Overview

Learn how a painting about far West Texas belonging to Dallasites Robert and Maureen Decherd came to be displayed in the most powerful place

Step into the Oval Office to see Tom Lea’s Rio Grande – the painting President George W. Bush pointed to when quoting the artist about living on the “sunrise side of the mountain.” Learn how a painting about far West Texas belonging to Dallasites Robert and Maureen Decherd came to be displayed in the most powerful place in the world – the Oval Office, a room President Bush wanted to be filled with light and optimism. Join Adair Margo, founder of the Tom Lea Institute, who served President Bush as chairman of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, as she shares deeper meanings to be found in Tom Lea’s work. Enjoy the warm hospitality of the Bush Center after hours while celebrating its inclusion on the Tom Lea Trail.