Kathy Brinkley and her son, Jared Brinkley, have never seen a field of bluebonnets in bloom. Nor did they know that bluebonnet paintings were a thing. That’s right, they’re not from Texas. (Apologies ...

Bluebonnet paintings offer a sweetly fractured view of Texas history. Just for example: When legislators were deciding whether the cactus flower, the cotton boll or the bluebonnet should be the state ...