Luster Willis was born in Hinds County near Terry, Mississippi and moved to Copiah County where he lived all his life, except for the three years he spent in Europe during World War II. He had been... Read full biography
Luster Willis was born in Hinds County near Terry, Mississippi and moved to Copiah County where he lived all his life, except for the three years he spent in Europe during World War II. He had been drawing and painting since he was a child. "I don't have any particular person or object in mind. I... Read full biography
Luster Willis was born in Hinds County near Terry, Mississippi and moved to Copiah County where he lived all his life, except for the three years he spent in Europe during World War II. He had been drawing and painting since he was a child. "I don't have any particular person or object in mind. I just draw something that I have on my mind and then after I get it all painted out, then whatever it favors most, why then that's the name I apply to it. And then other times I'll sketch something... Read full biography
Luster Willis was born in Hinds County near Terry, Mississippi and moved to Copiah County where he lived all his life, except for the three years he spent in Europe during World War II. He had been drawing and painting since he was a child. "I don't have any particular person or object in mind. I just draw something that I have on my mind and then after I get it all painted out, then whatever it favors most, why then that's the name I apply to it. And then other times I'll sketch something particular that runs across my mind, and I see if I can paint it . I can look at one of my pictures and it brings back to mind many things that have happened over the years. I draw from life to emphasize it, to speak through a picture what actually can't... Read full biography
Luster Willis was born in Hinds County near Terry, Mississippi and moved to Copiah County where he lived all his life, except for the three years he spent in Europe during World War II. He had been drawing and painting since he was a child. "I don't have any particular person or object in mind. I just draw something that I have on my mind and then after I get it all painted out, then whatever it favors most, why then that's the name I apply to it. And then other times I'll sketch something particular that runs across my mind, and I see if I can paint it . I can look at one of my pictures and it brings back to mind many things that have happened over the years. I draw from life to emphasize it, to speak through a picture what actually can't be brought into words.". Source:. Information courtesy of the University of Mississippi , Oxfo... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (7)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
American Self-Taught: Paintings and Drawings by Outsider Artists
1993
Maresca, Frank, Roger Ricco
298 pages (color)
Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century Folk Art and Artists
1990
Rosenak, Chuck and Jan
416 pages (color)
Baking in the Sun Visionary Images from the South (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Nasisse, Andy/M S Wahlman
146 pages (color)
American Folk Art of the Twentieth Century
1983
Johnson, Jay; William Ketchum
342 pages (color)
Black Folk Art in America, 1930-1980 (Corcoran Gallery of Art) (Exhibition catalog)