‘Daddy-O’s Book of Big-Ass Art’ Explores the Artist’s Larger Than Life Artworks
August 27, 2020 | By Joe Nick Patoski
August 27, 2020 | By Joe Nick Patoski
December 30, 2019 | By Gene Fowler
The Texas art world will greet 2020 with a Texas-size hole in its ranks. Artist Bob “Daddy-O” Wade—best known for enormous artworks like the 35-foot cowboy boots in San Antonio’s North Star Mall parking lot and the 2,600-pound polyurethane iguana atop a building at the Fort Worth Zoo—died from heart disease in the wee hours of Christmas Eve.