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“I was born in the midst of the farm environment in the black idiom. The back-wooded country of St. Luke, on Rt. 1, Ozan in southwest Arkansas. As a child, in this environment, I was exposed to many realistic experiences and expressions that have not been forgotten; the singing, praying and shouting, the infinite love and strength that I felt among my people— my Race. Hunting rabbits, gathering pecans, mending fences for the cattle and, of course, picking cotton and hauling hay. I recall the smell of hay mown in July, and hearing the sounds of deep tone bells of the black church for a funeral, or simply gathering for Sunday school or regular service. These memories could have very well been forgotten in time but such memories have been the motivation behind my ?art’ as in the painting entitled, Evolution of the Blues.”