arrow for more than 50 years to promote The Corral Restaurant in Victoria, Texas. Though everyone thinks of the archer being Native American--I suppose due to the name of the restaurant--I think ithe figure looks more like Robin Hood if you look at the cap the figure is wearing. What do you think?

George H. Hauschild Cigar Box

2008-06-11T10:45:00.001-07:00

The idea to construct an Intercoastal Waterway began with a meeting that was held in Victoria in 1908. To commemorate the event George H. Hauschild issued a special cigar box for the occasion for his hand-rolled cigars. This cigar box was a gift from a special friend. I added a watercolor filter to my original photos.

Froggie Went A Courtin' Vase

2008-06-10T17:48:00.000-07:00

Today I almost broke my favorite vase, a cast iron Froggie "Goin' A Courtin' with a basket strapped to his back that holds a clear glass vase for a bouquet of flowers. In my haste to set the table for lunch I clumsily knocked it over. I was so relieved that the glass didn't break that I didn't mind that I had to change the tablecloth. We shouldn't let things mean so much to us but I must admit that this vase filled with flowers brings a smile to my face everytime I see it. This is a photo that I took some time ago. I should try a side view to show the basket better. Perhaps I will!

Pipevine or Dutchman's Pipe

2008-06-09T20:52:00.000-07:00

The more I garden the more I appeciate foliage. Last year I carefully planted two cuttings of pipevine that a friend gave me with a promise that they would draw hordes of swallowtails. I didn't tell him that I would have planted them just for the foliage. I have altered this orignal photo so that it would look like a watercolor painting.

Will did warn me that when the swallowtails find the pipevine they will probably eat it "down to a nub." I was quietly dismayed. What a dilemma! On one hand I liked the foliage but on the other hand they are the favorite food of a butterfly that I want to attract to my garden.

Last year they limped through the summer heat even though I planted them in the shade of my batface plants and two dwarf bottlebrush bushes, among some pink caladiums.

This spring I was surprised that both cuttings had survived and a third one had sprouted though it was very small. Then while I was weeding I accidentally broke one of the larger vines off at the nub! Oh woe! But Will was right, it grew back. Meanwhile I tried to root the broken piece but it just would NOT root.

Now the vine is growing much more vigorously. I am reminded of some advice about perennials: The first year they sleep, the second year they creep and the third year they leap!

Swallowtail Butterflies

2008-06-09T20:46:00.001-07:00

I was so excited to see a half dozen pipevine swallowtail butterflies in my garden to day, the first I have seen in my garden. Ironically they seem to have been attracted by the zinnias I planted rather than the pipevine that I started last year in a garden more than 50 feet away from these zinnias with two cuttings, pampering them through the summer heat. I was told that the pipevine would draw hordes of swallowtails but these were the first I have seen.

2008-06-07T20:49:00.000-07:00

Morning Glories have been a favorite of mine since childhood when we had them growing on the wire fence that surrounded our back yard. They look so fresh first thing in the morning then fold up by noon. A friend has given me some that are perennial in South Texas. In fact they are so aggressive that I may rue the day that I planted them! This is a digital watercolor created from an original photo. If you would like a giclee print I can post it on the http://www.imagekind.com/ site.

Another Brown Pelican Photo

2008-06-06T21:13:00.000-07:00

This, too, was shot near Port O'Connor. That is probably Dewberry Island in the background.

Brown Pelicans in Port O'Connor

2008-06-05T20:02:00.000-07:00

I photographed these brown pelicans at Port O'Connor. I really enjoy watching them. This, too, is a digital watercolor, created from an orginal photograph. If you would like to order a print, let me know and I will upload it onto http://www.imagekind.com/. Wouldn't this be a nice image to have in your beach house?

Henry's Birthday

2008-06-04T17:18:00.000-07:00

Henry has always said that he has been happy with the life he has lived BUT if he could have lived in a different time and place it would have been Paris in the 1920s and 30s, rubbing shoulders with Ernest Hemingway and other writers of the time. During our trip to France last year we visited the Shakespeare & Company bookstore so that Henry could pose for a picture. I have converted this to a digital watercolor, then matted and framed it for his birthday, June 10. We will, however, be celebrating his birthday tomorrow with our weekly group of friends that meet every Thursday night even though his birthday isn't until next Tuesday. Happy Birthday, Sweetie!

Mexican Hat

2008-06-03T20:58:00.000-07:00

When my daylilies, verbena and coreopsis begin to fade I can rely on my Indian Blanket and Mexican Hat to bloom, even through the heat. I love the colors of the Mexican Hat here, they look like they have been plucked from tapestry or oriental carpet. This is a digital watercolor created from an origianal photograph.

Bluebonnet and Stiff-Stemmed Flax

2008-06-02T13:00:00.000-07:00

Frequently I see bluebonnets and Stiff-stemmed flax blooming together and I think that it is a particulary-lovely combination. This is a digital watercolor from an original photograph.

Grist Mill in Memorial Square

2008-06-01T15:42:00.000-07:00

Grist Mill in Memorial Square

Most visitors to Memorial Square do not know that it is a cemetery. In fact it is the first public cemetery in Victoria, Texas. There are no grave markers here because most but not all of the burials here were moved to Evergreen Cemetery. Over the years the remaining markers have disappeared. German immigrants who died of cholera were buried here in a mass grave because there wasn't time to dig separate graves. In fact the graves were dug so shallow that at night the wolves would come to howl and feast on protruding noses, fingers and toes. A terrible time. Somehow the grist mill seems a fitting tribute to those buried here, though the exact location of the mass grave has been forgotten.

I have created this as a digital painting using the paint daubs filter. Enjoy

Band Stand - De Leon Plaza, Victoria, Texas

2008-05-31T13:00:00.002-07:00

Band Stand - De Leon Plaza, Victoria, Texas

I'm still trying to get the perfect digital watercolor of the Band Stand in De Leon Plaza. Please don't call it the gazebo. It was built in the late 1890s for summer concerts and it is still used for that purpose during special events, and for numerous weddings. Hurricane Claudette dropped an oak tree in the middle of it but it has been beautifully rebuilt, don't you think? At one time the bandstand was located across from the Victoria County Courthouse and then on the southeast corner near where the Coppini statue now stands, and then finally in the center of the plaza when the city's stand pipe (water tower) was removed.

When the Band Stand was rebuilt it was anchored into the underground foundation that one supported the stand pipe, so it is solidly anchored. Don't even think about another windstorm dropping a tree in the middle of it!

When it was rebuilt it was also rotated to face east so that photographs of weddings, events, political speakers etc. would show the courthouse in the background, a nice touch.

Charles H. Noyes by Pompeo Coppini

2008-05-30T13:00:00.000-07:00

This is a close-up of the Charles H. Noyes Statue by P. Coppini at Ballinger, Texas. A nearby plaque erected in 1966 reads:

Charles H. Noyes
1896-1917
Charles H. Noyes, 21, died when his horse fell while he was rounding up cattle on the Noyes ranch. His father and mother, Gus and Lulu Noyes, erected monument as a tribute to their son and to all Texas cowboys. Pompeo Coppini of Chicago studied horses two years before sculpting statue

Charles H. Noyes by Pompeo Coppini at Ballinger

2008-05-29T13:00:00.000-07:00

This is the Charles H. Noyes statue by Pompeo Coppini at Ballinger. My dear husband, Henry, grew up at nearby Dry Ridge and attended high school at Ballinger so he was familiar with Coppini before coming to Victoria in 1963 and seeing "The Last Stand" in De Leon Plaza. Horses are difficult to draw well and I think they must also be very difficult to sculpt. This is done so well and I love the easy grace of the young man as well. The sculpture was commissioned by the family in honor of their son who was killed when he was thrown from a horse, but here there is no "demonization" of the horse, but rather the comfortable relationship their son had with his horse.

The Last Stand - A Dry Brush Digital Painting

2008-05-28T13:00:00.001-07:00

"The Last Stand" by Pompeo Coppini (Close-Up)

Okay, some say I'm a perfectionist. I think I like this view of the head on "The Last Stand" better than my previous view. This was altered using a dry brush filter to create an Digital Painting. If you would like to order a giclee print of this, let me know.

More information on Coppini from Handbook of Texas Online:

Coppini is represented in the United States by thirty-six public monuments, sixteen portrait statues, and about seventy-five portrait busts. When expressing his own attitudes toward art and sculpture, he often criticized modernism, which he attributed to a general lack of screening of pupils in art schools. He thought that art training should be a regular branch of learning in a university, with strict standards that would assure adherence to classic and academic artistic traditions. He emphasized the importance of individual instruction from experienced artists.From 1943 to 1945 he was head of the art department of Trinity University in San Antonio. In 1945 he and Tauch cofounded the Classic Arts Fraternity in San Antonio (renamed Coppini Academy of Fine Arts in 1950).
Coppini died in San Antonio on September 26, 1957, and was buried in Sunset Memorial Park in a crypt of his own design. He was survived by his wife and his foster daughter. The San Antonio studio now serves as a museum of Coppini and Tauch's work.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Pompeo Coppini,
From Dawn to Sunset (San Antonio: Naylor, 1949). Coppini-Tauch Papers, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin. Patricia D. Hendricks and Becky D. Reese, A Century of Sculpture in Texas, 1889-1989 (Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, 1989). Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin.

The Last Stand - Sculpture by Coppini

2008-05-27T13:00:00.000-07:00

A full view of the P. Coppini statue in De Leon Plaza, Victoria, Texas

Coppini lived and worked in San Antonio until 1916, when he moved to Chicago for financial reasons. Three years later he moved to New York City to facilitate the production of the Littlefield Fountain Memorial. He was assisted on this and other major projects by sculptor Waldine Tauch, who began studying with Coppini in 1910 and continued to work with him as his colleague and foster daughter until his death. In 1937 Coppini established a studio at 115 Melrose Place in San Antonio in order to work on a major commission for the Texas Centennial, the cenotaph to the heroes of the Alamo (1937-39) on Alamo Plaza in San Antonio. Other Centennial commissions awarded to Coppini were the commemorative half-dollar (1934) and the Hall of Stateqv bronze statues of Stephen F. Austin, Thomas J. Rusk, William B. Travis, James W. Fannin, Mirabeau B. Lamar,qqv and Sam Houston (1935-36). Coppini's contributions to the state were recognized in 1941, when he was awarded an honorary doctor of fine arts degree by Baylor University. Recognition and appreciation of his work extended to Italy, for in 1931 he was decorated "Commendatore" of the Crown of Italy for his contribution to art in America.

The Last Stand - Sculpture by Coppini

2008-05-26T13:00:00.000-07:00

A full figure view of "The Last Stand" by P. Coppini.

More information on Coppini from the Handbook of Texas Online:

Coppini's Texas works include a statue of Rufus C. Burlesonqv at Baylor University in Waco (1903), the monument to Sam Houstonqv at Huntsville (1910), a monument at Gonzales in commemoration of the first shot fired for Texas independence (1910), a statue of a Confederate soldier at Victoria (1911), busts of Albert Sidney Johnston, Robert E. Lee,qqv Jefferson Davis, and Stonewall Jackson for the Confederate monument at Paris, Texas (1903), and a group statue called The Victims of the Galveston Flood (1903-4), which was given to the University of Texas, Austin. Coppini also modeled the equestrian monument to Terry's Texas Rangers (the Eighth Texas Cavalryqv) on the Capitol grounds (1905-07), the Charles H. Noyes Memorial in Ballinger (1918-19), the John H. Reaganqv Memorial in Palestine, with its personification of the "Lost Cause" (1911), and the bronze doors of the Scottish Rite Cathedral in San Antonio (dedicated 1926). One of his best-known works is a statue of George Washington in Mexico City (1911).

The Last Stand - Sculpture by Coppini

2008-05-25T13:00:00.000-07:00

"The Last Stand," a sculture by P. Coppini in De Leon Plaza of Victoria, Texas was recently cleaned and I was impressed by how much better it looked. I don't recall seeing before how strong is the face in this sculpture. It is dedicated to those who served in the Confederate States of America.

Here is some more information on Coppini from the Handbook of Texas Online:

COPPINI, POMPEO LUIGI (1870-1957). Pompeo Coppini, sculptor, was born in Moglia, Mantua, Italy, on May 19, 1870, the son of Giovanni and Leandra (Raffa) Coppini. He grew up in Florence, where he was a student at the Accademia di Belle Arte and there studied under Augusto Rivalta.
He graduated with highest honors in 1889. On March 5, 1896, Coppini immigrated to the United States with very little money and no knowledge of English. On February 27, 1898, he married Elizabeth di Barbieri of New Haven, Connecticut; he became an American citizen in 1902.
Coppini, hearing of Frank Teich's search for a sculptor, moved to Texas in November 1901. He was commissioned to model the statue of Jefferson Davis and other figures for the Confederate monument (1901-03) subsequently erected on the Capitol grounds in Austin.
Other Texas commissions followed, one of the best known being the Littlefield Fountain Memorial (1920-28) at the University of Texas at Austin. He also did the seven bronze statues along the south mall of the university grounds, all of which were associated with the Littlefield commission except the sculpture of George Washington (completed 1955).

Hugging Anaqua

2008-05-24T13:00:00.000-07:00

When we have out of town guests we love to show them this tree in Old Victoria. Anaquas trees begin with multiple trunks separated at ground level but as each of the trunks grow larger they merge and have a corded appearance. Also, the branches are likely to angle off in strange ways for no apparent reason. In this example, it looks like two trees hugging each other, hence their name, "The Hugging Anaquas."

They were also called Knock-Away trees by pioneers who apparently couldn't quite remember the botanical name, and as sandpaper tree because the leaves are rough and grainy like sand paper. Few are found north of a line from Victoria to San Antonio.

Summer of '41

2008-05-23T13:00:00.000-07:00

I took this photo several years ago at the Lavaca County Historical Museum in Hallettsville, Texas. The items were in a display case and the director kindly re-arranged these items under my direction for this composition. A toast to museum directors everywhere! They work so hard and are often underappreciated and almost always underpaid for their knowledge and what they do. This is a digital watercolor from an original photo.

Dancing Day Flowers or Widow's Tears

2008-05-22T13:00:00.001-07:00

This is known as Day Flower or Widow's Tears (Commelina erectus). I have it growing between my concrete patio and the rocks that define a raised bed. Here it does a wonderful job of crowding out the nut grass and giving me a show of blue. The blooms and stems often look to me like they are dancing! Maybe that's why they're "pooped" by noon and take an afternoon siesta so that they are fresh again the next morning.

Firebush - A Hummingbird's View

2008-05-21T13:00:00.000-07:00

This is a closeup of the Firebush (Hamelia) on my patio as it probably appears to a hummingbird. I love the abstract quality of this. This is a digital watercolor and giglee prints can be ordered through my Texas gallery at http://lindawolff.imagekind.com/.

First Tomatoes

2008-05-20T13:00:00.000-07:00

Sometimes tomatoes can be so beautiful that it seems a shame to eat them, especially the first to ripien that have not been discovered by the stinkbugs or mockingbirds. Now if I can just find my gazpacho recipe. Tomatoes ripen all at one time so we tend to have not enough to can but plenty to share.

Something About Cosmos

2008-05-19T21:17:00.000-07:00

Something I've noticed about Cosmos is that it seems that there are always two or three petals that are ever so slightly shorter than the remaining petals.

Knapsacks - WWII Tribute

2008-05-19T13:00:00.000-07:00

I photographed these knapsacks draped on a half-track on display at the D-Day museum in New Orleans. Their scuffed condition eloquently expresses how these men did so much with so little during World War II. I was nearly moved to tears.

Avery Tractor

2008-05-18T13:00:00.000-07:00

This is a close-up digital watercolor of an Avery Tractor. I think old equipment like this makes for some wonderful bold abstract paintings. This would be a great gift for someone who collects tractors. You know who you are! If you want a print of this image I will post it to http://LindaWolff.imagekind.com. Contact me at wolfhaus@txcr.net.

Small art offers flexibility

2008-05-17T13:00:00.000-07:00

Large dramatic paintings are an easy way to fill a single large wall space. But sometimes, it's just too much. Scale is an important consideration in any room.

Here's an alternative using smaller art: Buy several smaller pieces of art for the same space, 8x10's up to 16x20's. You can rotate in new pieces to keep the display lively and entertaining. Nine vertical photographs, all the same size and orientation, can be arranged like a nine-patch quilt, that is, three rows of three. Or two rows of three if the space to be filled is more horizontal.

Or mix it up with a variety of sizes and orientations. Unify your display of collections by using identical or similar frames. They could all be front mount, gallery wrap, white, or gold.

You might even develop seasonal displays, a Christmas display followed by a display of area historic sites and then a display of spring wildflowers. If the replacement art is the same size and orientation (vertical or horizontal) you can even use the same hangers.

I wanted to line these up horizontally but can't make it work. Still this would be a nice trio on the wall of a man's den.

Music on the Porch

2008-05-16T13:00:00.000-07:00

This is the front porch of an early homestead house in the Texas Hill Country near Fredericksburg. I love the lyre "scherenschnitte" on the back of the settee. I bet this is a family that gathered in the cool of the evening to sing and play music, on a fiddle, guitar, accordian or maybe all three.

"Big Smile" Daylily

2008-05-15T13:00:00.000-07:00

My "Big Smile" Daylilies are just beginning to bloom in my Victoria, Texas garden and they do bring a smile to my face. Each bloom lasts only a single day but they are gorgeous. My three original plants have now multiplied into more than a dozen so on any given day I have two, three or more in bloom. This is sized for an 8x10 or a 16x20. I would like to paint my diningroom this pale buttery yellow. Mmmmmm.

Art Greeting Cards

2008-05-14T01:00:00.000-07:00

Add a little art to your life ... or to the life of someone you love.

Did you know that you can order any of the images I have posted on http://lindawolff.imagekind.com/ as an art greeting card. You can easily cut a custom paper mat to adjust the image size for an 8x10 frame for a grander presentation. If the center opening is 4x6, it will give you a 2-inch mat border all the way round. The cards are 4.5 x 6.3".

Hobby Lobby and Scrapbooking Shops offer a wide variety of papers than can be used for a paper mat. Often an 8x10 frame can be purchased on sale for less than $5.

So a greeting card and a frame can be purchased for yourself, or a dear friend for less than $10. How cool is that? Of course, you could also just send the art card so that your recipient can choose their own frame and matting.

Old Cotton Gin Near Shelby

2008-05-13T08:59:00.000-07:00

This is a digital watercolor of an old cotton gin near Shelby. Old structures that define a disappearing way of life fascinate me. Don't you know it was hot working in this gin without air conditioning, or if you were sitting in one of the wagons waiting your turn to have your load of cotton ginned.

Hochheim

2008-05-12T13:00:00.000-07:00

Flowers have taken my attention so much recently that I've neglected putting up any historical sites. This is Hochheim, an old general store that lies midway between Cuero and Gonzales on the old Indianola Trail. This is on my http://lindawolff.imagekind.com/ site if you would like to order a print of this digital watercolor.

Sunflowers

2008-05-11T13:00:00.002-07:00

This digital watercolor is of a bloom I photographed last summer in my Victoria, Texas garden. The seed was from a mixed package so I don't know the name of this one. The sunflowers I planted this year are looking very good. When my blue and white kitchen is remodeled, I would like to add this image along with my photos from Arles, Provence, France where Van Gogh did most of his paintings.

Sunflowers Beginning to Bloom

2008-05-10T14:56:00.001-07:00

Oh happy day! The first of my sunflowers are beginning to open ... which means I need to plant some more seedlings to replace these when they get ratty looking. But for now they are a picture of pure joy. Both of these are digital watercolors.

Monarch Butterflies

2008-05-09T13:00:00.000-07:00

Monarchs and Gulf Frittilary butterflies are why I plant yellow and purple flowers in my garden, the best two colors to attract butterflies. In the foreground is Mexican Sage which looks almost velvety. In the background is a Mistflower of some sort. It's not Eupatorium colestinum because the leaves are not trianglur shaped. I have that variety at the other end of my garden and it is not blooming yet. Nor do I think that it is E. odoratum because the leaves are linear or deeply lobed rather than lanceolate. Perhaps someone will help me out on this.

2008-05-08T12:52:00.000-07:00

This is a Stargazer Lily that I photographed in my garden last spring. So far, this year, I have been unable to find it. I'm not even exactly sure where I had it planted last year so I may be surprised yet. This is a digital watercolor and would make a wonderful focal point in even a small room. How daring are you? Click on the link to imagekind.com to explore various printing and framing options.

Indian Blanket (Gaillardia) at Indianola

2008-05-07T13:00:00.000-07:00

I photographed this Indian Blanket recently during a visit to the La Salle monument at Indianola. With us was a friend, Christophe Veyrin-Forrer of Paris, France, who is collecting material to write a book about Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle. The statue is placed at what is believed to be where La Salle established a temporary camp after losing one of his ships in Pass Cavallo.

Indian Blanket (Gaillardia) in my Garden

2008-05-06T13:00:00.000-07:00

Gaillardia are so hardy, they thrive even when neglected. This one almost seemed to have an "attitude" to me. It would surely brighten almost anyone's day. To view different framing options, click on the link labeled "Linda's Texas Gallery."

Passion Vine - Overtaking my Texas Garden

2008-05-05T13:00:00.001-07:00

This is the Passion Vine (Passiflora "Incense") that has taken over 50 feet of the fence in my back yard, attracting hundreds, if not thousands, of gulf frittilary butterflies every year. To keep it contained I am not shy about hacking 10-foot lengths from it that I add to my compost bins. It even pops up out in the lawn but there it can be easily controlled by mowing. The name Passion here applies to the padres who used it to describe the Passion of Chirst (Crown of Thorns, etc.) not romantic love. This would be a great companion for "A Morning Sip of Dew" that I posted yesterday. The two 8x10s could be displayed side by side, or one over the other. This, too, is a digital watercolor painting

A Morning Sip of Dew

2008-05-04T13:00:00.000-07:00

I recently discovered this visitor to my garden, a green anole perched on a purple leaf of my Moses in a Boat plant. I love combining green and purple in my Texas garden so this little fellow fits right in!

To order a print go to http://lindawolff.imagekind.com/ If you purchase an 8x10 on Photo Rag paper, a Sapphire Blue Mat and a Medieval Forest Green Liner Mat, plus a Palladio Black Frame with UV Protection Glazing, the total will be $128.38. The finished size will be 15 x 17." Alternatively you can purchase an 8x10 print for $16.98 on poster weight paper then mat and frame it locally.

Indian Blanket at Indianola

2008-05-03T13:00:00.000-07:00

Indian Blanket (Gaillardia) is commonly seen around the La Salle Monument at Magnolia Beach. From Port Lavaca take 238 and then 316 to where it ends at the waters edge. Then follow the beach to the right (south) to the monument that was erected in 1938. This is a great plant for the home garden, tolerant of drought.

If you would like a print of this digital watercolor let me know and I will post it to http://lindawolff.imagekind.com/. This image can be cropped for an 8x10 or an 11x14. Let me know your preference.

Moonrise at Presidio La Bahia

2008-05-02T13:00:00.000-07:00

My husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary here in 2005, staying in the officers quarters. After dining at The Empresario in Goliad we walked the trail back to the Presidio, arriving just in time for me to photograph the moonrise.

Some have said that they have heard ghosts here during their overnight stay at Presidio La Bahia. We heard nothing.

Henry and I were married on the Summer Solstice in 1998 in the ruins of Mission Espirtu Santo at its last location in Victoria County. The mission was moved to La Bahia in 1749 ... so ours was the first wedding at that site in 249 years.

The final location of the mission is across the road from the Presidio La Bahia. Both are worth a visit by anyone interested in early Spanish Texas history.

You can order a print of this image at http://lindawolff.imagekind.com/. I think this one would look especially nice on stretched canvas.

Texas Digital Watercolors

2008-05-01T19:17:00.000-07:00

I love all things Texas and "Texan" but especially its history and culture, native flora and fauna.

In this blog I will feature my digital watercolors that begin as a photograph but are transformed into digital watercolors. They are available through http://lindawolff.imagekind.com/

Through image.kind.com you can select whether to have it printed on a variety of papers --with or without a mat -- and then select among a broad variety of frames. The cost is instantly calculated as you make your selections so you keep your purchase within your budget.

You can also choose to have it printed on canvas with either museum wrap or gallery wrap. With museum wrap the image is stretched onto a wooden frame, and the sides are white. If you select gallery wrap the image is wrapped around the wooden frame so that the image continues onto the side and the canvas is neatly stapled to the back.

It seems fitting to launch this series with "Bluebonnets at Goliad" which was photographed near the Fannin Monument. Did you know that more men died at Goliad fighting for Texas independence than at the Alamo at San Antonio?