Mr. Boutwell spent most of his life in Austin and moved to Bosque County in 1987. Mr. Boutwell and his wife Martha live on a ranch near Clifton, in a 1904 Victorian home known as Highview. Their home sits on the crest of a hill overlooking the Bosque River Valley. The Boutwell's have two daughters: Valerie and Kimberlee; two grandsons: Josh and Brady; and one granddaughter, Kaylee.
His hobbies and interests include historic preservation, old cars, fossil hunting, and observation of wildlife and longhorn cattle.
Mr. Boutwell was the art director for Texas Highways Magazine from 1966 to 1972. This is when he became aware of the diversity of Texas. This awareness became the focus of his life's work.
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