Each oil pump is decorated in a different design: a cowboy riding a horse; a green-eyed, red-nosed skunk complete with white stripe. The slowest pump in the field, quite naturally, is a turtle.

The University of Arkansas’s School of Art in Fayetteville is in expansion mode, and the person tasked with overseeing that expansion is Gerry Snyder, a self-described small town Idaho boy who ...

Sacred Heart Catholic School fifth- and sixth-graders visited the oilfield art show by Mieko Mahi at the Englein Haus in Hallettsville on Oct. 1. The exhibit showcased views of the ...

KIKUUBE, Uganda, March 13 (Xinhua) -- On an escarpment overlooking the Chinese-operated oil field in Uganda's western district of Kikuube, 30 students sat with paintbrushes and canvases ...

View 'OIL FIELDS NO. 19A & 19B', BELRIDGE, CALIFORNIA (2003) By Burtynsky Edward; Chromogenic print diptych; Each image 66.5 x 86.5 cm (26¼ x 34 in.) frame 94.5 x 200 cm (37¼ x 79¼ in.); Signed; ...

For Mishka Henner, oil represents the beating heart of America. "The tentacles of the oil industry span the vast territory of its landscape like the arteries of a body," he muses.