O.L. Samuels was born in 1931 in Georgia and left home at the age of eight to work as a pine raker and on Georgia farms. He worked until in 1982 when he was crushed by a falling tree. O.L. feel into a deep depression during this time. The words his great great grandmother (a freed slave) told him long ago finally pulled him out of his sadness. She had told him that when a person would become depressed he would carve on a spool. O.L. took her advice and picked up some wood and started carving. Although he is colorblind he paints his carvings. O.L. uses different colors and he said they seem to match up. "They ask me why I use so many colors and I say I want to be sure I get the right one". The artist's subjects include some people, a whole menagerie of animals (real and imagined) such as mules, alligators, snakes, dogs, turkeys and imaginative automobiles (his favorite form) which look as if they belong in a science fiction movie. O.L. Also paints as well on occasion. His works are in several permanent collections including the Arkansas Arts Center and the National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution.

click to enlarge	Bank, $900 click for availability and ordering
click to enlarge click to enlarge close-up	Bad Dog $3,500 life size click for availability and ordering
click to enlarge	Peaceful Man $1,800 24 x 48 framed click for availability and ordering
click to enlarge	Turkey $3,000 48" tall click for availability and ordering
SOLD click to enlarge	Self Portrait $200 16 x 16 framed mixed media on board
Image Available Shortly	Dennis Rodman mixed media on board 30 x 24 with artist decorated frame $750 click for availability and ordering

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