Country Lifestyles
August 2016 Profile Teal Blake – Cowboys in Watercolor
By Jessica Crabtree
His paintings immediately evoke a memory, a sudden glimpse back in time or wave of emotion. With each you see sunrises and sunsets, bright blue skies, or dark ominous clouds. Every piece is different, boasting of individual expression.
Whether it be a portrait of a horse’s head, bucking horse, cowboy camp of tipis or wagon, even cattle and cowboys on the drive in tall grass, his talent is shown in each purposeful stroke of his brush with his medium of choice, watercolor. This artist is Teal Blake.
“I was born in Helena, Mont., because there was no hospital in the town I was raised in, Augusta. It was an hour below Glacier National Park on the
Eastern Slope of the Rockies. Winters there were 40 below zero and the wind blew horribly,” Blake described. Now residing in Fort Worth, when mentioning “home,” Blake is referring to Montana.
The scenery was beautiful, but Blake will assure you, all scenery in the state is. He lived in the land of cattle ranches, Herefords to be exact. While in school, Blake’s class had an attendance of eight and class was let out a week in time to brand. “We were 12 years old hunting and riding our horses across the prairie. We got our driver’s license at 12. It was so remote we were turned loose and no one ever worried or got hurt,” Blake explained.
To read more pick up a copy of the August 2016 issue.
By Jesse Kader
This month western meets safari with this fun army green jumpsuit. I love a good jumpsuit that is simple but stylish and can be accessorized in so many ways. This one especially caught my eye because of the western yoke detail. See this and more at www.jessesjewelz.com
University of North Texas music students were in awe by Texas Music icon, Lyle Lovett recently during his visit to the Denton campus to share his music and personal secrets on navigating a successful music career.
The four-time Grammy winner has recorded 14 albums and has released 25 singles throughout his illustrious career. He’s also most famous for creating his Large Band consisting of his talented rhythm section and a full horn section.
I too have had the honor of recording with Lyle during my time with Asleep At The Wheel and being a UNT grad, I was pleasantly surprised by this act of good will toward these young musicians.
To read more, pick up a copy of the May issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Martha Crump
In the April issue of North Texas Farm & Ranch, I introduced the discussion of what is considered the Biden 30X30 Land Grab via the quiet attempt to push through the formation of Natural Asset Companies. If you are a landowner and have not heard about this, I encourage you to research it for your own protection.
Natural Asset Companies would have been publicly tradable securities that hold rights to, and manage the productivity and ecological benefits of natural assets such as natural forests, marine areas and farmland. They place a value on natural processes. Thanks to the watchful eye of a few, NACs have been stopped for now, but make no mistake, this battle is far from over. According to the American Stewards of Liberty, the Intrinsic Exchange Group is the company responsible for the failed attempt to monetize natural processes via the development of “Natural Asset Companies.”
The New York Times is already helping IEG to set the stage for a rebranding of the idea with the article they ran entitled “Nature Has Value. Could We Literally Invest In It?” which ran on Feb. 18 of this year. The NYT readily assured their readers that, “Natural asset companies would put a market price on improving ecosystems, rather than on destroying them.” That is a perfect lead-in for IEG as they had already indicated that they would be rebranding the idea in yet another attempt to create the investment vehicle.
To read more, pick up a copy of the May issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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