The Sleeping Family (1986) // Enamel on paperboard; 30 inches x 36 inches
via Galerie Bonheur
About Amos Ferguson (Wikipedia):
Amos Ferguson (1920–2009) was a Bahamian folk artist. He was known for his brilliantly colored Bible stories and Bahamian scenes. He was nicknamed the “Picasso of Nassau”.
Ferguson worked as an upholsterer, furniture finisher, artist and house painter. He wasn’t trained as an artist, and was known as an outsider artist. Ferguson often said “I paint by faith, not by sight”. His paintings, which have sold for as much as US $45,000, are displayed in galleries in the Bahamas, the United States, and in museums, and art galleries around the world.
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