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upwards of 100 animals, full
mounts (which means the
whole animal is stuffed and on
display, including an elephant
and a giraffe), and the owner
wanted murals painted
around the collection. A hand-
ful of artists each painted a ten
foot section of wall. They got
paid for a day’s work, and the
“winner” finished out the rest
of the room. A woman from
Zimbabwe was chosen for the
task. Later, however, the taxi-
dermist called and asked Read
to come and add the
Cameroon Rainforest to the
room as well as touch up what
the woman had done. Now,
years later, as the owners
change up the room again,
Read has been asked to come
and add more animals and a
scene of a village with a plane
landing, preparing for the
hunt. “I’m just a hired
mechanic on that one,” Read
said. “Someone else is calling
the shots, which is nice once in
a while.”
Read said he’s painted
eight murals in Alpine, nine if
you include the Milton Faver
mural that eventually became
the Big Brewster when it had
to be redone. The Faver
mural was done in dark colors
over a lime plaster. After an
atypical desert day, when five
inches of rain fell in two hours
followed by a drastic warm-up
by the western sun, the mural
began peeling and cracking,
degrading before its time.
Read touched it up, but it was
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do it – albeit with more techni-
cal accuracy. Now we also
include music and film and
other staples of pop culture in
our visual history. The materi-
als Read uses today, a mixture
of acrylic house paint overlaid
with a UV protective coat that
NASA developed, will last
decades, maybe longer. Will
future inhabitants of the Earth
gaze at street art and ponder
the lives of 21st centurians?
Stylle Read’s murals on
west Texas buildings may
someday speak to our ances-
tors just as the Pecos Rock Art
whispers to us today.
BEHIND EVERY PROJECT IS A
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never the same. In 2005, the
scene was changed to the Big
Brewster that stands today.
Last year, Read was induct-
ed in to the Texas Trail of
Fame for his part in preserving
western heritage through his
paintings. Getting a plaque in
the sidewalk at the Fort Worth
Stockyards National Historic
site was quite an honor, Read
said.
“The years have paid off,
sticking with it, doing jobs you
don’t want to do,” Read said.
“I feel blessed. The fun part is
when you finish and sign your
name.”
Just like the cave dwellers of
long ago, we’re still painting
animals – or paying people to
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