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"Hoeing Collard Greens" - Acrylics/Pen & Ink. ©2009 Pearce W. Hammond (American Artist 1941 - ). The special talents of Pearce W. Hammond lie in his primitive paintings which are so reflective of low country life and peaceful times gone by. From his studio overlooking the tidal waters and marshes of the Chechessee River in Okatie, South Carolina, Pearce draws inspiration, mood, color and subject matter which are captured in his paintings. Using bright primary colors, acrylic paints, pen and ink, and mixed media, including crushed oyster shells, many of his paintings depict the Gullah/Geechee Culture (African Americans living on the coastal sea islands of South Carolina and Georgia shrimping, fishing, gathering oysters, farming and living off the land). Mr. Hammond attributes his putting brush to canvas to his famed Savannah-born Uncle, Johnny Mercer, who was famous for his prolific song writing career and winner of four Academy Awards. Mercer was also a talented painter and when he visited Savannah on vacation he encouraged his Nephew to pursue the craft at an early age. Mr. Hammond's work has been featured in many local and regional publications including South Carolina Magazine, Low Country Monthly, Hilton Head Monthly, Beaufort Gazette, The Island Packet, Bluffton Today, and the Savannah Morning News. His original art is available from the Filling Station Art Gallery in Bluffton, SC and from the Red Piano Too Art Gallery on St. Helena Island, SC. Click on "GALLERY" to view original paintings by Mr. Hammond.
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Low Country Art by Pearce W. Hammond
