In keeping with the exhibit theme of Art on the Salt Fork, David Padgett's work includes several area scenes like this elevator near Alva. His work is featured at Graceful Arts Gallery during June.
While he liked to draw as a kid in Oklahoma, it was a trip to the mountains that inspired David Padgett to appreciate the natural world. "My first experience in the type of art I do, the subject matter I use is from when I was in the mountains when I was a kid. I'm from Oklahoma, not too many mountains in Oklahoma. But my dad took me out to New Mexico, the Rockies, when I was about 11 years old," he said.
"He taught me how to fly fish. It's one of those kinds of things you hit upon, and you can't explain to anybody about why you like fly fishing because everybody says how boring is that? But y...
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