This open edition print is in near mint condition. It has been stored in our gallery and never framed. Buy with confidence - every order is shipped with delivery confirmation tracking number. Fast shipping from our non-smoking home. 2019AMADI-L Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Humble Beginnings is an open edition print by Bruce Greene. The scene depicts the beginning of Wolf Brand Chili. In 1895, a Mexican range cook working for Lyman T. Davis of Corsicana, Texas developed the original recipe for Wolf Brand Chili. It became popular so Mr. Davis began to sell it for five cents a bowl from the back of a wagon parked on the streets in downtown Corsicana, usually in front of the Blue Front Saloon. The image size is 18" x 27 1/4". Overall size is 22 1/2" x 31 1/4". It was published by Bruce Greene in 1986. About the Artist: Bruce and his family live on a small ranch in the historical community of Norse, near Clifton, Texas. The artist?s studio is on the edge of the hill out behind the house. From there, large north windows offer Bruce a continuous view of the Texas Hill Country, a few Coriente cows and an abundance of whitetail deer. ?It is a wonderful blessing to be able to make a living for my family, doing what I love in this beautiful place,? says Greene. Several years ago, Bruce began making annual trips to join in the spring work on the great, old JA Ranch in the Palo Duro Canyon of north Texas. ?I go up there and stay on the chuck wagon with the JA hands and the neighbors that have come to help. We ride a lot of miles in rough country. It can be cold, hot, windy and wet. As a matter of fact, it can be all of these in one day. A fella? could get lost in some of the mesquite or cedar thickets. Of course, we work a few cows on our place and help out a neighbor now and then, but the JA trip has been a real inspiration for me each year. I am absolutely sure that this experience has greatly affected my artwork. It seems necessary, to me, in order to depict the contemporary cowboy with accuracy and feeling. My good friend, Red Steagall, calls it ?getting the dust in your nose.? For me, that dust makes the difference.? Greene was elected to membership in the Cowboy Artists of America in 1993.