He described his first private mural commissions (well before the New Deal-funded ones) as "scenic pot-boilers on restaurant walls, (which) were happily destroyed by fire."
In the course of creating "Hunters Red and White," Archie developed the signature egg tempera/colored pencil technique that he used for smaller paintings throughout the rest of his life.
Musick also illustrated selected works for his sister Ruth Ann Musick, collections The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales, Coffin Hollow and Other Ghost Tales, and Green Hills of Magic: West Virginia Folktales from Europe.
Many of the original ink board illustrations from these publications are within the archives of Fairmont State University's West Virginia Folklife Center.
The murals are on exhibit for public viewing in the foyer of the Ruth Ann Musick Library on the main campus.