I believe it was after reading a book in the mid 1970's about (or by) J. Paul Getty that John developed an interest in oil rigs and decided to create etchings depicting their strength and beauty. He traveled to Texas and Oklahoma to see some first hand. John's etchings of oil rigs, derricks and platforms became very successful. We were told that they could be seen on some of the sets of "Dallas", a popular TV series about a Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries.
When going through some portfolios recently I was found these hand painted (and a few uncolored) etchings. |
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| Stripper 5" x 7" $240.00 | | | Stripper 5" x 7" $240.00 | | | Christmas Tree 7" x 5" $240.00 | |||
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| Oil Derrick 8 7" x 5" $240.00 | | | Oil Pump 5" x 7" $300.00 | | | Christmas Tree 7" x 5" $300.00 | |||
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| Drilling Platform 5" x 7" $300.00 | | | Gusher 9" x 6" $350.00 | | | Rig at Dawn 9" x 6" $400.00 | |||
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| Cattle & Derricks 9" x 6" $400.00 | | | Drilling Platform 9" x 6" $400.00 | | | Pumping Derrick 6" x 9" $400.00 | |||
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| Row of Derricks 6" x 9" $400.00 | | | Drilling 9" x 6" $400.00 | | | Oil Field 8" x 10" $500.00 | |||
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| Oil Patch 18" x 15" $950.00 | | | Wildcat 18" x 15" $950.00 | | | Oil Field 18" x 15" $950.00 | |||
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| Deep Drilling 18" x 15" $950.00 | | | Lightning & Derrick 18" x 15" $950.00 | | | Discovery Well 18" x 15" $950.00 | |||
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| Oil Derrick 5 18" x 15" $950.00 | | | Oil Derrick 7 18" x 15" $950.00 | | | Oil Platform 1 18" x 15" $950.00 | |||
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| Oil Platform 2 18" x 15" $950.00 | | | Oil Derrick 1 21" x 15" $1,100.00 | | | Drilling Site 21" x 15" $1,100.00 | |||
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| Oil Derrick 6 21" x 15" SOLD | | | Cattle & Derrick 21" x 15" $1,100.00 | ||||||
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