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Robert's first job was in the cotton mills of North Carolina. He has been making things with his hands as far back as he can remember. He says he won an award for one of his drawings when he was seven years old. In high school he made leather items for friends and started painting. He also learned to carve and made a chess set, which he still has, from an old two-by-four. His mother taught him to sew on her old pedal machine. He has made "a lot of furniture and a little bit of music.". He started making a full time living making art in 1991 after being laid off from two consecutive jobs. He says "art has transformed my life and gave me back my soul, and I try to express and celebrate this transformation in all that I do". Robert never thought of himself as a folk artist but so many collectors (and The Atlanta Constitution!) have insisted that he is, he's beginning to agree with the term. |
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