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This is a 12"X9" oil on linen painting I finished for the upcoming Invitational Hill Country Art Show here in Boerne. The title of this work is "Sleepless Nights." The viewer can place this guy anywhere they want - on the streets as a homeless person. Or, maybe a typical senior citizen who can't quite so easily get the ZZZ's they once did as a much younger person.

J.P. "Pat" Childress, a fifth generation Texan, was born and raised in the eastern oilfields of the state. He graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a M.B.A and after starting and later selling a holding company, Childress moved to the Hill Country of Texas. His interest in art is long standing; he constantly improves his techniques in oil painting and sculpting through workshops and classes with some of the most highly respected artists on today's art scene. "I was fortunate to have a very good instructor in oil painting when I began in that medium some years ago," stated Childress. "He taught me the very basics, such as paint what you see. Years later, other teaching artists suggested that I change gears, saying...