Oil Discovery Jubilee

(Trading Up) Oil on canvas 26 x 40”
Ingram Harris was the last postman in Kilgore, Texas to give up riding his horse to deliver his 27 mile daily mail route. With the explosion of new people in the boomtown of 1932, he had to adopt modern technology.

Larry Kitchen, Artist:
Larry C. Kitchen received a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from Sam Houston State University, and a Masters of Arts degree from The University of Texas at Tyler, Texas, where he received his degree with Distinction.

Mr. Kitchen worked for several years as an illustrator and graphic designer for the Dallas based LTV Corporation. His clients included Wilson Foods, Brannif Airlines, Contential Emsco, Northrop Grumman, and Broadman Holman Publishing. He was awarded Gold and Silver Addys from the American Advertising Federation's Addy Awards.

Kitchen’s paintings have been exhibited in galleries and universities throughout Texas, including the Fine Art Gallery of the College of South Plains and "Five Texas Illustrators" show at the University of Texas A&M at Commerce, TX. He has taught and lectured at several universities and colleges in Texas, and over the past twenty year directed the Advertising/Graphic Design Department at Kilgore College in Kilgore, Texas.

Larry now devotes much of his time to painting historical narratives. His commissions have taken him across the State of Texas and further in search of factual information to aid his work. Over the past decade trips to the East Coast and to the deserts of West Texas have proved inspirational and invaluable in building his paintings. His works include the History Mural at The University of Texas Health Center in Tyler, Texas, "Downtown Gladewater, 1932" at the Gladewater Banking Center Lobby, in Gladewater, Texas, "Marshall Courthouse" at the Marshall Banking Center, in Marshall, Texas, . His work has also been featured in Tyler Today Magazine, in the article, "Larry Kitchen, Kilgore's Renaissance Man".
Larry resides in Kilgore, Texas with his wife and three sons.

Contact:
Larry Kitchen
Phone: (903) 988-0916
E-mail - lkitchen@kilgore.edu
www.larrykitchen.com