Eight Miles from Nowhere — Fence Line in the Fog

A Texas Landscape with a Personal History

This photograph carries a story that reaches far beyond the fence line itself.

My mother-in-law, Frances Thomas, spent part of her childhood in a small Depression-era community called Anarene, Texas, a place now remembered mostly through history and through Larry McMurtry’s The Last Picture Show. The town is long gone, but the stories of that time remain vivid—dust storms, hardship, and families improvising daily life without electricity or indoor plumbing.

Years later, Frances quietly began writing down those memories. What started as a personal project eventually became a published memoir titled Eight Miles From Nowhere, named for the distance her childhood home stood from the town itself.

A Photograph Finds Its Story

The morning this photograph was made, I was working at 44 Farms during a cattle sale. Heavy fog had settled across the ranch, softening everything except one stretch of old barbed-wire fence that cut through the mist. Most fencing on the property is modern metal, but this section looked weathered and timeless.

I dropped to my knees in the gravel and made the frame.

When Frances later needed a cover image for her book, this photograph felt like the perfect match—quiet, stark, and full of the same sense of distance and memory that shaped her story.

Today the image lives on the cover of Eight Miles From Nowhere, connecting a simple Texas fence line with a life remembered.

Limited Edition

Issued in a total edition of 15, with 2 Artist Proofs.

The edition applies across all sizes.

Authentication

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Fine art paper prints include matched hologram verification.

Acrylic and aluminum presentations include a signed aluminum authentication plate affixed to the reverse.