This piece recalls a time in Theresa's childhood when "sometime they would put newspaper on the walls to keep out the cold air. Moma would say sweet dreams and don't forget to say your prayer." A powerful acrylic on board piece from Folk Artist Theresa Gloster.
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GTIN: 73862
Price
$450.00
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Online & onsite sale
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Package
Length/Depth: 1 in
Width: 23.5 in
Height: 19.12 in
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Theresa Gloster is a selftaught
memory artist whose
paintings chronicle her
childhood years in the small
African American community
of Bushtown, NC. Born in
a WV mining camp, Ms.
Gloster grew up in the high
foothills of NC, where she
lived with her grandparents
in a household that included
12 kids. She says everything is
subject to be painted. “Wood,
clothes, furniture, dishes,
anything that is old, I use
to paint on.” The paintings
gathered here chronicle a
time of lived community, a
time when families worked
together to overcome the
hardships of segregation &
marginalization, a time that
Ms. Gloster described as one
of collective transcending.
The images are neither overly
romantic nor overtly critical;
instead they’re simply – in
Ms. Gloster’s words – “true.”