The old building is in downtown McCamey on a busy highway, and the mural quickly became a tourist attraction. Passing truck drivers encouraged Glynda and bus drivers stopped so passengers could view the painting while stretching their legs. And it is a beautiful painting. Horseback cowboys cross a plain leading up to the Pecos. Big mountains and a blue, cloudy sky float in the background.
Cattle graze in a pasture.
Glynda had a lot of advice on how to do the painting, including some from her young granddaughter. If you visit the mural, look for the little red house in about the center of the painting. Glynda's granddaughter wanted her to include two children on a see-saw in front of the house. So everyone will know that the people haven't moved out, that they still live there,'' the child said. Despite the heat and distance and uncertainty of the oil field economy, McCamey's alive and kicking.