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Limited Edition Prints

Currently there are six LTD edition prints available for sale.

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Saltgrass and Sand

This edition is limited to:

100 LTD Artist Prints $125

10 Canvas Prints $425

Open Edition Prints Available.

While searching for locations for a series of paintings depicting cattle drives along the famous cattle trails of America, Roger Iker discovered the Waggoner home place in Decatur Texas, and began researching the story of the building of the Waggoner Empire. It’s the story of a Texas cattle baron, land an oil.

Empire

Empire $225 Edition size 100 s/n

A Tribute to the Waggoner Family

The Waggoner’s first came to Texas in 1840, settling just north of Fort Worth. In 1868 W.T. Waggoner, age 16 and his father Dan Waggoner rounded up 5000 head of wild longhorn cattle. W.T. was put in charge of taking the cattle to market through the treacherous and lawless territory that lay between Texas and Kansas. W.T. Waggoners hard work proved to be successful, returning to Texas with profit of $55,000 which laid the foundation for the Waggoner “Empire”. At the height of its expansion the Waggoner ranch would encompass six counties covering over 550,000 acres in Texas with an additional 600,000 acres in grazing land leased from friendly Indian tribes.

The Waggoner family, now considered the first Texas land and cattle barons, would soon add to their “Empire” with the discovery of the Electra oil field putting north Texas on the map in the oil industry. W.T. Waggoner was among the leaders who helped develop Fort Worth, assigning a team of architects to build the city’s first “sky scrapper”; the 20 story Waggoner building. The Waggoner family’s efforts to breed a horse more suited to ranching proved pivotal in the development of the Quarter Horse breed. Also, the Waggoner family was instrumental in introducing horse racing to North Texas in the mid 1930’s with the family owned Arlington Downs in Arlington, Texas.

The Waggoner family epitomizes the Texas spirit of hardiness and ingenuity that was necessary to pioneer this great state.

Restless $225 Edition Size 100 s/n

“RESTLESS”

The Nighthawks charge – secure the herd, but tonight the very elements are working against this purpose. Positive and negative forces at work within the cloud are causing in-cloud lightning’s lighting up the sky witty silent but spectacular flares that put up an excitement in the air that is difficult to contain and causes a restlessness in man and beast.

Poppin Brush $225 Edition Size 100 s/n

“POPPIN’ BRUSH”

Longhorn cattle are descendants of Spanish cattle crossed with wild Texas cattle. Their natural tendency when left to themselves is to return to their wild state. They bed up in brush arbors and Mesquite thickets for protection and food. The only way to get the out is to drive them

These wild critters were free for the taking providing an emaciated source of wealth for the ambitious landholders or hardy cowboy who dared challenge the thorny mesquite, the prickly pear or the Spanish dagger in order to possess them.

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Heading Back to Texas Edition size 1500 s/n

“HEADIN’ BACK TO TEXAS”

After months of gathering, branding, and herding cattle to markets at the end of trails that traversed hostile, arduous country the drovers most likely spent days in “cattle towns” drinking, carousing and celebrating the successful end of a drive. Then after selling off the cattle and the undesirable horses, keeping only the best and perhaps the lead steer they headed off on the long journey home.

Retail: $120 18X30 Image

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Strays Edition size 1500 s/n

“STRAYS”

Hard times, drought conditions and impending storms. Life is short and sometimes hard, but it’s an ill wind that blows no good. Linings of silver and gold in every cloud. Blessings to be gathered when the time is right.

18X30 Image Retail: $120

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