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Arts & Culture
June/July 2014
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David Bates inspects his Sunflowers and Thistles Still Life I, 1998-1999, at the Nasher Sculpture Center.
Photo: Allison V. Smith
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Ed Walker Cleaning Fish, 1982.
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Gulf Coast Blue Crab, 1989.
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Bates takes in his painting Sculpture Studio, 2013.
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The Deluge Wall V, 2007.
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The Conservatory, 1985.
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Magnolia, 2013.
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Stringer of Sheepshead I, 1992.
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Dog with Wagging Tail, 1994.
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Magnolia Branch, 1999.
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Self Portrait—Spring—Grassy Lake, 2004.
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The Cleaning Table, 1990.
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Bates viewing The Conservatory, 1985.
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