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1050 Woodley Road Montgomery, Alabama 36106 (334) 262-5349 Fax: (334) 567-0060 weberart@mindspring.com |
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| Bernice Sims grew up in the Hickory Hill community near Brewton, Alabama. Several spinster sisters who operated a general store near her home were artists, and she observed them oil painting on canvas when she was a young girl. The seeds of interest were planted then, but did not germinate until years later in the early 1980's when she first tried oil painting. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Selma Bridge Crossing" acrylic on canvas in black frame 18" x 24" $750 (8275)
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| Bernice raised six children as a single parent after her husband deserted the family. She worked in a variety of offices including an insurance office. In the 1960s Bernice was active in encouraging voter registration, and was in Selma for the Civil Rights March. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Thanksgiving Dinner" acrylic on canvas in black frame 20" x 16" $675 (8939)
| In the early 1980s after having knee cap replacement surgery and becoming disabled, she enrolled in a continuing education art class at a community college to pursue her interest in painting. "The interest in painting had always been there when the time was not." Larry Manning, her instructor, recognized her natural talent and announced to her that she should "paint her own way."' He explained the materials for painting and encouraged her to paint whatever she felt she should paint. | |||
"Fresh Lettuce" acrylic on canvas in black frame 16" x 20" $675 (8940)
Manning eventually introduced her to Mose Tolliver around 1984 when the class took a field trip to Montgomery. "When I left Mose's house, I was filled with hope that I could work as seriously as he did. He truly inspired me. I painted the things that are real to me--that either happened to me or are in my memory from the old days. In my paintings are the important things to me. I want to save the memories for my family and for others."
(Interview with Bernice Sims, August 27, 1991)
"Children Playing" acrylic on canvas in black frame 16" x 20" $675 (8580)
"Catching the Big One" acrylic on canvas board in black frame 9" x 12" $335 (8444)
"The Swimminghole" c. 1990 acrylic on canvas in black frame 20" x 16" $675 (8445)
"Oh, Happy Day" c.1998 acrylic on canvas in black frame 16" x 20" $675 (8446)
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