Artist: Charles Edward Eady | Location: Ocala, FL
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Artist: Charles Edward Eady | Location: Ocala, FL
Ocala, FL
Charles Eady was born in Fairfax, South Carolina in 1965. He graduated with a BA degree in Fine Arts from Claflin University in Orangeburg, SC.
His art work evolved over the years to mixed-media, using oils, acrylics and silkscreens. He is an art teacher in Ocala, FL and after years of family research, he discovered a unique history about his surname. Many were free people of color who lived in South Carolina. The documents, records and affidavits he discovered, some dating back to the 1700's are recreated with silk-screens that he collages on his paintings.
His paintings shed an understanding of the diverse parameters of being free and black living in the south, many were listed on the federal censuses, paid taxes and owned acres land.