A Brush with the Blues -- In New Exhibit, Painter George Hunt Draws On Memphis Music Iconography

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With "It Came From Memphis," exhibited at D'Edge art gallery through the end of January, painter George Hunt tackles personal iconography that has taken him a lifetime to collect.

"My grandparents were itinerant sharecroppers in Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas," says Hunt, who was born on a sugar cane plantation outside of Lake Charles, La. "I was sickly, and my great- grandmother took care of me. She would bring me magazines from the big house, and to keep me from being underfoot, she would take me to the commissary for butcher paper and colored pencils. I'd go through and draw images I'd see in the magazines - that's where I first saw Picasso's work - along with the chickens and the birds I'd see outside."

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A Brush with the Blues -- In New Exhibit, Painter George Hunt Draws On Memphis Music Iconography

During his teenage years, Hunt lived in Hot Springs, Ark., where he came into contact with prostitutes, gamblers, and bona fide gangsters.

Later, he spent time at his mother-in-law's juk...

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