Afternoon Reflections

Upcoming Exhibit

Ken Blacktop Gentle  "When Cotton Was King" Please join Ken Blacktop Gentle, Marilyn Orlandoni, Donna Chambers, June Wilson Maxey, Linda Angio & Bailey Jack as they capture the essence of "When Cotton Was King"in this exhibit of multi-media work.  Each artist brings a different perspective with their work to a time when cotton was a driving factor of the American economy in 1830s & 1840s.  It was a golden age of luxury for many and a time of hardship for others. This exhibit captures the joy and despair of the time.   “When Cotton Was King” By C. Angelea Taylor   My mother picked cotton with fingers that were as nimble then as they were gnarled when she was older.   She probably wore a sun bonnet to shield her face from the sun and she washed her hair in well water.   Summer vacation started when it was time to pick cotton and ended when the crops were brought to harvest.   Her dreams as a young girl never reach fruition.   She married a milkman and raised five children who were definitely not the Brady Bunch.   But she said she could never give any of her children away and that nothing could ever replace my father.   Not even that eight grade education she always wanted, when cotton was king. With Permission "When Cotton Was King", Copyright © 2014 C. Angelea Taylor, All rights reserved. Exhibit:  August 14-30, 2014, Monday-Saturday 10am - 4pm  Blacktop Folk Art, 204 Broad St. Rome, GA 30161

"Carrie"

"Cotton Row"

"Sister Caroline"

"Etowah Queen"

Postcard From NY

Have A Safe 4th!

"Grande Lido Jamaica" Acrylic On Paper 19"x24"

Old Barn

Acrylic on tar paper

Stormy Day

Pepper guarding the studio.....

"Abu Ghraib"

"Freedom" Free the Nigerian School Girls

Quilts from my Paintbrush

Jun 27th - Jul 20th, 2014 Location: 211 East 1st Street, Sanford, Florida, Time: Tue-Sat 10am-6pm and Sun 12-5pm Ken "Blacktop" Gentle approaches quilts in a new way. "I created the quilts as a challenge to myself to see if I could do it. I've always put quilts into my memory paintings and I just wanted to pull them out of my paintings and paint them on a bigger scale. I've always felt quilting has brought the values of both African and European Americans together like no other folk art tradition." This show will feature large scale quilt replicas painted on lightweight packing quilts. In addition, some of Ken's memory paintings that include quilts will be part of the collection. The opening reception, Friday, June 27 will coincide with the Sanford Art Walk, from 6-9pm.

"My South Exhibit"

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"Creek's End"

Blacktop Art

204 Broad St,  Rome, GA. 30161

"Roma"

Coming in June, "Push Pin Exhibit" Stop by the studio to see an exhibit of unmounted work from the last 12 months.