The first historic mural sponsored by Historic Murals of San Angelo, Inc., The History of Transportation in San Angelo, was dedicated just over a year after 16 major donors contributed between $500 and $5,000. Their generosity and the support of others allowed us to demonstrate to San Angeloans how historic murals could contribute to San Angelo.

The second mural, The Blacksmith, is located in the heart of the San Angelo Historic City Center. Funding for this mural was primarily paid with proceeds from the first West Texas Regional Domino Tournament plus contributions from local Ranchers whose brand now appear across the top of the mural.

The third mural of South Chadbourne Street 200 Block Early 1900's was dedicated 11-11-05. It is a historically accurate painting of the businesses and San Angelo's only street car from 1908-1910.  Businesses shown on the buildings were listed in the 1908 Telephone Book (S.A.'s first phone book). All buildings in the mural were taken from photo's taken by  Mr. Ragsdale the official photographer of the time and whose building is shown on the left end of the mural with his name at the top just as it was in 1908.  The streetcar and the wreck were recorded in photo's taken by Mr. Ragsdale. The Ragsdale Bldg was torn down many years ago.

Our latest mural is the Ranching Mural, located on the west wall of Bill’s Man Shop. This location is truly the “western gateway” to downtown San Angelo located at the corner of Beauregard and Randolph streets. To date, this is the largest mural that HMSA has undertaken at 20’ x 107’. The renowned Texas Muralist Stylle Read, has graced much of West Texas-and several other states-with his talent and respect of Texas heritage.

And how did this all come about? Susan Morris, who moved to San Angelo in 1997 from Baton Rouge, LA, brought with her extensive research on historic murals. A member of Historic San Angelo, Inc. she also obtained support of that organization to move forward on the idea. The rest is history!

About Crystal Kedziora Goodman
Crystal Kedziora Goodman calls herself a “military brat” who grew up studying art and visiting art museums as her father, who was also an artist, was stationed in England and Europe. “I grew up smelling paint and turpentine” she says. She moved back to San Angelo from Austin where she painted numerous murals in homes and outdoor art in the Austin area. Her artistic talents as well as her interest in researching history and teaching children about art have added a special dimension to her outdoor art in San Angelo.

About Stylle Read
Stylle Read is Lone Star, tried and true... born in Lufkin, Texas, on to Tyler and Fort Worth, and now the dusty outskirts of Cleburne. It was in college at the University of North Texas at Denton that he discovered his talent and love of mural painting. Stylle comes by it naturally, born into a family surrounded by art. His artist father, Sleepy Read, painted abstracts and modern art, but also painted landscapes of rural Texas. Stylle has 25 years of experience painting professionally. History has always been a favorite with Stylle. His love of the Old West time period is apparent in his many infamous western scenes.