“A new member of the rapidly growing local group [Morro Bay Art Association] Bailey has been painting scenic California for many years. He has a particular admiration for Morro Bay.

His best known murals are four magnificent 18-foot canvases in the orchestra promenade of the music hall of the $8,000,000 municipal auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. and two in the Indian Room of the mid-west’s treasure house of art, the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art in that city. Fifteen other murals are located at the University of Texas in Austin, and many others in public buildings and private homes.

Born on a farm in Wyandotte county, Kan., artist Bailey entered the newspaper field via the Kansas City Star at an early age. Color attra...