Everett Franklin Spruce (American, 1908 to 2002)
From his earliest days in Conway, Arkansas, Everett Spruce was fascinated with the rural landscape and the creatures which inhabited the hills and hollows during the day, and especially at night when nature’s mystery comes alive. His love of the land and the animals that dwell in it became fully embodied with his discovery of the Big Bend region of Texas. Spruce is Texas’ greatest chronicler of the dry desert regions of Texas and the animals of that land.
Information courtesy of Heritage Auction Galleries, December 2007