Thomas worked as an art teacher at the city's public schools for 35 years before dedicating herself to painting full-time ...

The Texas-born icon joins Little Jimmie Dickens, Loretta Lynn, Bill Monroe, Charley Pride by being memorialized with a life-sized bronze rendering.

The self-portrait has been purchased by two prominent U.K. museums thanks to a £1.6 million ($2.16 million) grant from the ...