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Born 1926. Known for: Naive, folk art painting.
Obituary. Winston-Salem Journal Aug.22, 2018. Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan, renowned self-taught folk artist, dies at age 92. By Jenny Drabble. Sam “The Dot Man” McMillan, known for his colorful and... Read full biography
Obituary. Winston-Salem Journal Aug.22, 2018. Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan, renowned self-taught folk artist, dies at age 92. By Jenny Drabble. Sam “The Dot Man” McMillan, known for his colorful and eclectic dotted artwork, died Wednesday in Winston-Salem at the age of 92, his family said. The... Read full biography
Obituary. Winston-Salem Journal Aug.22, 2018. Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan, renowned self-taught folk artist, dies at age 92. By Jenny Drabble. Sam “The Dot Man” McMillan, known for his colorful and eclectic dotted artwork, died Wednesday in Winston-Salem at the age of 92, his family said. The self-taught folk artist and native of Fairmont was known for painting anything he could find — clothes, toys, appliances, furniture, bicycles, bookends, shoes — in bright colors with his signature splash of... Read full biography
Obituary. Winston-Salem Journal Aug.22, 2018. Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan, renowned self-taught folk artist, dies at age 92. By Jenny Drabble. Sam “The Dot Man” McMillan, known for his colorful and eclectic dotted artwork, died Wednesday in Winston-Salem at the age of 92, his family said. The self-taught folk artist and native of Fairmont was known for painting anything he could find — clothes, toys, appliances, furniture, bicycles, bookends, shoes — in bright colors with his signature splash of polka-dots. “Uncle Sam was a character. He loved his artwork, and, of course he loved his dots,” his nephew, David Julius Ford, said. “He meant a lot to the Winston-Salem community and to the art world.”. Though McMillan took up painting later in... Read full biography
Obituary. Winston-Salem Journal Aug.22, 2018. Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan, renowned self-taught folk artist, dies at age 92. By Jenny Drabble. Sam “The Dot Man” McMillan, known for his colorful and eclectic dotted artwork, died Wednesday in Winston-Salem at the age of 92, his family said. The self-taught folk artist and native of Fairmont was known for painting anything he could find — clothes, toys, appliances, furniture, bicycles, bookends, shoes — in bright colors with his signature splash of polka-dots. “Uncle Sam was a character. He loved his artwork, and, of course he loved his dots,” his nephew, David Julius Ford, said. “He meant a lot to the Winston-Salem community and to the art world.”. Though McMillan took up painting later in life, in his 60s, his paintings have been on display at art galleries around the countr... Read full biography
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Obituary. Winston-Salem Journal Aug.22, 2018
Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan, renowned self-taught folk artist, dies at age 92
By Jenny Drabble
Sam “The Dot Man” McMillan, known for his colorful and eclectic dotted artwork, died Wednesday in Winston-Salem at the age of 92, his family said.
The self-taught folk artist and native of Fairmont was known for painting anything he could find — clothes, toys, appliances, furniture, bicycles, bookends, shoes — in bright colors with his signature splash of polka-dots.
“Uncle Sam was a character. He loved his artwork, and, of course he loved his dots,” his nephew, David Julius Ford, said. “He meant a lot to the Winston-Salem community and to the ar...But wait, there's more...
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