Oklahoman landscape artist Wilson Hurley dies in Albuquerque
Oklahoman landscape artist Wilson Hurley dies in Albuquerque

Wilson Hurley, a native Oklahoman and an award-winning landscape artist, died this morning in Albuquerque, N.M. He was 84.

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Hurley, who was born in Tulsa, painted murals that hang in the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Museum and has paintings hanging in the Oklahoma State Capitol.

“With art, regardless of the efforts and the shenanigans you go to make it, you don’t want the public to see it,” Hurley told the Oklahoman in 2005. “The last thing you want people to say when they look at it is, ‘Boy, that guy worked hard’ and ‘Boy, that sucker’s big.’ You want them to just get absorbed.”

Hurley had been diagnosed last year with Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Hurley’s wife, Rosalyn, said Hurley had been painting up until January when the disease began to take its toll on him. She said he died before dawn Friday.

Contributing: The Associated Press

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