Art In Public Spaces
Touching Texoma Landscapes
As a study for a larger installation, this piece takes a moment in time; driving into the sunset, and begins to share that experience in tactile form. Intended for installation in play spaces the panel, it to be connected with others to form an interactive play space for toy cars to drive on roads, for flowers to be 'planted' and to be picked by patrons to take home.
The vision for this project came to me while driving the backroads of the Texoma area. At the time I was working in an upholstery shop and a great number of discontinued samples were graciously offered to me. I couldn't say no to the texture explosion and held on to the fabric for years before the opportunity presented itself to get the ball rolling.
The Next Steps of TOUCHING TEXOMA
Art That Travels. Roads You Can Touch.
Krystal Skinner's upholstered landscape sculpture "Touching Texoma Landscapes" lives in the permanent collection of the Anna Community Library. Now it's going bigger.
WHAT WE'RE BUILDING
🎨 A full-scale interactive road installation for public access across North Texas
🚐 A vehicle so the art can travel to the kids who need it
📖 The Well-Being Coloring Book — original line art from Krystal's paintings and life in Texoma (full-size + miniature folded card stock edition)
🌈 "Living Rainbow" — a Painted Bunting sculpture for the 2026 Sherman Bird Fest, installed outside Theatricks children's theatre in Sherman, TX
🎨 The Living Canvas Club — monthly watercolor coloring card with recycled-pigment watercolors, mailed to you every month ($12/mo)
HOW TO BE PART OF IT
1. Visit emptycanvascreations.com
2. Sign up for the email list
3. Be a Day One backer when Kickstarter launches
Pledges start at just $5. Every dollar is a mile on the Texoma road.
WHAT WE'RE BUILDING
🎨 A full-scale interactive road installation for public access across North Texas
🚐 A vehicle so the art can travel to the kids who need it
📖 The Well-Being Coloring Book — original line art from Krystal's paintings and life in Texoma (full-size + miniature folded card stock edition)
🌈 "Living Rainbow" — a Painted Bunting sculpture for the 2026 Sherman Bird Fest, installed outside Theatricks children's theatre in Sherman, TX
🎨 The Living Canvas Club — monthly watercolor coloring card with recycled-pigment watercolors, mailed to you every month ($12/mo)
HOW TO BE PART OF IT
1. Visit emptycanvascreations.com
2. Sign up for the email list
3. Be a Day One backer when Kickstarter launches
Pledges start at just $5. Every dollar is a mile on the Texoma road.