EVERETT SPRUILL ~ FINE ART
by Everett Spruill
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Memphis Blues is my tribute to David Honeyboy Edwards. Created entirely from recycled paper, this custom framed collage features a solo guitarist. I... more
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Memphis Blues is my tribute to David Honeyboy Edwards. Created entirely from recycled paper, this custom framed collage features a solo guitarist. I began creating collages around 1990, two years after the passing of Romare Bearden. My desire to document the inventors and legends of Americas' art form, and carry on the legacy of Bearden, inspired the "Old School Jazz and Blues Series. The first works were small collages, made with magazine cut-outs and repurposed materials juxtaposed and combined with graffiti techniques creating a cubist effect.
Edwards was born in Shaw, Mississippi. At the age of 14, he left home to travel with the bluesman Big Joe Williams, beginning life as an itinerant musician, which he maintained through the 1930s and 1940s. He performed with the famed blues musician Robert Johnson, with whom he developed a close friendship. Edwards was present on the night Johnson drank the poisoned whiskey that killed him, and his story has become the definitive vers...
Everett Spruill was born in Birmingham, Alabama 1954. Earned a degree in Business Management from Berea College, Kentucky 1976. As a youth Everett spent many afternoons at the Birmingham Museum of Art. The museum and his early exposure to classical music would prove to have a great influence on his artistic development. "Mom worked at A.G. Gastons' Lounge in the afternoon, I’d wait for her at the Museum until she got off …the Museum was my refuge and fueled my love for art. I really enjoy working with my hands, drawing and wood working projects were part of our “Industrial Education during the 60’s. I also had an ear for music so mom insisted I have voice and piano lessons". For more than 30 years Everett, a self-taught artist, has...
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Elf Evans
Right ON.....
Otis L Stanley
Outstanding work. peace, O.