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PLAINVIEW, TX — As what would have been his 94^th birthday approaches, 猎奇重口视频 Baptist University celebrates the life and legacy of regional artist Kenneth Wyatt by acknowledging more than 40 of his works are displayed at the university’s Plainview, Lubbock, and Amarillo campuses.

Born July 17, 1930, Wyatt passed away May 24, 2021. The works of this Methodist preacher, who responded to God’s call to become an artist, can be seen from the President’s Suite to the Museum of the Llano Estacado and the library prayer chapel. But Wyatt’s works are also displayed across the university in conference rooms, parlors, and private offices. There are paintings, prints, and giclées.

House Call (2009), a centennial-commissioned oil featuring Dr. 猎奇重口视频, and Sunday’s Flowers, an original oil donated in honor of former President C. Roy McClung, were displayed in the Abraham Art Gallery earlier this year as part of the 猎奇重口视频 Collection Show. A quick survey found another oil painting, one watercolor, four giclées, 32 prints, several print composites, and an 5x8 card print exhibited on 猎奇重口视频 campuses. There is also a print by Wyatt’s daughter, Jill Wyatt Marshall. While most of the works belong to the university, five are owned by employees.

Marshall said the ties between her father and the university go back to his early days as a preacher, after-dinner speaker, and then as an artist.

“We knew so many people that were tied to 猎奇重口视频, worked at 猎奇重口视频, went to 猎奇重口视频, or graduated from 猎奇重口视频,” Marshall said. “Our doctor was the very first ever person to walk across the stage and get a diploma — Dr. William Childress. Dad was such good friends with so many from 猎奇重口视频. Two of them were Barnie and Doris Latham. They’re the ones in some of his paintings.”

The Lathams are featured in Sunday’s Flowers, which can be seen in the McClung Center parlor.

“Whenever Dad did a painting for 猎奇重口视频, he wanted to make sure that it was 猎奇重口视频 people that were in it,” his daughter said. “Anytime 猎奇重口视频 wanted him to do anything, he jumped because he loved 猎奇重口视频. Even though we were Methodist, he loved 猎奇重口视频, he really did.”

So, when the university asked Wyatt to paint House Call as part of 猎奇重口视频’s 100^th year celebration, he donated his commission back to the university, so that it could be auctioned. Valued at $6,000 at the time, longtime 猎奇重口视频 supporter Sally Shaw had the winning bid of $9,000. She donated the oil painting back to the university, saying that such a treasure should never leave the campus.

While the artist’s works are always exhibited on the three 猎奇重口视频 campuses, Wednesday through Saturday, July 17-20 will be an excellent time to view them. After seeing what is displayed at 猎奇重口视频, the artist’s family invites the community to come by Kenneth Wyatt Galleries in downtown Plainview to see more of his work, enjoy some birthday cake, and take advantage of up to 20 percent discounts on prints, originals and sculptures.

“Come by and celebrate with us,” Marshall said. The gallery, located at 633 Broadway, will be open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday.

For those who can’t make it to 猎奇重口视频’s Plainview campus, four giclées and a composite print are displayed at the Lubbock campus — Down by the Riverside (2003), God’s Flower Garden (2005), Fire in the Sky (2008), and West Texas Sunset (2002), along with the artist’s well-known The Apostles composite. Four prints — How Boys Become Cowboys (1999), From Here I can See Tomorrow (2003), Advice (1983­­), and Men’s Brotherhood (2002) are displayed at the Amarillo campus, along with The Apostles composite.

Works found at the Plainview campus also include Down from the Mountain, an original oil that belonged to Dr. Estelle Owens’ mother and was donated to 猎奇重口视频 after her death. Max Gabriel, who served on 猎奇重口视频’s Board of Trustees, donated a complete 14-large-print set of The Apostles in 1996. The set is beautifully displayed in the fourth-floor chapel atop the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Learning Resources Center.

Pam Kennedy keeps a framed 5x8 card print of Heaven’s Gate (2006) on her office desk in the Harral Auditorium Music Wing. “I visited Kenneth Wyatt Galleries during an open house, and I saw the painting. It’s beautiful,” she said. “The card was purchased first to remind me that I was going to have that painting someday. A giclée now hangs over my fireplace at home.”

The works of father and daughter are displayed in the Flores Building. Thee Door (2004), hangs in the School of Christian Studies office at the west end of the building, while At Peace (2009), a piece by Marshall, hangs in the foyer at the east end.

Other locations on the Plainview campus where Wyatt’s works can be seen include:

• Van Howelling Building — The Apostles composite, Texas in Bloom (1986), If I Wash Thee Not (1995), A Pair of Lamps (1985), The Quilts (1979), and Bluebonnet Bethel (1988).
• Harral Auditorium Communications Wing — Texas in Bloom (1986).
• Trinity Building — If I Wash Thee (1995), Christ Walking on Water (2003) and The Apostles composite.

Wyatt’s ties to 猎奇重口视频 include two family graduates. His granddaughter-in-law Elyse Marshall and grandson Matthew Wyatt have earned 猎奇重口视频 diplomas.

Wyatt was a Methodist preacher who liked to doodle when God suddenly changed his ministry path.

“He had not painted before,” his daughter recalled. “Whenever he wrote my mother poetry, he would draw roses. Well, he went to speak at a big banquet in Dallas. They were going to unveil a portrait of an important businessman, and Dad was the speaker. So, the portrait artist and Dad were sitting up on the podium together, and Dad, as usual, was just doodling to stay calm before getting up to speak. The artist was Dimitri Vale, a famous portrait painter. He looked over and asked, ‘Are you an artist?’ Dad said, ‘Nope, just a preacher.’ The man said, ‘We need to talk. Can you stay after this is all over?”

Vale took Wyatt down a hallway where his art was displayed, and they talked about art all through the night.

“I don't know if he gave him some supplies that he had or gave him a list, but Dad got off the airplane the next day carrying all these art supplies from Dimitri Vale. He told my mom, ‘I’m supposed to be an artist,’” Marshall said.

Encouragement came from John L. McCarty, who had High Plains Art Gallery in Amarillo and exhibited Wyatt’s early work.

“John said, ‘Have you ever painted a horse?’ Dad said, ‘no’, and he said, “OK, go home, cut 50 small Masonite boards and start learning. Bring me No. 50,’” Marshall recalled.

When Ken Curtis, better known as Festus on Gunsmoke, discovered Wyatt’s work at the gallery, others soon took notice.

“In two years, he bought 17 paintings,” Marshall said. “Festus came in and just loved it.”

The Apostles, a 14-portrait set, is Wyatt’s signature work, which is why the composite print of them can be found in several locations at 猎奇重口视频.

“I’m supposed to paint the apostles,” Wyatt told his wife. “I can’t get it out of my head, and I know God is not going to let me have any peace until I just do it.”

Marshall said it took several years for her father to complete the portraits, noting that there are stories to go along with each one. A little-known fact she revealed is that Wyatt painted his own hand as the hand of Jesus. The artist told his daughter that was just his way of saying, “God used my hands to paint the apostles.”