Savannah is a crossroad for the Gullah-Geechee people and for the visitors who have passed through since the founding of the colony. In 2008 I became acquainted with Gullah-Geechee people from the past. They visited and demanded that I paint what they were showing me. They told stories that were meant to be given life on canvas. We argued about this for a long time because I had never painted a human figure and I didn’t know why they thought I was the person for this task. Starting the Gullah
