Here's a paragraph from their website: Florida’s exotic beauty has been an inspiration to artists throughout the state’s history, but perhaps the most intriguing of those to record it are the painters now known as the Highwaymen. Starting in the late 1950s and continuing into the 1980s, a group of black residents living in a few small towns along the state’s eastern coast began a unique artistic enterprise painting landscapes and selling them door-to-door, town to town. While blacks in other parts of the state were demanding their civil rights, these entrepreneurial artists were painting images of palm trees and blazing sunsets on cheap building board in makeshift studios set up in their backyards, then loading them up in the trunks of their cars and driving around looking for buyers and financial freedom.
I've seen an exhibit of their work and it is some great stuff. All of it is old Florida. so i had to evict a few hotels that were on the horizon in mine. i know those werent there in the 50's!!
comments and critiques welcome and appreciated.
forgot to mention that this is the sanibel light.
Last edited by Harold Davis; 07-03-2009 at 01:23 PM.
Harold
You've done a nice job with the image. I especially like the colors. I had never heard of the Highwaymen....a very interesting lesson in history. Well done.
Theme: The Highwaymen - Alfred Hair
