JACKSON COUNTY
ALTUS — The Museum of the Western Prairie is opening a new exhibit on July 1 entitled “Oklahoma Landscapes: Watercolors by Derald Swineford.”
A premiere program for the exhibit will be held on Thursday, Aug. 15, at 7 p.m., and the exhibit will run until Sept. 30.
Derald Swineford was the chair of the Art Department at the Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha, later called the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts (now the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma) from 1946 to 1975 and was a prolific artist in a variety of media.
This retrospective focuses on the watercolors he painted of Oklahoma landscapes over a period of three decades. His appreciation of nature’s beauty is evident in his works.
The Museum of the Western Prairie is located at 1100 Memorial Drive in Altus.
The premiere program on Aug. 15 is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.