Edge Hive

My backs against the wall!!!

September has so much potential and it can't seem to come fast enough.I just pray for a little wiggle room so I can hold out. I will survive!!!!!

Out of frustration comes inspiration

Life has its test ,its challenges. Its not what you do when you are on a roll but what you do when the wheels fall off. We will be Showing a mini fountain at Second Friday @ The Bakehouse in July along with Mother Earth's Chair

Waterfalls can be a problem sometimes.....

We failed to match the picture from the RICCOROCK web Site.I was asked to copy the Younique 4' model but without the top portion. You see there are times you just dont argue with the customer . END OF STORY END OF JOB.Take the lose and move one.

Waterfalls pay the bills .

The Village By the Bay

My design "The Village By The Bay" placed second to that of Nora Cervino for the Coral Reef Park concession stand Commission as part of the Village of Pallmetto Bays Art in Public Places Program . Congratulations to Ms.Cervino.

Purvis Young-- THE TRUTH ABOUT BLACK ARTIST

“It was mostly white people interested,” he said in the mid-1990s, recalling the days after he was discovered. “Some people would say stuff, say I looked like Gauguin, all different artists they say I looked like. A lot of black people seen them, but they didn’t say much to me about it. Some of them said I was mad, some cursed me out, some liked it, some of them admired me, some didn’t. A friend of mine — he’s passed away now — say to me: ‘I look at your paintings but I don’t see nothing. But every time I turn around you’re in the newspaper.’ ”NY TIMES
When we look back on black visual art and artist we must wonder why is the support for these artist only comes from the 'white patrons is it content , is it that African Americans just don't care for Art as it is portrayed in the 21st century.Is it that the Afro American Professional just not savvy enough to play a role in discovering and supporting visual artist or is it not a role we want to participate in. We are forced to confront this issue every time a artist of color is gobbled up and sucked of his or her creative juices and left indigent on there death bed. The cry comes from the rafters complaining about the way white entrepreneurs have taken advantage of that poor giving soul. The reality is that without those buzzards giving support over the years ;that individual would have not have been able to produce the quantity and quality of work that Purvis Young created over those 41 years.
In Short if Afro-Americans don't support Afro-American Artist don't complain when they are not seen in major galleries or featured in art news articles or are destitute and poor on there death bed.