Ranch history's on the wall

West Texas ranching history won't fit on a picture postcard. Stylle Read needs a downtown store's entire wall to tell the story of the Old West, San Angelo-style. The Cleburne artist plans to begin work on the wall-sized mural next week. He will paint a 1920s-era ranching mural on the western wall of Bill's Man Shop, 137 W. Beauregard Ave. Depending on the spring weather, he should finish the job in late March or early April. The 20-foot-high, 85-foot-long color mural "is going to be spectacular," said Susan Morris, executive director of Historic Murals of San Angelo Inc. Stylle is no stranger to historical recreations. He has painted historic murals from Alpine to Arkansas. Big paintings don't scare him, either. His largest works include a 31-by-83-foot Texas street scene for the Fort Worth Stockyard and an even larger work in Cleburne...San Angelo Standard-Times