The intricately beautiful artwork of Burneta Venosdel will be on display at the Sod House Museum Nov. 14 to Dec. 12. "Icons of the Oklahoma Prairie" is Venosdel's tribute to her great-grandparents on both sides of her family; Koppitz, Wagner, McMullen, Bloom and May were all pioneers of the area, some making the Cherokee Outlet Land Run of 1893.

Venosdel began an appreciation of her natural surroundings in her childhood, but it was not until her retirement from teaching that she pursued her lifelong dream of becoming an artist. With the eye of a conservationist and a steady hand, her detailed...