Robert Harrison (b. 1949), "Autumn Landscape", oil on canvas, 20 x 30", frame: 28 x 38"

Provenance: A San Antonio, Texas collection

Robert Harrison was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1949. He is a self-taught artist who has been creating art since he was a boy. Harrison has become well-known for his paintings of Texas. His work hangs in the Presidential Palace in Mexico, the office of the University of Texas at San Antonio, and the Briscoe office in Uvalde. His work has been displayed at the Witte Museum, the San Angelo Museum of Art and the Buckhorn Museum. Ladybird and Lucy Johnson gave Harrison a show at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin in 2008. In 2009, Harrison began working on "The Frio Canyon Collection" consisting of over fifty paintings purchased by late Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe, Jr. and adorns the walls of his banks in Uvalde, Leaky, Utopia, Carrizo Springs, and also his home and office.