Enchanted Rock
The Enchanted Rock from Little Rock
About Me
- Texas Artist
- Llano, Texas, United States
- Born in a tent near San Saba, Ira Kennedy is a fifth generation Texan of Cherokee-Irish descent. Growing up in numerous locations from Japan to Germany, his experiences are as diverse as his talents. Ira served as a cryptographer in the U.S. Navy, exhibited with Andy Warhol in New York, and received several writing and photojournalism awards in Texas. Feature articles by Ira have been published by Texas Monthly, Texas Highways Magazine and Texas A&M Press. Formerly the publisher/editor of Enchanted Rock Magazine Ira is considered top be the state's leading authority on Enchanted Rock, the sacred mountain of Central Texas, Ira was featured in the Austin Chronicle, The Highlander newspaper in Marble Falls, The San Marcos Record, and the German magazine Spotlight, as well as segments on KLRU-TV, KTBC-TV, "The Sound of Texas," with Tumbleweed Smith, and the syndicated TV program Texas Country Reporter (video "Bob Phillips Tours Texas State Parks" available at their website).