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Downtown original watercolor skyline sketch.
10/11/2026

Downtown original watercolor skyline sketch.

10/10/2026

NEIMAN MARCUS — PART FIVE: THE LAST FITTING
The Finale

This is it. The last fitting. The end of my 5-part Neiman Marcus series drawn live in Downtown Dallas.

I have loved creating this series for you, and now the original drawings that were created throughout this entire series are officially available.

SHOP THE ORIGINALS — LINK BELOW
These are the actual hand-drawn illustrations from the videos — not prints. Once they are claimed, they are gone from the archive forever.

If you’ve been waiting to grab one from this series, this is your last chance.

Thank you for following this story with me. 🤍

10/05/2026

Neimans in the 1930’s!!

09/29/2026

I’m Jay Cantrell and I’m drawing Neiman Marcus EVERY DAY until it disappears forever.

All the things you’ll never see again - the history, the details, the soul of Elm Street.

This is Part Three: “The Roaring 20s” — Hollywood Comes to Dallas.

If you saw Part Two, you remember the fire. That original two-story brick store at Elm and Murphy — the one Herbert, Carrie and Al built in 1907 — burned to the ground on May 11, 1913. $150,000 gone overnight.

But this is what rose from those ashes.

This is the new location.

The flagship at Main and Ervay. That iconic red brick and white stone building that opened September 15, 1914 — four stories tall, fireproof, and engineered to grow to nine.
And grow it did.

By 1926, they had to add on — the first big expansion along Main Street — because Dallas was roaring and Dallas wanted more.

And not just Dallas. In the 20s, this store put Dallas on the map as the fashion capital of the Southwest, and Hollywood noticed.

Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, and Katharine Hepburn all came here.

They came here because Neiman Marcus offered luxury customer service you couldn’t get anywhere else,

it was closer than New York, and it was free of paparazzi.

Neiman’s made the whole experience feel like a Hollywood set — so glamorous, so theatrical, something you couldn’t find anywhere else in the entire world.

Some movie stars would purposely come to Dallas, Texas just to experience fashion in the 20s.

And Joan Crawford loved it so much she created her own jewelry line — she took pieces from her glamorous costumes, that Marie Antoinette sparkle from her silver screen productions, and had them remade for the modern woman.

So you could wear beautiful jewelry and feel like a movie star. And it was sold exclusively at Neiman Marcus.

I’m drawing what will never be seen again, before it’s gone forever.

I’m so grateful you’re here for this journey.

Please follow along for more - Part Four is coming next and you won’t want to miss it.

Follow for the full series, every day until it’s gone forever.


09/22/2026

I’m Jay Cantrell and I’m drawing Neiman Marcus EVERY DAY until it disappears forever.

All the things you’ll never see again - the history, the details, the soul of Elm Street.

This is Part Two: “The Phoenix” — The Fire — back to May 11, 1913, when the original two-story brick store at Elm and Murphy burned to the ground.

A complete loss, $150,000 gone overnight, everything Herbert, Carrie and Al had built since 1907 turned to ash.
But Dallas doesn’t stay down.

They came back bigger, bolder, and fireproof.

On September 15, 1914, the new flagship rose at Main and Ervay — that iconic red brick and white stone building, four stories tall and engineered to grow to nine — the store that would put Dallas on the map as the fashion capital of the Southwest and then the world.

I’m so grateful you’re here for this journey.

Please follow along for more — Part Three is coming next and you won’t want to miss it.

Follow for the full series, every day until it’s gone forever.


Design studies to rework and improve the elevation.
09/13/2026

Design studies to rework and improve the elevation.

09/13/2026

I’m Jay Cantrell and I’m drawing Neiman Marcus EVERY DAY until it disappears forever. All the things you’ll never see again — the history, the details, the soul of Elm Street.
This is Part One: “The Origins” — back to 1907 at Elm and Murphy, when Elm was Dallas’s 5th Ave, paved in that glistening golden bois d’arc wood like our own yellow brick road, with horse-drawn carriages, trolleys, and those beautiful 2 and 3 story buildings lining the street.
I’m so grateful you’re here for this journey. Please follow along for more — Part Two: “The Phoenix” is coming next and you won’t want to miss it.
Follow for the full series, every day until it’s gone forever.

Home portraits. I am trying to add more character to the house in the watercolor. private message me for commissio...
09/07/2026

Home portraits. I am trying to add more character to the house in the watercolor. private message me for commissions.,

Home portraits. I am trying to add more character in this house. This was a hard house to photograph. The watercolor/dra...
09/07/2026

Home portraits. I am trying to add more character in this house. This was a hard house to photograph. The watercolor/drawing shows the iron details and the courtyard much better. gifts .

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