Clay McGaughy (1931-2021), "Beer and Bourbon", watercolor, sight: 21 x 29", frame: 31.5 x 39"

Provenance: The Estate of the artist, Alamo Heights, Texas

Franklin Clay McGaughy Jr. was a San Antonio artist who received his degree in art from the University of Texas. He was a longtime member of San Antonio"™s "Watercolor Gang," whose world-wide painting excursions produced "travelogue exhibits" of France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Alaska, and many locations in the U.S. His work has been exhibited in galleries throughout the United States, including the Grand Central Galleries in New York. His work is in the collection of the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, and he exhibits in Game Coin International's prestigious bi-annual wildlife art show. McGaughy was featured in the January 1978 issue of Southwestern Art. Selections of his paintings are included in the books, Texas Hill Country, and Pecos to Rio Grande, published by Texas A&M Press.