| "THE FOREST THAT MAN MADE - BURKBURNETT FIELD - 1918"
Print Number Four in the C. A. Warner Memorial Series of Historic Texas Oil Field Images
(Note: All prints in this series are now on old-world style heavy weight, acid free, cold press watercolor paper.)
Imagine a derrick in
the parking lot of your local Whataburger...or in the middle of the local
school's playground.
That's what it was
like in Burkburnett. Oil was discovered just West of town in 1912 and things started humming along. Then in 1918 the first strike was made in town. That changed
everything. Derricks flew up as fast as timber could be sourced. By late that
year there were wells being sunk in every spare plot. There were wells in yards
and alleys...even behind the railroad station.
This image shows Burkburnett at its most surreal, with full-blow oil fever having taken hold of the landscape and everyone in it. You can feel the excitement and anxious energy...Better get that lease before the other guy does! Better bring that well in fast and get your share or lose it all!
This is a high quality Giclee print on old-world style heavy weight, acid free, cold press watercolor paper. Each one is individually hand numbered. The 'felt finished' surface allows the inks to 'bite', reproducing the shading and tonality of the original image vividly, beautifully, and exactly. These inks are guaranteed color-fast for 80 years, which means you won't need to lay out the extra money for UV glass. You can hang your print in direct sun and it will be just as bright when they are passed on to the next generation as a family heirloom as it is the day it ships.
All you need to do choose any standard 18 by 24 inch frame and mat from your local frame shop. Like all prints in this series, it is a Limited Edition of only 254 hand-numbered and titled copies, one for each county in Texas. Get yours before they're gone.
** The first 50 copies of print Number One (Vestil #1, Ranger) and print Number Two (Tripping Pipe - Corsicana) were produced on a very special triple primed canvas. Unfortunately that material has become difficult to source consistently. We experimented with other canvases, but none took the ink nearly as well. This is why all further prints in this series will be on old-world style heavy weight, acid free, cold pressed watercolor paper. This produced test prints on this paper before we launched the series last summer and slightly more people actually preferred it to the canvas. We went with the canvas mostly because our Art Director has a profound love for canvas. We guarantee you will love fine art look that the new watercolor paper gives these images. Several of you have told us you'd prefer to have them without a mat so you can choose one that matches your frame and decor. Your wish is our command!
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